Re: Does PECL install modify my php.ini? or even look at it?

D. Dante Lorenso wrote:

All, I installed an extension via PECL and it seems to have plopped the extension into it's own extension directory instead of the one in my PHP.ini file. pecl install memcache /usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20050922/memcache.so But my PHP.ini file says to use: grep extension_dir php.ini extension_dir = "/www/webaps/phpext" So, I'm guessing that pecl installs where it wants to install and just ignores my php.ini settings?

I think that /usr/lib/php/... path comes from the php build and it doesn't use the extension_dir in the php.ini file. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.dl.php tells how you it gets that directory. Don't know why it doesn't use the extension_dir though.

Well, if I install a new extension, do I still need to edit the php.ini by hand and tell PHP where to find it?

Think so :(

Since the newly installed memcache.so extension was placed into that other directory '/usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20050922/', will PHP find it automatically? Is there an 'include and activate all pecl-installed extensions' directive which is being run before or after my INI settings?

It won't be found automatically. -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/