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dl

Name

dl — Loads an extension.

Synopsis

bool dl(extension);
string extension: Name of extension to load

Returns

TRUE on success; FALSE on error

Description

Attempts to load an extension into PHP. Extensions provide an alternative to compiling directly into PHP, as individual extensions can be loaded via the PHP initialization file or via the dl() function. Note that including the function in every script incurs a performance penalty. You can also use extension_loaded() to check whether the extension is already loaded before using dl() . This function is not supported on multi-threaded web servers, in particular running PHP as an ISAPI extension under Windows IIS.

Example

Example 991. Load an extension

<?php
// load the GD module
if (extension_loaded("gd")) {
   echo "Extension found";
} else {
   echo "Extension not found. Attempting load";
   dl("php_gd.dll") || die("Extension failed to load");
}
?>



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