From b8d3ff060a3ef0c93417cd1dc1a76684549bc64e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Bell Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 20:46:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update Php.html Short summary of the fact that dl() function can no longer be used. --- Doc/Manual/Php.html | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/Manual/Php.html b/Doc/Manual/Php.html index 7e5cccf6a..3e7cf54db 100644 --- a/Doc/Manual/Php.html +++ b/Doc/Manual/Php.html @@ -115,7 +115,11 @@ The usual (and recommended) way is to build the extension as a separate dynamically loaded module (which is supported by all modern operating systems). You can then specify that this be loaded automatically in php.ini or load it explicitly for any script which -needs it. +needs it. As of version 5.3 of PHP, the dl() +function cannot be used and your only option is to +add to the php.ini something like + +extension = /usr/lib64/php/modules/mymodule.so