Re: Re: cvs: php4 /ext/standard basic_functions.c incomplete_class.c php_incomplete_class.h var.c /ext/wddx wddx.c

At 23:57 06-08-01, Sander Steffann wrote:

Hi,

Deprecate dl()? I think it's one of the most useful functions... :)

How so? I can understand that people get used to it, but it's really bad. extensions should be loaded in the php.ini file. There's really no good reason for using dl() over the php.ini method. I agree with you when we are talking about using PHP in a webserver. However, I am seeing more and more use of PHP as a generic scripting language. In this situation, I think dl() is very useful... Imagine a application written in PHP that has a 'special' extension. For example, an extension to access a scanner. You don't want this loaded everywhere, just in your scanner application, and certainly not in your webserver.

You can achieve the same goal using a command line entry. Zeev