#26895 [NEW]: PECL extension names are inconsistant

From: mike at dransfield7565 dot fsnet dot co dot uk Operating system: n/a PHP version: Irrelevant PHP Bug Type: PECL related Bug description: PECL extension names are inconsistant Description: ------------ PECL extension names are inconsistant between operating systems, on Windows the extensions are named php_extension and on linux they are named just extension. This makes it very hard and messy to write cross platform applications, if the extensions were named the same, then you could do dl('php_extension.'.PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX); Now you have to do a complicated check to see what naming convention your platform follows, then get the correct extension. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=26895&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26895&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26895&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26895&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26895&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26895&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26895&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26895&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26895&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26895&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26895&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26895&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26895&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26895&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26895&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26895&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26895&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26895&r=float