[PHP-DEV] Problem with ini settings and loaded extensions? From: Steve Langasek (vorlon <email protected>)
Date: 09/28/00

Hello all,

I've been noticing a peculiar problem with an extension I've been doing work
on, and I'm hoping someone can help with this. I'm not sure if this is a
programming error on my part, or if there's a subtle bug in PHP.

This extension makes use of ini settings (currently only one,
imlib.font_path). With PHP 4.0.1pl2, the ini setting is usually handled
correctly. If I open the extension with dl(), the directive is set as
expected. I understand that if the extension is compiled into PHP, the
directive is also set correctly. The problem comes when the extension is
compiled as a shared library and is loaded via a directive under php.ini.
Under these conditions, if imlib.font_path is also declared in the system
php.ini file, the directive will be correctly set the *first* time the module
is used; but the second time the module is used in the same process, the value
of the directive has been reset to the the compiled-in default!

If a formal bug report is preferred, I'll be happy to file one; I just wasn't
sure whose bug this was. :) Source code to the extension is available upon
request.

Regards,
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer 

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