How to set up php.ini to load .so files using dl()?

Hello, on linux, using apache, I have php 4.05 Anyway, I want to use the dl() feature, but when I try I get errors stating it cannot find/load that .so file That's fine So I checked the 'dynamic extensions' path in my php.ini file It showed ./ as the path So, can I create a directory and plop ming, gd library, and other .so files in this directory, point to it using php.ini, restart apache, and then when I load extensions dynamically, it will work on the php page? I just want to use gd, ming, and others via dl("module.so"); instead of reconfiguring php I want to test it out, but I have no clue how to get started. Php.net I didn't find out how, the general list offered literally no help. That's ok, it's not such a common task. But how do I set up php to allow this to work without fail? I've had enough fail ;) Thanks Joel