Confused about PHP Extension directory

utw-mephisto · 02-02-2009, 04:21 PM

I had a fresh install with Apache and PHP and was asked to install a certain program which required IONCUBE and FFMPEG.

I started with IONCUBE and had a hard time .. Basically I was supposed to put the ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so into the extension folder.

There was no extension folder at all. So I added the folder where the iocube loader was located in the php.ini, in this case

Code:

extension_dir= "/usr/local/ioncube"

That did not work at all .. After over an hour I have up and went to install FFMPEG .. once installed, it actually did create an extension directory called

Code:

/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613/

I then moved the ioncube into that particular folder and changed the php.ini to reflect that .. to

Code:

extension_dir="/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613"
zend_extension = "/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613/ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so"

Now I am wondering, why was the "custom" extension dir ignored, and how can I make sure that the extension directory exists in a fresh installation ?

I can see for example the following number on the phpinfo page

Quote:

PHP Extension 20060613
Zend Extension 220060519

So I tried to check the phpinfo page on another server - without an extension directory - created the folder including the 'no-debug-non-zts-' part with the numbers found and it worked.

But it just confuses me...

Why the 'no-debug-non-zts-' part ?
Why are customer folder simply ignored ?

And how to make sure the folder is created upon php compilation ?

Could someone shed some light on this one for me please ? I would really appreciate it ...

utw-mephisto · 02-10-2009, 05:10 PM

Nobody

r3sistance · 02-10-2009, 05:23 PM

I never used any of this and don't really get it, only thing I could even suggest to ask, is did you restart apache at any point?

utw-mephisto · 02-11-2009, 03:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by r3sistance

I never used any of this and don't really get it, only thing I could even suggest to ask, is did you restart apache at any point?

Restarting Apache hardly explains the folder structure does it

Wim Sturkenboom · 02-11-2009, 04:26 AM

Possible cause

Code:

extension_dir= "/usr/local/ioncube/"

Maybe it's the missing final slash that made it not work.