PECL HTTP Extension

Hi guys. I'm running PHP 5.2.6 (cli) on Mac OS X 10.5.5 and i've tried to install and configure the http pecl extension like the tutorial in your web site, i've used pecl to install it, i've also tried to compile it manually. Everything got installed correctly, there is the http.so file in the extensions dir ("/usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613/"), the path is loaded by php/apache and i've added the line "extension=http.so" in "php.ini" file. However the extension isn't loaded by php. I've wrote a simple script that uses "extension_loaded('http')" function and i get a false response. I need to use desperatly functions like http_request(...) for a college project so i would appreciate a quick response from you. If you could just provide me with a more specific Leopard tutorial tha would be great. Giving an antecipated "thank you" for any kind of answer. Regards, and keep up the good work! Rui Quelhas