Help.
I just spent the last hour looking for the
the PHP extension library to see what the
the PHP extension defined in library is to put in
dl (string library);
to load an extension at run time.
has someone seen the library door?
I Keep missing it?
Ken
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From: "Matthew Loff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Ken Sommers'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'PHP DB Mailing List'"
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Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 6:37 PM
Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] php/mysql/unix-Linux hosting with major DBMS support>?
>
>
> I'm not sure if dl() can be restricted in php.ini-- Someone else will
> have to comment on that...
>
> I believe you'll have to dl() on every page you create... You could
> always do the following for portability to other PHP hosts, just in case
> they have the module already compiled in:
>
> if(!extension_loaded("mysql")) dl("mysql.so");
>
> That's assuming that the mysql ext. is named "mysql.so" in a compiled
> state, of course.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Sommers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 9:26 PM
> To: Matthew Loff; 'PHP DB Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] php/mysql/unix-Linux hosting with major DBMS
> support>?
>
>
> Thanks for the HOT tip..on the dl() function.
>
> should the dl() function work an ANY PHP4 host?
> or do restrictons apply?
>
>
> would I put the dl() at the top of EVERY script page In which I Need
> the functionality..? or just load it once per "session" and check and
> see if it';s already loaded before I Load it,each time because it might
> already be loaded,, like I Used to do when I used to get loaded? the
> documentation is kinda skimpy. here's what it says:
> ---
> dl
> (PHP 3, PHP 4 >= 4.0b1)
>
> dl -- load a PHP extension at runtime
> Description
>
> int dl (string library)
>
>
> Loads the PHP extension defined in library. See also the extension_dir
> configuration directive.
> ---
>
> thanks,
>
> Ken
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matthew Loff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "'Ken Sommers'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'PHP DB Mailing List'"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 6:01 PM
> Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] php/mysql/unix-Linux hosting with major DBMS
> support>?
>
>
> >
> > Even if a PHP host doesn't have all the DBMS extensions you need, you
> > could compile them and load them yourself with dl()
> >
> > http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.dl.php
> >
> > I thought you might want to keep that in mind, in case one particular
> > host has a great price but not all the features you need...
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ken Sommers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 8:53 PM
> > To: PHP DB Mailing List
> > Subject: [PHP-DB] php/mysql/unix-Linux hosting with major DBMS
> > support>?
> >
> >
> > Any one use or know of a php/mysql/unix-Linux hosting company with
> > PHP database support compiled with all the major DBMS's such as:
> >
> > mSQL
> > MySQL
> > PostgreSQL
> > Sybase
> > Oracle
> > Informix
> > MS-SQL
> > Other ODBC Database
> >
> > I will need to use some or all of these DBMS PHP functions for remote
> > access.
> >
> > thanks,,
> > Ken
> >
> >
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