PHP don't load extension

Question

I wrote my extension.

Ubuntu system.

php -c "/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini" -r "echo extension_loaded('my');"
 => 1 OK!

But under apache - nothing!

echo extension_loaded('my'); 
=> ""

Why?

Php ini shows:

"Loaded Configuration File /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini"

Check if your extension is loaded using extension_loaded() — Amal
– Amal, Commented Jul 11, 2013 at 10:29
Did you restart/reload Apache? PHP in Apache caches the INI file in the module until Apache is reloaded. — CubicleSoft
– CubicleSoft, Commented Jul 14, 2013 at 20:06
Did you build the extension with your PHP version or got it from other sources? — A23149577
– A23149577, Commented Aug 27, 2013 at 9:54

musaid · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-30 11:42:11Z

1

I always put my extensions in separate files and place them inside

/etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/

suppose I wanted to load mongo php extension, i would perform the following steps:

sudo pecl install mongo

and once that is completed successfully, I would make a

echo "extension=mongo.so" | sudo tee /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/mongo.ini

after that I would reload or restart the server

sudo service apache2 restart

answered Aug 30, 2013 at 11:42

musaid

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datagutten · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-28 12:33:57Z

0

I got the same problem, and I think the issue is what the extension path is relative to when running under apache.

The default setting

extension_dir = "ext"

works in CLI because PHP is called directly.

When running under apache i got it to work when specified the absolute path with forward slashes:

extension_dir = "c:/php/ext"

answered Dec 28, 2013 at 12:33

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