.htaccess on shared hosts...HELP

irf2k

I asked this question in the php5 area, but it makes more sense to be here.
I am on a shared host at the moment, and I am using .htaccess to override the php.ini file so that I am runnin php v5 (according to my hosting company, even though it says v4.4.2)....
Newayz, they set it up for me and they said it IS running v5.
So, I want to include the "soapclient" functionality, and I have seen online that to do this, I need to include this in the ".ini" file:
"extension=php_soap.dll"
BUT, php_soap.dll is for WINDOWS, and i am on a LINUX server...
so:
1) what file do I include instead?
2) what exactly do I type into "htaccess.txt"?
ANY help is appreciated.
Thanks
I. Jamal

bradgrafelman

I don't know that you can load extensions in .htaccess files...

Have you tried the extension[/man] loading directive?

What you could do is something like this:

<?PHP // file: extensions.php

if(!extension_loaded('soap')) // i don't know the correct extension name
     extension 'soap.so' // i don't know the correct file name

// repeat for any other extensions you want
?>

And then, in your .htaccess file, ...

php_value auto_prepend_file /home/bob/extension.php

To automatically load the PHP script before any other PHP script is executed.

irf2k

hrm... i tried that but it didn't work...It still can't recognize the function SoapClient...
I've searched everywhere, but I can't find the Linux version for php_soap.dll...
gettin sorta frustrated too....
but thnx for the help, ill keep tryin 😛

irf2k

ok, i tried using dl() to load "soap.so" but i get an error that it cannot find the function IN THAT FOLDER.
Only problem is, I know the function won't exist in that folder, so there's no point in looking for it there.
Since I'm on shared hosting, I won't be able to look for the file anywhere. Is there anywhere I can download the file soap.so (if that's the rite name)?
thnx

MarkR

You should get your host to add soap to the list of modules loaded in their php.ini - if it's available.

This is the problem with shared hosts - you're at the mercy of what they've decided to install/provide.

Alternatively, you could use a soap library implemented in PHP instead (Is there a PEAR one?)

Mark