Re: the dl() issue

>> Having a good, working dl mechanism is the only reasonable way out of this >> Catch-22. > > Apple should be using php.ini for extensions and not require the user to > call dl() wich is sucky. This is not about what Apple should be doing; indeed, Apple does nothing to stop you from using a php.ini file. The question is this: what will the *users* of Apple computers be doing? For them, digging into the guts of the system, installing PHP extensions there and modifying obscure, Apple-supplied configuration files is MUCH, MUCH more frightening than just downloading a php extension, dropping it into the Sites folder in their home directory, and calling dl("extension.bundle"); in their PHP scripts. The fact that we're bundled on OS X has the promise of making PHP available to a whole new group of users. Leveraging that will require special consideration from us. Mac users don't become UNIX users just by installing OS X, and we shouldn't expect them to. --Marko