Enable php extensions on shared server?

[yodertony]

Hi, bona-fide php newbie here.

I have a very cheap php-enabled linux hosting account.

Unfortunately, this host does not have some extensions enabled which I
need, namely, the dom-xml and xslt extensions.

Assuming that the server admins ignore my pleas, is there a way to
locally
enable these extensions for my account, with a local copy of php.ini,
or
local copies of the proper *.so files, or some magic in the .htaccess
file?

Or should I just look for a new host.

Thanks
Tony

[Johnny]

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Hi, bona-fide php newbie here.

I have a very cheap php-enabled linux hosting account.

Unfortunately, this host does not have some extensions enabled which I
need, namely, the dom-xml and xslt extensions.

Assuming that the server admins ignore my pleas, is there a way to
locally
enable these extensions for my account, with a local copy of php.ini,
or
local copies of the proper *.so files, or some magic in the .htaccess
file?

Or should I just look for a new host.

Thanks
Tony

interesting question, let's see.
mine's inexpensive too :) a piggyback on someone elses $7 a month...
on shared LAMP servers the usual way to "local copy of php.ini" is with a
directive in the .htaccess
in the folder you are using PHP, if they'll let you, like
php_value register_globals Off

php_admin_value open_basedir none
PHP4 you might be OK since its bundled but since PHP5 DOM XML functions are
moved to PECL

I just looked in phpinfo on mine and under Configure command it has these
entries
'--with-dom' '--with-dom-xslt' '--with-dom-exslt'

so I'll see if I can turn them off.....
OK the docs say:
Any directive type set with php_admin_value can not be overridden by
..htaccess or virtualhost directives.

So I'll try to see if I can do
php_admin_value open_basedir none

OK it cauesed an error when I tried to do

phpinfo();

so I gues you can't

Looks like another host is the go. Good luck.

[Colin McKinnon]

yo*******@gmail.com wrote:

>
Unfortunately, this host does not have some extensions enabled which I
need, namely, the dom-xml and xslt extensions.

Assuming that the server admins ignore my pleas, is there a way to
locally
enable these extensions for my account, with a local copy of php.ini,

no.

or
local copies of the proper *.so files,

If they are already on the server you may be able to use dl() to load them
at runtime. If their not there already then a sure fire way to upset your
provider is to start uploading binaries into a shared webserver.

Or should I just look for a new host.

Probably the best bet.

IIRC there were a couple of pure PHP XML parsers but last time I looked XSLT
was a bit flaky.

HTH

C.

[Johnny]

"Colin McKinnon"
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yo*******@gmail.com wrote:

Unfortunately, this host does not have some extensions enabled which I
need, namely, the dom-xml and xslt extensions.

Assuming that the server admins ignore my pleas, is there a way to
locally
enable these extensions for my account, with a local copy of php.ini,

no.

or
local copies of the proper *.so files,

If they are already on the server you may be able to use dl() to load them
at runtime. If their not there already then a sure fire way to upset your
provider is to start uploading binaries into a shared webserver.

Thanks for that info Colin.
I see on php,net there is an expoit related to dl() and I just checked a
couple of hosts of clienst and enable_dl is on on both
and I don't seem to be able to turn it off using .htaccess
I tried
php_value enable_dl Off

and it accepted that but phpinfo() showed it still on

should I be concerned or is this a rare exploit?

[yodertony]

Colin McKinnon wrote:

yo*******@gmail.com wrote:

Unfortunately, this host does not have some extensions enabled which I
need, namely, the dom-xml and xslt extensions.

Assuming that the server admins ignore my pleas, is there a way to
locally
enable these extensions for my account, with a local copy of php.ini,

no.

or
local copies of the proper *.so files,

If they are already on the server you may be able to use dl() to load them
at runtime. If their not there already then a sure fire way to upset your
provider is to start uploading binaries into a shared webserver.

Thanks Colin, dl() seems to work. cha ching. I owe ya a beer.