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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Allow loading extensions by name
From: lester@lsces.co.uk (Lester Caine)

On 10/05/16 17:27, Fleshgrinder wrote:
>> Please read and comment :
>> > 
>> > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/load-ext-by-name
>> > 
> +1 and I am wondering why nobody else ever came to this idea.

The idea has been proposed before, but the addition of php_ for windows
installs has not been universally applied. Extensions like eAccelerator,
adodb and other third party extensions that did not form part of the
windows 'installation' files. Most of these have been killed off by the
restructuring of the core so it's probably less of a problem now than 5
years ago!

Another negative is the fact that most Linux installations do not use
entries in the php.ini file to enable extensions, preferring to manage
them via the package manager. THAT particular practice is something I
already copy back to the windows installs, using individual .ini files
for each extension, and stripping those extensions and settings from the
main php.ini.

This is not simply a matter of adding another load mechanism to the mix,
so any rfc should perhaps bear in mind all the aspects of 'package
management' process? Certainly it's not quite as simple as assuming
windows extensions start php_ and end .dll ...

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