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Comment on Installing extensions on shared hosts by Mike Castello

Mike Castello — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:02:58 +0000

Hi Adrian;

I read your article and it was really interesting for me.

Actually we are trying to load a custom extension on a justhost share server, as you mentioned we are using an overriding of the php.ini file but when we specify extension_dir to our account space, seem that php is not accessing to that directory cause we can’t see the extensions loaded, Neither phpinfo() nor extension_loaded() functions.

We didn’t create the custom extensions, these are a third party ones. Considering your experience, any idea what would be the issue??

Thanks a lot for your help !
Kind Regards

Comment on Installing extensions on shared hosts by parjo

parjo — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:25:36 +0000

Thanks for the answer.

Comment on Installing extensions on shared hosts by Adrian

Adrian — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:54:36 +0000

Your own account will suffice. The purpose of this is to move all the required files into your home directory so that you can control them and have permission to change them.

Comment on Installing extensions on shared hosts by parjo

parjo — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:19:00 +0000

Hi Adrian, I just have one question: when we install pecl package, do we have to have a root account or our own account will suffice?

Thanks.

Comment on Installing extensions on shared hosts by sassospicco

sassospicco — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:51:03 +0000

That’s exactly what i needed to get PECL run on DreamHost.
Nice piece of work, man

Comment on Installing extensions on shared hosts by Doug Smith

Doug Smith — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:30:17 +0000

I ran across this old post while trying to work around some software installation problems also on Site 5 hosting. Thanks so much for the guide. It was extremely helpful.

FYI, Site 5 has upgraded to PHP 5 native on most of the servers now so that saves a few steps. I’m showing PHP 5.2.8 on the command line as of this writing.

Comment on Installing extensions on shared hosts by Adrian

Adrian — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:15:04 +0000

Glad to hear it was useful

Comment on Installing extensions on shared hosts by Greg Dove

Greg Dove — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:20:22 +0000

Thanks so much for making this guide available online. I’m a relative noob for php development and do all my work on windows machines using WAMP. I don’t know a thing about linux (yet!) but was able to follow your guide and install two modules that I needed for something I’m working on. Thanks a bunch!

Comment on Crime in SA – what now? by Adrian

Adrian — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:05:58 +0000

Agreed, BOERINBALLINGSKAP.

What a pleasure it will be when we can debate topics such as Sprinbok team selection without feeling like just because we have an opinion we are going to be judged as “typical” whites/blacks/coloureds.

Comment on Crime in SA – what now? by boerinballingskap

boerinballingskap — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:03:00 +0000

Hi!

Great thoughts! I know that it’s in Afrikaans, but I expressed some of my thoughts on (inter alia) crime and SA here:

http://boerinballingskap.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/oor-afrika-afrikane-en-afrikaners/

I hope that the Afrikaans doesn’t make my thoughts to limited to the wider audience. I know that SA has ‘n chequered racial history an that it’s not easy, but I would SO MUCH like to move BEYOND race in this debate! As you so rightly point out: Crime affects EVERYBODY, in disregard of race. The same goes for “transformation” etc. Are we a nation that dwells in the past or looks to the future? Unfortunately the SA Government often chooses the former…