Re: [PHP] Question about "shared" v "not-shared"? From: Alan Lord (lord_alan <email protected>)
Date: 09/17/00

Thanks for the reply.

Al

>From: Rasmus Lerdorf <rasmus <email protected>>
>To: Alan Lord <lord_alan <email protected>>
>CC: php-general <email protected>
>Subject: Re: [PHP] Question about "shared" v "not-shared"?
>Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 06:44:49 -0700 (PDT)
>
> > Whilst trying to figure something else out, I was trawling through the
> > php_config.h and config.log files and playing with various ./configure
> > options.
> >
> > It seems like most of the --with-xxx options and some --enable-xxx
>options
> > can take "shared" as an argument.
> >
> > When I try this with, for example, bcmath. It all seems to compile fine
>but
> > it doesn't show up as a module when running phpinfo();.
>
>Correct, it would only show up if you added the shared module either
>directly by calling dl("bcmath.so") before the phpinfo() call, or if you
>edited your php.ini file and added "extension=bcmath.so".
>
> > Is this correct behaviour? (I guess it is as it is dynamically linked in
> > when you need it rather than built into the code directly).
> >
> > If this is O.K. what are the benefits/drawbacks of either approach and
>is
> > there a complete list of which options can take "shared" as an argument?
>
>The main benefit is really to binary distributions. It is much simpler to
>generate a base PHP package and then distribute separate packages for each
>of the add-on features. If you are compiling from source yourself I don't
>see much of a benefit to going with shared extensions as opposed to just
>compiling in the ones you want.
>
>-Rasmus
>

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