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PEAR::loadExtension()

PEAR::loadExtension() -- OS independant PHP extension load

Synopsis

require_once 'PEAR.php';

boolean PEAR::loadExtension (string $ext)

Description

Loads an extension by name

Parameter

string $ext

The case-sensitive name of the PHP extension without filename suffix or php_ prefix.

Return value

boolean - returns TRUE, if extension could be loaded

Note

This function can be called statically.

Example

Example 19-1. Loading the domxml-extension

if(!PEAR::loadExtension("domxml")) {
 echo 'Could not load DomXML-Extension!';
 exit();
}
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