At 14:03 11/03/2002 -0500, Brad House wrote: >>Apple should be using php.ini for extensions and not require the user to >>call dl() wich is sucky. >>I still am not quite sure why it's such a big deal to add shared >>extensions to php.ini. >>I don't agree that PHP extensions necessarily require dl(). There are >>many programs out there in the computer industry (such as Apache) which >>require you to add extensions in an INI file. > > >?? Perhaps I'm confused here, but using dl() or calling a module in the >php.ini file is handled in approximately the same way. In one, >the module is loaded at the start, and unloaded when PHP is stopped. >And in two, the module is loaded by the script and unloaded when the >script is finished.
The problem isn't MAC OS X. The problem is that PHP's dl() call has certain problems and it is especially hard to get it working in multi-threaded builds. Personally I don't have very much motivation to fix it because I think it sucks anyway :) Andi -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
