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<h1 class="refname">extension_loaded</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">extension_loaded</span> — <span class="dc-title">Find out whether an extension is loaded</span></p>
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<a name="function.extension-loaded.description"></a><div class="refsect1 description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><b>extension_loaded</b></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <tt class="parameter">$name</tt></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Finds out whether the extension is loaded.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.extension-loaded.parameters"></a><div class="refsect1 parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><dl>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">name</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
The extension name.
</p>
<p class="para">
You can see the names of various extensions by using
<a href="function.phpinfo.php" class="function">phpinfo()</a> or if you're using the
<i>CGI</i> or <i>CLI</i> version of
PHP you can use the <span class="option">-m</span> switch to
list all available extensions:
<div class="example-contents screen">
<div class="cdata"><pre>
$ php -m
[PHP Modules]
xml
tokenizer
standard
sockets
session
posix
pcre
overload
mysql
mbstring
ctype
[Zend Modules]
</pre></div>
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</p>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>
</p>
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<a name="function.extension-loaded.returnvalues"></a><div class="refsect1 returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns <b><tt class="constant">TRUE</tt></b> if the extension identified by <i><tt class="parameter">name</tt></i>
is loaded, <b><tt class="constant">FALSE</tt></b> otherwise.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.extension-loaded.examples"></a><div class="refsect1 examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><div class="example">
<p><b>Example #1 <b>extension_loaded()</b> example</b></p>
<div class="example-contents programlisting">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">if (!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">extension_loaded</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'gd'</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> if (!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">dl</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'gd.so'</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> exit;<br /> }<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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</div><p>
</p>
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<a name="function.extension-loaded.changelog"></a><div class="refsect1 changelog">
<h3 class="title">Changelog</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><table class="doctable informaltable">
<thead valign="middle">
<tr valign="middle">
<th>Version</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="middle" class="tbody">
<tr valign="middle">
<td align="left">5.0.0</td>
<td align="left">
<b>extension_loaded()</b> 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.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.extension-loaded.seealso"></a><div class="refsect1 seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"><a href="function.get-loaded-extensions.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">get_loaded_extensions()</a> - Returns an array with the names of all modules compiled and loaded</li>
<li class="member"><a href="function.get-extension-funcs.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">get_extension_funcs()</a> - Returns an array with the names of the functions of a module</li>
<li class="member"><a href="function.phpinfo.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">phpinfo()</a> - Outputs lots of PHP information</li>
<li class="member"><a href="function.dl.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">dl()</a> - Loads a PHP extension at runtime</li>
</ul><p>
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