note 88566 added to function.dl

dl is awkward because the filename format is OS-dependent and because it can complain if the extension is already loaded. This wrapper function fixes that: <?php function load_lib($n, $f = null) { return extension_loaded($n) or dl(((PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX === 'dll') ? 'php_' : '') . ($f ? $f : $n) . '.' . PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX); } ?> Examples: <?php // ensure we have SSL and MySQL support load_lib('openssl'); load_lib('mysql'); // a rare few extensions have a different filename to their extension name, such as the image (gd) library, so we specify them like this: load_lib('gd', 'gd2'); ?> ---- Server IP: 212.108.64.191 Probable Submitter: 89.100.60.13 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.dl.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/88566 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88566/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88566/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88566/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88566/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88566/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88566/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/88566 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/88566 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php