A user should be able to use "auto_prepend_file" option in their .htaccess
code to automatically load the extensions they need using dl(). In effect
that would be the same thing as an auto_load extension folder no?
Ilia
On March 21, 2002 04:00 am, Stig S. Bakken wrote:
> I just asked a friend of mine who is using Pair if he could dl()
> modules. Pair give users their own extension_dir, but no access to
> php.ini, and no way of reloading the server (which would still be
> required for an auto-load extension dir). So for Pair users, dl() is
> currently the _only_ way to load third-party extensions.
>
> The reason Pair do this, according to my friend, is that in case Apache
> crashes, they will at last know what modules were loaded for all
> processes, only the processes that run PHP scripts doing dl() will crash
> because of bugs in the 3rd party extensions.
>
> Following this train of thought, an auto-load extension folder would not
> be a solution either, because it would still lead to the additional
> vulnerability to Apache processes that Pair avoid this way.
>
> I think we should bring in some people from hosting companies into this
> discussion, to make sure we have all the facts right. Right now we are
> assuming a bit too much.
>
> - Stig
>
> On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 12:01, Zeev Suraski wrote:
> > That sounds like a pretty good idea, actually :)
> >
> > Zeev
> >
> > At 11:32 AM 3/12/2002, Stanislav Malyshev wrote:
> > >MK>> For them, digging into the guts of the system, installing PHP
> > >MK>> extensions there and modifying obscure, Apple-supplied
> > > configuration MK>> files is MUCH, MUCH more frightening than just
> > > downloading a php MK>> extension, dropping it into the Sites folder in
> > > their home directory, MK>> and calling dl("extension.bundle"); in their
> > > PHP scripts.
> > >
> > >Might the solution be in the form of some 'auto-load extension folder'?
> > >I.e., folder in which all extensions found there are loaded
> > > automatically?
> > >
> > >--
> > >Stanislav Malyshev, Zend Products Engineer
> > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zend.com/ +972-3-6139665 ext.115
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