function Archive_Tar::loadExtension

OS independent PHP extension load. Remember to take care on the correct extension name for case sensitive OSes.

Parameters

string $ext The extension name:

Return value

bool Success or not on the dl() call

1 call to Archive_Tar::loadExtension()
Archive_Tar::__construct in modules/system/system.tar.inc
Archive_Tar Class constructor. This flavour of the constructor only declare a new Archive_Tar object, identifying it by the name of the tar file. If the compress argument is set the tar will be read or created as a gzip or bz2 compressed TAR file.

File

modules/system/system.tar.inc, line 296

Class

Archive_Tar

Code

public static function loadExtension($ext) {
    if (extension_loaded($ext)) {
        return true;
    }
    // if either returns true dl() will produce a FATAL error, stop that
    if (function_exists('dl') === false || ini_get('enable_dl') != 1) {
        return false;
    }
    if (OS_WINDOWS) {
        $suffix = '.dll';
    }
    elseif (PHP_OS == 'HP-UX') {
        $suffix = '.sl';
    }
    elseif (PHP_OS == 'AIX') {
        $suffix = '.a';
    }
    elseif (PHP_OS == 'OSX') {
        $suffix = '.bundle';
    }
    else {
        $suffix = '.so';
    }
    return @dl('php_' . $ext . $suffix) || @dl($ext . $suffix);
}

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