(PHP 4, PHP 5)
extension_loaded — Find out whether an extension is loaded
$name
)Finds out whether the extension is loaded.
name
The extension name.
You can see the names of various extensions by using phpinfo() or if you're using the CGI or CLI version of PHP you can use the -m switch to list all available extensions:
$ php -m [PHP Modules] xml tokenizer standard sockets session posix pcre overload mysql mbstring ctype [Zend Modules]
Returns TRUE if the extension identified by name
is loaded, FALSE otherwise.
Example #1 extension_loaded() example
<?php
if (!extension_loaded('gd')) {
if (!dl('gd.so')) {
exit;
}
}
?>
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 5.0.0 | extension_loaded() uses the internal extension name to test whether a certain extension is available or not. Most internal extension names are written in lower case but there may be extensions available which also use uppercase letters. Prior to PHP 5, this function compared the names case sensitively. |