<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >dl</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Manual PHP" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="PHP Options&Information" HREF="ref.info.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="assert" HREF="function.assert.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="extension_loaded" HREF="function.extension-loaded.html"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-2"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="refentry" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Manual PHP</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="function.assert.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Înapoi</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="function.extension-loaded.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Înainte</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><H1 ><A NAME="function.dl" ></A >dl</H1 ><DIV CLASS="refnamediv" ><A NAME="AEN90596" ></A ><P > (PHP 3, PHP 4 , PHP 5)</P >dl -- Loads a PHP extension at runtime</DIV ><DIV CLASS="refsect1" ><A NAME="AEN90599" ></A ><H2 >Description</H2 >int <B CLASS="methodname" >dl</B > ( string library)<BR ></BR ><P > Loads the PHP extension given by the parameter <VAR CLASS="parameter" >library</VAR >. The <VAR CLASS="parameter" >library</VAR > parameter is <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >only</I ></SPAN > the filename of the extension to load which also depends on your platform. For example, the <A HREF="ref.sockets.html" >sockets</A > extension (if compiled as a shared module, not the default!) would be called <TT CLASS="filename" >sockets.so</TT > on Unix platforms whereas it is called <TT CLASS="filename" >php_sockets.dll</TT > on the Windows platform. </P ><P > Returneazã <TT CLASS="constant" ><B >TRUE</B ></TT > în caz de succes, <TT CLASS="constant" ><B >FALSE</B ></TT > în caz contrar. If the functionality of loading modules is not available (see Note) or has been disabled (either by turning it off <VAR CLASS="literal" >enable_dl</VAR > or by enabling <A HREF="features.safe-mode.html#ini.safe-mode" >safe mode</A > in <TT CLASS="filename" >php.ini</TT >) an <TT CLASS="constant" ><B >E_ERROR</B ></TT > is emitted and execution is stopped. If <B CLASS="function" >dl()</B > fails because the specified library couldn't be loaded, in addition to <TT CLASS="constant" ><B >FALSE</B ></TT > an <TT CLASS="constant" ><B >E_WARNING</B ></TT > message is emitted. </P ><P > Use <A HREF="function.extension-loaded.html" ><B CLASS="function" >extension_loaded()</B ></A > to test whether a given extension is already available or not. This works on both built-in extensions and dynamically loaded ones (either through <TT CLASS="filename" >php.ini</TT > or <B CLASS="function" >dl()</B >). </P ><P > The <B CLASS="function" >dl()</B > function is dperecated as of PHP 5. Use <A HREF="ini.sect.path-directory.html#ini.extension" >Extension Loading Directives</A > method instead. </P ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" CLASS="EXAMPLE" ><TR ><TD ><DIV CLASS="example" ><A NAME="AEN90631" ></A ><P ><B >Exemplu 1. <B CLASS="function" >dl()</B > examples</B ></P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" CELLPADDING="5" ><TR ><TD ><code><font color="#000000"> <font color="#0000BB"><?php<br /></font><font color="#FF8000">// Example loading an extension based on OS<br /></font><font color="#007700">if (!</font><font color="#0000BB">extension_loaded</font><font color="#007700">(</font><font color="#DD0000">'sqlite'</font><font color="#007700">)) {<br /> if (</font><font color="#0000BB">strtoupper</font><font color="#007700">(</font><font color="#0000BB">substr</font><font color="#007700">(</font><font color="#0000BB">PHP_OS</font><font color="#007700">, </font><font color="#0000BB">0</font><font color="#007700">, </font><font color="#0000BB">3</font><font color="#007700">) == </font><font color="#DD0000">'WIN'</font><font color="#007700">)) {<br /> </font><font color="#0000BB">dl</font><font color="#007700">(</font><font color="#DD0000">'php_sqlite.dll'</font><font color="#007700">);<br /> } else {<br /> </font><font color="#0000BB">dl</font><font color="#007700">(</font><font color="#DD0000">'sqlite.so'</font><font color="#007700">);<br /> }<br />}<br /><br /></font><font color="#FF8000">// Or, the PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX constant is available as of PHP 4.3.0<br /></font><font color="#007700">if (!</font><font color="#0000BB">extension_loaded</font><font color="#007700">(</font><font color="#DD0000">'sqlite'</font><font color="#007700">)) {<br /> </font><font color="#0000BB">$prefix </font><font color="#007700">= (</font><font color="#0000BB">PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX </font><font color="#007700">== </font><font color="#DD0000">'dll'</font><font color="#007700">) ? </font><font color="#DD0000">'php_' </font><font color="#007700">: </font><font color="#DD0000">''</font><font color="#007700">;<br /> </font><font color="#0000BB">dl</font><font color="#007700">(</font><font color="#0000BB">$prefix </font><font color="#007700">. </font><font color="#DD0000">'sqlite.' </font><font color="#007700">. </font><font color="#0000BB">PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX</font><font color="#007700">);<br />}<br /></font><font color="#0000BB">?></font> </font> </code></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><P > The directory where the extension is loaded from depends on your platform: </P ><P > Windows - If not explicitly set in the <TT CLASS="filename" >php.ini</TT >, the extension is loaded from <TT CLASS="filename" >c:\php4\extensions\</TT > by default. </P ><P > Unix - If not explicitly set in the <TT CLASS="filename" >php.ini</TT >, the default extension directory depends on <P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P > whether PHP has been built with <VAR CLASS="literal" >--enable-debug</VAR > or not </P ></LI ><LI ><P > whether PHP has been built with (experimental) ZTS (Zend Thread Safety) support or not </P ></LI ><LI ><P > the current internal <VAR CLASS="literal" >ZEND_MODULE_API_NO</VAR > (Zend internal module API number, which is basically the date on which a major module API change happened, e.g. <VAR CLASS="literal" >20010901</VAR >) </P ></LI ></UL > Taking into account the above, the directory then defaults to <VAR CLASS="literal" ><install-dir>/lib/php/extensions/ <debug-or-not>-<zts-or-not>-ZEND_MODULE_API_NO</VAR >, e.g. <TT CLASS="filename" >/usr/local/php/lib/php/extensions/debug-non-zts-20010901</TT > or <TT CLASS="filename" >/usr/local/php/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-zts-20010901</TT >. </P ><DIV CLASS="note" ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="note" ><P ><B >Notã: </B > <B CLASS="function" >dl()</B > is <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >not</I ></SPAN > supported in multithreaded Web servers. Use the <VAR CLASS="literal" >extensions</VAR > statement in your <TT CLASS="filename" >php.ini</TT > when operating under such an environment. However, the <VAR CLASS="literal" >CGI</VAR > and <VAR CLASS="literal" >CLI</VAR > build are <SPAN CLASS="strong" ><B CLASS="emphasis" >not</B ></SPAN > affected ! </P ></BLOCKQUOTE ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="note" ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="note" ><P ><B >Notã: </B > <B CLASS="function" >dl()</B > is case sensitive on Unix platforms. </P ></BLOCKQUOTE ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="note" ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="note" ><P ><B >Notã: </B >Aceastã funcþie e dezactivatã în <A HREF="features.safe-mode.html" >safe-mode</A >.</P ></BLOCKQUOTE ></DIV ><P > See also <A HREF="ini.sect.path-directory.html#ini.extension" >Extension Loading Directives</A > and <A HREF="function.extension-loaded.html" ><B CLASS="function" >extension_loaded()</B ></A >. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="function.assert.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Înapoi</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Acasã</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="function.extension-loaded.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Înainte</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >assert</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="ref.info.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Sus</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >extension_loaded</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >