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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:26:27 +0200
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Subject: Re: Is it possible to add support for multiple "extensions
	directory" ?
From: johannes@php.net (Johannes =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Schl=FCter?=)

Hi Sririam,

On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 13:56 -0700, Sriram Natarajan wrote:
>   In this regard to fit more with Solaris file layout traditions, we 
> would like to keep the core PHP modules under /usr/php5/modules and the 
> user specific downloaded PECL/PEAR modules under /var/php5/modules.  
> However, if I am not mistaken,  PHP core doesn't support loading PHP 
> modules from more than one location.  So, I was wondering if  this 
> feature can be considered within PHP core ?
 
> For example, within PHP.ini , a user can more provide more than 1 
> location to look for PHP extensions
> extension_dir=/usr/php5/modules;/var/php5/modules

As of PHP 5.3 you can use the full path with the extension= directive in
php.ini. Additionally you can use identifiers as variables therefore the
following would be possible:

extension_dir = /var/php5/modules
solaris_extension_dir = /usr/php5/modules

extension=${solaris_extension_dir}/foo.so
extension=bar.so

Would that be enough for you? :-)

johannes