PEAR::loadExtension()

PEAR::loadExtension() -- OS independent PHP extension load

Synopsis

      require_once 'PEAR.php';

boolean PEAR::loadExtension ( string $ext )

Loads an extension by name

string $ext: The case-sensitive name of the PHP extension without filename suffix or php_ prefix.

boolean - returns TRUE, if extension could be loaded

This function can be called statically.

Loading the domxml-extension

     
<?php
if(!PEAR::loadExtension("domxml")) {
 echo 'Could not load DomXML-Extension!';
 exit();
}
?>