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I recently came across this under PHP 4.4.4, it seems that the dl(); function generates an error/warning about registering the function if a test is done on an extension that is pre-loaded in the php.ini file (extension=gd.so).
<?php
$gd_is_shared = "shared-library";
if (function_exists('ImageCreateFromPNG') && !@dl('gd.so')) {
$gd_is_shared = "embedded";
}
print $gd_is_shared;
?>
The only purpose of this test is to determine if it is an embedded extension or a loaded extension.
I don't see this error occur under PHP 5.1.6 or PHP 5.2.0.
The test platform is Mac OS X 10.3.9 and Mac OS X 10.4.8
dl
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
dl — Carica i moduli del PHP a runtime
Descrizione
int dl
( string $library
)
La funzione carica il modulo di PHP passato nel parametro library . Il parametro library indica soltanto il nome del file del modulo da caricare il quale può dipendere dal piattaforma utilizzata. Ad esempio il modulo sockets (se compilato come modulo condiviso, non è il default!) sulle piattaforme Unix si chiama sockets.so, mentre in Windows si chiama php_sockets.dll.
Restituisce TRUE in caso di successo, FALSE in caso di fallimento. Se la funzionalità di carico dei moduli non è disponibile (vedi note), oppure è stata disabilitata (sia disabilitando enable_dl oppure attivando modalità sicura nel php.ini), sarà generato un E_ERROR e sarà bloccata l'esecuzione dello script. Se dl() fallisce perché non riesce a caricare la libreria indicata, oltre a restituire FALSE verrà generato un messaggio di tipo E_WARNING.
Si può utilizzare extension_loaded() per testare se un modulo è veramente affidabile o meno. Questa funzione si applica sia a moduli built-in sia ai moduli caricati (tramite php.ini oppure dl()).
La funzione dl() è deprecata dal PHP 5. Piuttosto utilizzare Parametri per il carico dei moduli.
Example #1 Esempio di uso di dl()
<?php
// Caricare un modulo in base al sistema operativo
if (!extension_loaded('sqlite')) {
if (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3) == 'WIN')) {
dl('php_sqlite.dll');
} else {
dl('sqlite.so');
}
}
// Oppure la costante PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX disponibile da 4.3.0
if (!extension_loaded('sqlite')) {
$prefix = (PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX == 'dll') ? 'php_' : '';
dl($prefix . 'sqlite.' . PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX);
}
?>
La directory da cui vengono caricate le estensioni dipende dal sistema operativo della macchina:
Windows - Se non viene impostato esplicitamente nel php.ini, i moduli sono caricati da c:\php4\extensions\ .
Unix - Se non viene impostato esplicitamente nel php.ini, la directory di default dipenda da
- se il PHP è stato compilato con --enable-debug o meno
- se il PHP è stato compilato con (versione sperimentale) ZTS (Zend Thread Safety) o meno
- il valore attuale di ZEND_MODULE_API_NO (numero interno del modulo API Zend, il quale indica la data in cui si sono apportate le maggiori modifiche al modulo, ad esempio 20010901)
Nota: La funzione dl() non è supportata dai web server multithread. Utilizzare il parametro del php.ini extensions quando si debba utilizzare tali server. Mentre le versioni CGI e CLI non hanno questa limitazione.
Nota: La dl() è sensibile alla maiuscole sulle piattaforme Unix.
Nota: Questa funzione è disabilitata nella modalitàsafe-mode
Vedere anche Direttive per il carimaneto dei moduli e extension_loaded().
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User Contributed Notesdl
buildsmart at daleenterprise dot com
29-Dec-2006 10:33
29-Dec-2006 10:33
prozente
23-Nov-2006 12:57
23-Nov-2006 12:57
a note for mag_2000 at front dot ru
the line
$currentExtPath = ini_get('extension_dir');
would be better to be
$currentExtPath = realpath(ini_get('extension_dir'));
I came across some hosts that had ./ set at the extension_dir
docey
31-Dec-2005 06:37
31-Dec-2005 06:37
just some note to loading modules, they do not have to
be executable.
some examples below check for this but if an module is
not executable is does not mean you cant use it. it just
needs to be readable NOT executable.
although some modules might need this perhaps for some
reason i cannot think of, so here an example,
<?php
// fails to load mysql although it could be loaded.
if(is_executable("mysql.so")){
dl("mysql.so");
}
// loads mysql
if(is_readable("mysql.so")){
dl("mysql.so");
}
?>
watch out with this, as you can see mysql.so would not be
loaded and the script would fail. because its checked for
executable permissions although these are not needed.
mag_2000 at front dot ru
06-Dec-2005 08:13
06-Dec-2005 08:13
<?php
function dl_local( $extensionFile ) {
//make sure that we are ABLE to load libraries
if( !(bool)ini_get( "enable_dl" ) || (bool)ini_get( "safe_mode" ) ) {
die( "dh_local(): Loading extensions is not permitted.\n" );
}
//check to make sure the file exists
if( !file_exists( $extensionFile ) ) {
die( "dl_local(): File '$extensionFile' does not exist.\n" );
}
//check the file permissions
if( !is_executable( $extensionFile ) ) {
die( "dl_local(): File '$extensionFile' is not executable.\n" );
}
//we figure out the path
$currentDir = getcwd() . "/";
$currentExtPath = ini_get( "extension_dir" );
$subDirs = preg_match_all( "/\//" , $currentExtPath , $matches );
unset( $matches );
//lets make sure we extracted a valid extension path
if( !(bool)$subDirs ) {
die( "dl_local(): Could not determine a valid extension path [extension_dir].\n" );
}
$extPathLastChar = strlen( $currentExtPath ) - 1;
if( $extPathLastChar == strrpos( $currentExtPath , "/" ) ) {
$subDirs--;
}
$backDirStr = "";
for( $i = 1; $i <= $subDirs; $i++ ) {
$backDirStr .= "..";
if( $i != $subDirs ) {
$backDirStr .= "/";
}
}
//construct the final path to load
$finalExtPath = $backDirStr . $currentDir . $extensionFile;
//now we execute dl() to actually load the module
if( !dl( $finalExtPath ) ) {
die();
}
//if the module was loaded correctly, we must bow grab the module name
$loadedExtensions = get_loaded_extensions();
$thisExtName = $loadedExtensions[ sizeof( $loadedExtensions ) - 1 ];
//lastly, we return the extension name
return $thisExtName;
}//end dl_local()
?>
james at gogo dot co dot nz
19-Jul-2005 01:30
19-Jul-2005 01:30
WARNING: enable_dl/dl()
*********************
There is an exploit circulating currently which takes advantage of dl() to inject code into Apache which causes all requests to all virtual hosts to be redirected to a page of the attackers choice.
All operators of shared web hosting servers with Apache and PHP should disable dl() by setting enable_dl to off otherwise your servers are vulnerable to this exploit.
This exploit is generally known as flame.so (the object that is loaded into Apache) and flame.php (the php script that loads it).
Google gives more information:
http://www.google.co.nz/search?q=flame.so+flame.php
endofyourself at yahoo dot com
18-Oct-2003 01:12
18-Oct-2003 01:12
If you need to load an extension from the CURRENT local directory because you do not have privelages to place the extension in your servers PHP extensions directory, this function i wrote may be of use to you
<?php
/*
Function: dl_local()
Reference: http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.dl.php
Author: Brendon Crawford <endofyourself |AT| yahoo>
Usage: dl_local( "mylib.so" );
Returns: Extension Name (NOT the extension filename however)
NOTE:
This function can be used when you need to load a PHP extension (module,shared object,etc..),
but you do not have sufficient privelages to place the extension in the proper directory where it can be loaded. This function
will load the extension from the CURRENT WORKING DIRECTORY only.
If you need to see which functions are available within a certain extension,
use "get_extension_funcs()". Documentation for this can be found at
"http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.get-extension-funcs.php".
*/
function dl_local( $extensionFile ) {
//make sure that we are ABLE to load libraries
if( !(bool)ini_get( "enable_dl" ) || (bool)ini_get( "safe_mode" ) ) {
die( "dh_local(): Loading extensions is not permitted.\n" );
}
//check to make sure the file exists
if( !file_exists( $extensionFile ) ) {
die( "dl_local(): File '$extensionFile' does not exist.\n" );
}
//check the file permissions
if( !is_executable( $extensionFile ) ) {
die( "dl_local(): File '$extensionFile' is not executable.\n" );
}
//we figure out the path
$currentDir = getcwd() . "/";
$currentExtPath = ini_get( "extension_dir" );
$subDirs = preg_match_all( "/\//" , $currentExtPath , $matches );
unset( $matches );
//lets make sure we extracted a valid extension path
if( !(bool)$subDirs ) {
die( "dl_local(): Could not determine a valid extension path [extension_dir].\n" );
}
$extPathLastChar = strlen( $currentExtPath ) - 1;
if( $extPathLastChar == strrpos( $currentExtPath , "/" ) ) {
$subDirs--;
}
$backDirStr = "";
for( $i = 1; $i <= $subDirs; $i++ ) {
$backDirStr .= "..";
if( $i != $subDirs ) {
$backDirStr .= "/";
}
}
//construct the final path to load
$finalExtPath = $backDirStr . $currentDir . $extensionFile;
//now we execute dl() to actually load the module
if( !dl( $finalExtPath ) ) {
die();
}
//if the module was loaded correctly, we must bow grab the module name
$loadedExtensions = get_loaded_extensions();
$thisExtName = $loadedExtensions[ sizeof( $loadedExtensions ) - 1 ];
//lastly, we return the extension name
return $thisExtName;
}//end dl_local()
?>
tychay at php dot net
06-Jul-2003 05:15
06-Jul-2003 05:15
MacOS makes a distinction between dynamically loadable shared libraries and loadable modules of code (bundles). The former has an extension .dylib and the latter has an extension .so. The former is in Mac-O and the latter is in ELF.
Thus PHP's extensions are built as .so whereas the symbol PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX is bound (currently) to .dylib. I don't think this is the correct behavior, but nonetheless, it is the behavior as of PHP-5.0.0b2-dev. Right now, the config binds to SHLIB_SUFFIX_NAME (which is correctly bound to .dylib on Mac OS X). I imagine this is related to why there is so much trouble getting dl() to work on Mac OS X. (For instance, I have no trouble phpizing in a new shared library, but when compiling in stuff as shared... much evilness!)
BTW, to get dl() to work in Mac OS X you need to install the dlcompat library (via Fink, DarwinPorts, or Gentoo ports). Remember in the case of Fink, you better make sure your environment variables are adjusted to point to where dlcompat (and your other fink libraries) are.
terry