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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] extension_path not used for zend_extension
From: johannes@schlueters.de (=?UTF-8?B?Sm9oYW5uZXMgU2NobMO8dGVy?=)



On 04/18/11 05:04 PM, Ferenc Kovacs wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I've just noticed that in spite of the documentation, one can (try to) load
> a zend_extension via a relative path.
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.zend-extension
> <http://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.zend-extension>the only thing
> preventing that from working is that the extension_dir isn't used searching
> for the lib.

zend_extension's are a feature of the engine. extension_dir is a feature 
from PHP's main, this means the engine doesn't know about it.

I agree that usablity-wise it's nice if that's moved around ...

johannes