get_loaded_extensions()

get_loaded_extensions() — Returns an array with the names of all modules compiled and loaded.

Built-in function of PHP 8.5. The manual lists it as available in PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8. This page is the reference card: signature, parameters and return value, plus the changelog and the example the manual provides.

What it does

This function returns the names of all the modules compiled and loaded in the PHP interpreter.

Signature

get_loaded_extensions(bool $zend_extensions = false): array

Parameters

Parameter	Type	What it takes
$zend_extensions	bool	Only return Zend extensions, if not then regular extensions, like mysqli are listed. Defaults to false (return regular extensions).

Return value

Returns an indexed array of all the modules names.

Example

A runnable snippet:

print_r(get_loaded_extensions());

Output:

Array ( [0] => Core [1] => date [2] => libxml [3] => pcre [4] => sqlite3 [5] => zlib [6] => ctype [7] => dom [8] => fileinfo [9] => filter [10] => hash [11] => json [12] => mbstring [13] => SPL [14] => PDO [15] => session [16] => posix [17] => Reflection [18] => standard [19] => SimpleXML [20] => pdo_sqlite [21] => Phar [22] => tokenizer [23] => xml [24] => xmlreader [25] => xmlwriter [26] => gmp [27] => iconv [28] => intl [29] => bcmath [30] => sodium [31] => Zend OPcache )