Re: the dl() issue

A user should be able to use "auto_prepend_file" option in their .htaccess code to automatically load the extensions they need using dl(). In effect that would be the same thing as an auto_load extension folder no? Ilia On March 21, 2002 04:00 am, Stig S. Bakken wrote: > I just asked a friend of mine who is using Pair if he could dl() > modules. Pair give users their own extension_dir, but no access to > php.ini, and no way of reloading the server (which would still be > required for an auto-load extension dir). So for Pair users, dl() is > currently the _only_ way to load third-party extensions. > > The reason Pair do this, according to my friend, is that in case Apache > crashes, they will at last know what modules were loaded for all > processes, only the processes that run PHP scripts doing dl() will crash > because of bugs in the 3rd party extensions. > > Following this train of thought, an auto-load extension folder would not > be a solution either, because it would still lead to the additional > vulnerability to Apache processes that Pair avoid this way. > > I think we should bring in some people from hosting companies into this > discussion, to make sure we have all the facts right. Right now we are > assuming a bit too much. > > - Stig > > On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 12:01, Zeev Suraski wrote: > > That sounds like a pretty good idea, actually :) > > > > Zeev > > > > At 11:32 AM 3/12/2002, Stanislav Malyshev wrote: > > >MK>> For them, digging into the guts of the system, installing PHP > > >MK>> extensions there and modifying obscure, Apple-supplied > > > configuration MK>> files is MUCH, MUCH more frightening than just > > > downloading a php MK>> extension, dropping it into the Sites folder in > > > their home directory, MK>> and calling dl("extension.bundle"); in > > > their > > > PHP scripts. > > > > > >Might the solution be in the form of some 'auto-load extension folder'? > > >I.e., folder in which all extensions found there are loaded > > > automatically? > > > > > >-- > > >Stanislav Malyshev, Zend Products Engineer > > >stas@zend.com http://www.zend.com/ +972-3-6139665 > > >ext.115