(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5, PHP 7) HTTP POST variables An associative array of variables passed to the current script via the HTTP POST method when using application/x-www-form-urlencoded or multipart/form-data as the HTTP Content-Type in the request. $HTTP_POST_VARS contains the same initial information, but is not a superglobal. (Note that $HTTP_POST_VARS and $_POST are different variables and that PHP handles them as such)

(PHP 5 < 5.4.0, PECL sqlite >= 1.0.0) Returns the encoding of the linked SQLite library string sqlite_libencoding ( void ) The SQLite library may be compiled in either ISO-8859-1 or UTF-8 compatible modes. This function allows you to determine which encoding scheme is used by your version of the library. When compiled with UTF-8 support, sqlite handles encoding and decoding of UTF-8 multi-byte character sequences, bu

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PECL intl >= 1.0.0) Sort array using specified collator and sort keys public bool Collator::sortWithSortKeys ( array &$arr ) Object oriented style Procedural style bool collator_sort_with_sort_keys ( Collator $coll , array &$arr ) Similar to collator_sort() but uses ICU sorting keys produced by ucol_getSortKey() to gain more speed on large arrays. Parameters:

(PECL maxdb >= 1.0) Fetch results from a prepared statement into the bound variables bool maxdb_stmt_fetch ( resource $stmt ) Procedural style Object oriented style bool maxdb_stmt::fetch ( void ) maxdb_stmt_fetch() returns row data using the variables bound by maxdb_stmt_bind_result(). Note: Note that all columns must be bound by the application before calling maxdb_stmt_fetch(). Returns:

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.0, PHP 5, PHP 7) Set the alpha blending flag to use the bundled libgd layering effects bool imagelayereffect ( resource $image, int $effect ) Set the alpha blending flag to use the bundled libgd layering effects. Parameters: image An image resource, returned by one of the image creation functions, such as imagecreatetruecolor(). effec

(PECL event >= 1.2.6-beta) Dispatch pending events public bool EventBase::loop ([ int $flags ] ) Wait for events to become active, and run their callbacks. Parameters: flags Optional flags. One of EventBase::LOOP_* constants. See EventBase constants . Returns: Returns TRUE on success. Otherwise FALSE. Do

(PECL maxdb >= 1.0) Initializes a statement and returns an resource for use with maxdb_stmt_prepare resource maxdb_stmt_init ( resource $link ) Procedural style Object oriented style object maxdb::stmt_init ( void ) Allocates and initializes a statement resource suitable for maxdb_stmt_prepare(). Note: Any subsequent calls to any maxdb_stmt function will fail until maxdb_stmt_prepare() was called.

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7) Opens process file pointer resource popen ( string $command, string $mode ) Opens a pipe to a process executed by forking the command given by command. Parameters: command The command mode The mode Returns: Returns a file pointer identical to that returned by fopen(), except that it is uni

(^) Create a child SDO_DataObject SDO_DataObject SDO_DataObject::createDataObject ( mixed $identifier ) Create a child SDO_DataObject of the default type for the property identified. The data object is automatically inserted into the tree and a reference to it is returned. Parameters: identifier Identifies the property for the data object type to be created. Can be eith

(^) Creates an instance of a Relational Data Access Service SDO_DAS_Relational::__construct ( array $database_metadata [, string $application_root_type [, array $SDO_containment_references_metadata ]] ) Constructs an instance of a Relational Data Access Service from the passed metadata. Parameters: database_metadata An array containing one or more table definitions,