Damn, I think you are right :) That's weird. There are some tools which only work with the .dll filename (i.e. Windows Explorer).
Maybe my idea is better then :) Andi > -----Original Message----- > From: William A. Rowe, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:53 PM > To: Andi Gutmans > Cc: internals@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Feature(let) idea > > Andi Gutmans wrote: > > I got a feature idea from Apache. Apache will automatically > translate > > mod_rewrite.so in LoadModule to mod_rewrite.dll on Windows. > > It does? Apache/Win32 actually names the '.dll' as > mod_rewrite.so on windows. There's nothing special about the > '.dll' filename extension, a similar example is the .cpl > control panel extensions, which are .dll's that are loaded > into the system settings schema, .scr for screensaver dll's > following that API, etc. > > In general, it's a good idea. My builds of php on win32 > *are* entirely in the unix-style, for my customers who need > to toggle between win32 and unix. It makes the documentation > much simpler when you don't need two entirely different sets. > > Bill > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
