mfischer Sun May 5 12:48:17 2002 EDT
Modified files:
/phpdoc/en/reference/info/functions extension-loaded.xml
Log:
- Update docs.
Index: phpdoc/en/reference/info/functions/extension-loaded.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/reference/info/functions/extension-loaded.xml:1.2
phpdoc/en/reference/info/functions/extension-loaded.xml:1.3
--- phpdoc/en/reference/info/functions/extension-loaded.xml:1.2 Wed Apr 17 02:39:25
2002
+++ phpdoc/en/reference/info/functions/extension-loaded.xml Sun May 5 12:48:17
+2002
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
<!-- splitted from ./en/functions/info.xml, last change in rev 1.2 -->
<refentry id="function.extension-loaded">
<refnamediv>
@@ -12,18 +12,49 @@
<type>bool</type><methodname>extension_loaded</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>name</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
- <simpara>
- Returns &true; if the extension identified by
- <parameter>name</parameter> is loaded. You can see the names of
- various extensions by using <function>phpinfo</function>.
- </simpara>
+ <para>
+ Returns &true; if the extension identified by <parameter>name</parameter>
+ is loaded, &false; otherwise.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ You can see the names of various extensions by using
+ <function>phpinfo</function> or if you're usnig the
+ <literal>CGI</literal> or <literal>CLI</literal> version of
+ <literal>PHP</literal> you can use the <literal>-m</literal> switch to
+ list all available extensions:
+ <screen>
+$ php -m
+Running PHP 4.3.0-dev
+Zend Engine v1.2.1, Copyright (c) 1998-2002 Zend Technologies
+
+[PHP Modules]
+xml
+tokenizer
+standard
+sockets
+session
+posix
+pcre
+overload
+mysql
+mbstring
+ctype
+
+[Zend Modules]
+
+ </screen>
+ </para>
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ <function>extension_loaded</function> uses the internal extension name
+ to test whether a certain extension is available or not. Most internal
+ extension names are written in lower case but there may be extension
+ available which also use uppercase letters. Be warned that this
+ function compares <emphasis role="strong">case sensitive</emphasis> !
+ </para>
+ </note>
<para>
See also <function>phpinfo</function>.
- <note>
- <para>
- This function was added in 3.0.10.
- </para>
- </note>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
