diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 7828d719c6..6bf7f11a93 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
         "symfony/expression-language": "^5.2.3",
         "symfony/polyfill-ctype": "^1.17.0",
         "symfony/polyfill-mbstring": "^1.17.0",
+        "symfony/polyfill-php80": "^1.16",
         "twig/twig": "^3.0.1",
         "webmozart/assert": "^1.10",
         "williamdes/mariadb-mysql-kbs": "^1.2"
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Plugins.php b/libraries/classes/Plugins.php
index c7fa0ef304..c0b0c7a53f 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Plugins.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Plugins.php
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace PhpMyAdmin;
 
+use FilesystemIterator;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Html\MySQLDocumentation;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Plugins\AuthenticationPlugin;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Plugins\ExportPlugin;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Plugins\ImportPlugin;
+use PhpMyAdmin\Plugins\Plugin;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Plugins\SchemaPlugin;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Properties\Options\Groups\OptionsPropertySubgroup;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Properties\Options\Items\BoolPropertyItem;
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@ use PhpMyAdmin\Properties\Options\OptionsPropertyItem;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Properties\Plugins\ExportPluginProperties;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Properties\Plugins\PluginPropertyItem;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Properties\Plugins\SchemaPluginProperties;
+use SplFileInfo;
+use Throwable;
 
 use function __;
 use function array_pop;
@@ -30,19 +34,16 @@ use function count;
 use function explode;
 use function get_class;
 use function htmlspecialchars;
-use function is_file;
 use function mb_strlen;
 use function mb_strpos;
 use function mb_strtolower;
 use function mb_strtoupper;
 use function mb_substr;
 use function method_exists;
-use function opendir;
-use function preg_match;
 use function preg_match_all;
-use function readdir;
 use function sprintf;
 use function str_replace;
+use function str_starts_with;
 use function strcasecmp;
 use function strcmp;
 use function strtolower;
@@ -83,10 +84,11 @@ class Plugins
      */
     public static function getExport(string $type, bool $singleTable): array
     {
-        return self::getPlugins('export', 'libraries/classes/Plugins/Export/', [
-            'export_type' => $type,
-            'single_table' => $singleTable,
-        ]);
+        global $plugin_param;
+
+        $plugin_param = ['export_type' => $type, 'single_table' => $singleTable];
+
+        return self::getPlugins('Export');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -96,7 +98,11 @@ class Plugins
      */
     public static function getImport(string $type): array
     {
-        return self::getPlugins('import', 'libraries/classes/Plugins/Import/', $type);
+        global $plugin_param;
+
+        $plugin_param = $type;
+
+        return self::getPlugins('Import');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -104,89 +110,54 @@ class Plugins
      */
     public static function getSchema(): array
     {
-        return self::getPlugins('schema', 'libraries/classes/Plugins/Schema/', null);
+        return self::getPlugins('Schema');
     }
 
     /**
-     * Reads all plugin information from directory $plugins_dir
+     * Reads all plugin information
      *
-     * @param string            $plugin_type  the type of the plugin (import, export, etc)
-     * @param string            $plugins_dir  directory with plugins
-     * @param array|string|null $plugin_param parameter to plugin by which they can
-     *                                        decide whether they can work
+     * @param string $type the type of the plugin (import, export, etc)
      *
      * @return array list of plugin instances
      */
-    private static function getPlugins(string $plugin_type, string $plugins_dir, $plugin_param): array
+    private static function getPlugins(string $type): array
     {
-        global $skip_import;
-
-        $GLOBALS['plugin_param'] = $plugin_param;
-
-        $fullFsPathPluginDir = ROOT_PATH . $plugins_dir;
-
-        $handle = @opendir($fullFsPathPluginDir);
-        if (! $handle) {
+        try {
+            $files = new FilesystemIterator(ROOT_PATH . 'libraries/classes/Plugins/' . $type);
+        } catch (Throwable $e) {
             return [];
         }
 
-        $plugin_list = [];
+        $plugins = [];
 
-        $namespace = 'PhpMyAdmin\\' . str_replace('/', '\\', mb_substr($plugins_dir, 18));
-        $class_type = mb_strtoupper($plugin_type[0], 'UTF-8')
-            . mb_strtolower(mb_substr($plugin_type, 1), 'UTF-8');
-
-        $prefix_class_name = $namespace . $class_type;
-
-        while ($file = @readdir($handle)) {
-            // In some situations, Mac OS creates a new file for each file
-            // (for example ._csv.php) so the following regexp
-            // matches a file which does not start with a dot but ends
-            // with ".php"
-            if (
-                ! is_file($fullFsPathPluginDir . $file)
-                || ! preg_match(
-                    '@^' . $class_type . '([^\.]+)\.php$@i',
-                    $file,
-                    $matches
-                )
-            ) {
+        /** @var SplFileInfo $fileInfo */
+        foreach ($files as $fileInfo) {
+            if (! $fileInfo->isReadable() || ! $fileInfo->isFile() || $fileInfo->getExtension() !== 'php') {
                 continue;
             }
 
-            /** @var bool $skip_import */
-            $skip_import = false;
-
-            include_once $fullFsPathPluginDir . $file;
-
-            if ($skip_import) {
+            if (! str_starts_with($fileInfo->getFilename(), $type)) {
                 continue;
             }
 
-            $class_name = $prefix_class_name . $matches[1];
-            $plugin = new $class_name();
-            if ($plugin->getProperties() === null) {
+            $class = sprintf('PhpMyAdmin\\Plugins\\%s\\%s', $type, $fileInfo->getBasename('.php'));
+            if (! class_exists($class)) {
                 continue;
             }
 
-            $plugin_list[] = $plugin;
+            $plugin = new $class();
+            if (! ($plugin instanceof Plugin) || ! $plugin->isAvailable()) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $plugins[] = $plugin;
         }
 
-        usort(
-            $plugin_list,
-            /**
-             * @param mixed $cmp_name_1
-             * @param mixed $cmp_name_2
-             */
-            static function ($cmp_name_1, $cmp_name_2) {
-                return strcasecmp(
-                    $cmp_name_1->getProperties()->getText(),
-                    $cmp_name_2->getProperties()->getText()
-                );
-            }
-        );
+        usort($plugins, static function (Plugin $plugin1, Plugin $plugin2): int {
+            return strcasecmp($plugin1->getProperties()->getText(), $plugin2->getProperties()->getText());
+        });
 
-        return $plugin_list;
+        return $plugins;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Plugins/Export/ExportPdf.php b/libraries/classes/Plugins/Export/ExportPdf.php
index e170f4573a..b9303cae5d 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Plugins/Export/ExportPdf.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Plugins/Export/ExportPdf.php
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 <?php
-/**
- * Produce a PDF report (export) from a query
- */
 
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
@@ -14,24 +11,13 @@ use PhpMyAdmin\Properties\Options\Groups\OptionsPropertyRootGroup;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Properties\Options\Items\RadioPropertyItem;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Properties\Options\Items\TextPropertyItem;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Properties\Plugins\ExportPluginProperties;
+use TCPDF;
 
 use function __;
 use function class_exists;
 
-// phpcs:disable PSR1.Files.SideEffects
 /**
- * Skip the plugin if TCPDF is not available.
- */
-if (! class_exists('TCPDF')) {
-    $GLOBALS['skip_import'] = true;
-
-    return;
-}
-
-// phpcs:enable
-
-/**
- * Handles the export for the PDF class
+ * Produce a PDF report (export) from a query
  */
 class ExportPdf extends ExportPlugin
 {
@@ -378,4 +364,9 @@ class ExportPdf extends ExportPlugin
     {
         $this->pdf = $pdf;
     }
+
+    public function isAvailable(): bool
+    {
+        return class_exists(TCPDF::class);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Plugins/Export/ExportXml.php b/libraries/classes/Plugins/Export/ExportXml.php
index 8cf9fe292f..692203947e 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Plugins/Export/ExportXml.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Plugins/Export/ExportXml.php
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 <?php
-/**
- * Set of functions used to build XML dumps of tables
- */
 
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
@@ -29,18 +26,8 @@ use function strlen;
 
 use const PHP_VERSION;
 
-// phpcs:disable PSR1.Files.SideEffects
-/* Can't do server export */
-if (! isset($GLOBALS['db']) || strlen($GLOBALS['db']) === 0) {
-    $GLOBALS['skip_import'] = true;
-
-    return;
-}
-
-// phpcs:enable
-
 /**
- * Handles the export for the XML class
+ * Used to build XML dumps of tables
  */
 class ExportXml extends ExportPlugin
 {
@@ -616,4 +603,12 @@ class ExportXml extends ExportPlugin
     {
         $this->tables = $tables;
     }
+
+    public function isAvailable(): bool
+    {
+        global $db;
+
+        // Can't do server export.
+        return isset($db) && strlen($db) > 0;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Plugins/ExportPlugin.php b/libraries/classes/Plugins/ExportPlugin.php
index a5a68cd05c..65f3cd82b4 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Plugins/ExportPlugin.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Plugins/ExportPlugin.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ namespace PhpMyAdmin\Plugins;
 
 use PhpMyAdmin\Export;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Properties\Plugins\ExportPluginProperties;
+use PhpMyAdmin\Properties\Plugins\PluginPropertyItem;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Relation;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Transformations;
 
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ use function stripos;
  * methods, but those are not declared here, because they are not implemented
  * by all export plugins.
  */
-abstract class ExportPlugin
+abstract class ExportPlugin implements Plugin
 {
     /**
      * PhpMyAdmin\Properties\Plugins\ExportPluginProperties object containing
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ abstract class ExportPlugin
      *
      * @return ExportPluginProperties
      */
-    public function getProperties()
+    public function getProperties(): PluginPropertyItem
     {
         return $this->properties;
     }
@@ -411,4 +412,9 @@ abstract class ExportPlugin
 
         return $relation;
     }
+
+    public function isAvailable(): bool
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Plugins/Import/ImportLdi.php b/libraries/classes/Plugins/Import/ImportLdi.php
index f4b4db1078..c891c823a4 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Plugins/Import/ImportLdi.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Plugins/Import/ImportLdi.php
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 <?php
-/**
- * CSV import plugin for phpMyAdmin using LOAD DATA
- */
 
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
@@ -23,24 +20,18 @@ use function trim;
 
 use const PHP_EOL;
 
-// phpcs:disable PSR1.Files.SideEffects
-// We need relations enabled and we work only on database
-if (! isset($GLOBALS['plugin_param']) || $GLOBALS['plugin_param'] !== 'table') {
-    $GLOBALS['skip_import'] = true;
-
-    return;
-}
-
-// phpcs:enable
-
 /**
- * Handles the import for the CSV format using load data
+ * CSV import plugin for phpMyAdmin using LOAD DATA
  */
 class ImportLdi extends AbstractImportCsv
 {
     public function __construct()
     {
         parent::__construct();
+        if (! $this->isAvailable()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         $this->setProperties();
     }
 
@@ -198,4 +189,12 @@ class ImportLdi extends AbstractImportCsv
         $this->import->runQuery('', '', $sql_data);
         $finished = true;
     }
+
+    public function isAvailable(): bool
+    {
+        global $plugin_param;
+
+        // We need relations enabled and we work only on database.
+        return isset($plugin_param) && $plugin_param === 'table';
+    }
 }
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Plugins/ImportPlugin.php b/libraries/classes/Plugins/ImportPlugin.php
index 2adc5b32a6..e69cee716c 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Plugins/ImportPlugin.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Plugins/ImportPlugin.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ namespace PhpMyAdmin\Plugins;
 use PhpMyAdmin\File;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Import;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Properties\Plugins\ImportPluginProperties;
+use PhpMyAdmin\Properties\Plugins\PluginPropertyItem;
 
 use function strlen;
 
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ use function strlen;
  * Provides a common interface that will have to be implemented by all of the
  * import plugins.
  */
-abstract class ImportPlugin
+abstract class ImportPlugin implements Plugin
 {
     /**
      * ImportPluginProperties object containing the import plugin properties
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ abstract class ImportPlugin
      *
      * @return ImportPluginProperties
      */
-    public function getProperties()
+    public function getProperties(): PluginPropertyItem
     {
         return $this->properties;
     }
@@ -86,4 +87,9 @@ abstract class ImportPlugin
             $options,
         ];
     }
+
+    public function isAvailable(): bool
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Plugins/Plugin.php b/libraries/classes/Plugins/Plugin.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1837595950
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/classes/Plugins/Plugin.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace PhpMyAdmin\Plugins;
+
+use PhpMyAdmin\Properties\Plugins\PluginPropertyItem;
+
+interface Plugin
+{
+    public function getProperties(): PluginPropertyItem;
+
+    public function isAvailable(): bool;
+}
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Plugins/Schema/Pdf/Pdf.php b/libraries/classes/Plugins/Schema/Pdf/Pdf.php
index 446838dd6a..6e3dae46b2 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Plugins/Schema/Pdf/Pdf.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Plugins/Schema/Pdf/Pdf.php
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use PhpMyAdmin\Relation;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Util;
 
 use function __;
-use function class_exists;
 use function count;
 use function getcwd;
 use function is_array;
@@ -23,15 +22,6 @@ use function strlen;
 use function ucfirst;
 
 // phpcs:disable PSR1.Files.SideEffects
-/**
- * Skip the plugin if TCPDF is not available.
- */
-if (! class_exists('TCPDF')) {
-    $GLOBALS['skip_import'] = true;
-
-    return;
-}
-
 /**
  * block attempts to directly run this script
  */
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Plugins/Schema/Pdf/PdfRelationSchema.php b/libraries/classes/Plugins/Schema/Pdf/PdfRelationSchema.php
index a43746fbab..b2cf545240 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Plugins/Schema/Pdf/PdfRelationSchema.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Plugins/Schema/Pdf/PdfRelationSchema.php
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ use PhpMyAdmin\Util;
 
 use function __;
 use function ceil;
-use function class_exists;
 use function getcwd;
 use function in_array;
 use function intval;
@@ -27,15 +26,6 @@ use function str_replace;
 use function strtotime;
 
 // phpcs:disable PSR1.Files.SideEffects
-/**
- * Skip the plugin if TCPDF is not available.
- */
-if (! class_exists('TCPDF')) {
-    $GLOBALS['skip_import'] = true;
-
-    return;
-}
-
 /**
  * block attempts to directly run this script
  */
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Plugins/Schema/SchemaPdf.php b/libraries/classes/Plugins/Schema/SchemaPdf.php
index 7d9e3518d0..940a9cda30 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Plugins/Schema/SchemaPdf.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Plugins/Schema/SchemaPdf.php
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ use PhpMyAdmin\Properties\Options\Groups\OptionsPropertyRootGroup;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Properties\Options\Items\BoolPropertyItem;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Properties\Options\Items\SelectPropertyItem;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Properties\Plugins\SchemaPluginProperties;
+use TCPDF;
 
 use function __;
+use function class_exists;
 
 /**
  * Handles the schema export for the PDF format
@@ -124,4 +126,9 @@ class SchemaPdf extends SchemaPlugin
 
         return true;
     }
+
+    public function isAvailable(): bool
+    {
+        return class_exists(TCPDF::class);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Plugins/SchemaPlugin.php b/libraries/classes/Plugins/SchemaPlugin.php
index 0c8e40538d..6dfe9de33c 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Plugins/SchemaPlugin.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Plugins/SchemaPlugin.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ namespace PhpMyAdmin\Plugins;
 
 use PhpMyAdmin\Properties\Options\Groups\OptionsPropertyMainGroup;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Properties\Options\Items\BoolPropertyItem;
+use PhpMyAdmin\Properties\Plugins\PluginPropertyItem;
 use PhpMyAdmin\Properties\Plugins\SchemaPluginProperties;
 
 use function __;
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ use function __;
  * methods, but those are not declared here, because they are not implemented
  * by all export plugins.
  */
-abstract class SchemaPlugin
+abstract class SchemaPlugin implements Plugin
 {
     /**
      * PhpMyAdmin\Properties\Plugins\SchemaPluginProperties object containing
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ abstract class SchemaPlugin
      *
      * @return SchemaPluginProperties
      */
-    public function getProperties()
+    public function getProperties(): PluginPropertyItem
     {
         return $this->properties;
     }
@@ -85,4 +86,9 @@ abstract class SchemaPlugin
 
         return $ret;
     }
+
+    public function isAvailable(): bool
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test/classes/PluginsTest.php b/test/classes/PluginsTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b142296a28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/classes/PluginsTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace PhpMyAdmin\Tests;
+
+use PhpMyAdmin\Plugins;
+
+/**
+ * @covers \PhpMyAdmin\Plugins
+ */
+class PluginsTest extends AbstractTestCase
+{
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+        parent::loadDefaultConfig();
+    }
+
+    public function testGetExport(): void
+    {
+        global $plugin_param;
+
+        $plugins = Plugins::getExport('database', false);
+        $this->assertEquals(['export_type' => 'database', 'single_table' => false], $plugin_param);
+        $this->assertIsArray($plugins);
+        $this->assertCount(14, $plugins);
+        $this->assertContainsOnlyInstancesOf(Plugins\ExportPlugin::class, $plugins);
+    }
+
+    public function testGetImport(): void
+    {
+        global $plugin_param;
+
+        $plugins = Plugins::getImport('database');
+        $this->assertEquals('database', $plugin_param);
+        $this->assertIsArray($plugins);
+        $this->assertCount(6, $plugins);
+        $this->assertContainsOnlyInstancesOf(Plugins\ImportPlugin::class, $plugins);
+    }
+
+    public function testGetSchema(): void
+    {
+        $plugins = Plugins::getSchema();
+        $this->assertIsArray($plugins);
+        $this->assertCount(4, $plugins);
+        $this->assertContainsOnlyInstancesOf(Plugins\SchemaPlugin::class, $plugins);
+    }
+}