[dev] extensionExists() modification?

[Chuck Hagenbuch]

Quoting Jon Parise <jon at horde.org>:

> I'd suggest adding a Util::loadExtension() function that calls
> Util::extensionExists() and loads the extension if it's not already
> available.  This would allow existing code to continue working until
> it's updated to use the new function.

That sounds good to me.

> As an aside, dl() is apparently being deprecated in PHP5, although it
> will still work with a warning.

Huh. How will shared extensions be handled? Seems like that could have a
negative effect on pecl...

-chuck

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