#41310 [NEW]: make extension_dir optional and use absolute paths in "extension = ..."

From: mastamind at users dot sourceforge dot net Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.2.2 PHP Bug Type: Dynamic loading Bug description: make extension_dir optional and use absolute paths in "extension = ..." Description: ------------ using extension_dir = "/usr/local/lib/php" extension = "../pgsql.so" makes php search for pgsql.so in /usr/local/lib. It would be nice if php allows absolute paths for extension loading: extension = /usr/local/lib/pgsql.so as specifing it relative to the extension_dir is quite strange and probably makes extension_dir useless. specifing absolute paths with dl() may result in a security problem, but using it in php.ini may be ok. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=41310&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41310&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41310&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41310&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41310&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41310&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41310&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41310&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41310&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41310&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41310&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41310&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41310&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41310&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41310&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41310&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41310&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41310&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41310&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41310&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=41310&r=mysqlcfg