Is there a difference between Zend Extension and PHP Extensions

[mosesdinakaran]

Hi All,

Is there a difference between Zend Extension and PHP
Extensions

In php.ini
For Mysql we have
extension=mysql.so

But for XDEBUG we have
zend_extension = /usr/lib/php4/20020429/xdebug.so

So what is the difference between these ?

Thanks in Advance
Moses

[mosesdinakaran]

After surfing a while here I got the answer.

Zend Engine extensions are extensions that are implemented right into
the engine itself. For those of you who do not know, the Zend engine
is what PHP is built on. It is the engine that parses, interprets and
executes your PHP scripts. Changing the engine itself will change the
way PHP works. Anything that will affect the language itself or its
features is added to the Zend engine; this includes if statement
evaluation, object orientation, mathematical expressions evaluation,
etc.

For more info
http://www.devnewz.com/2002/0909.html

Regards
Moses

On Mar 31, 8:49 pm, "[e-mail]"
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Hi All,

Is there a difference between Zend Extension and PHP
Extensions

In php.ini
For Mysql we have
extension=mysql.so

But for XDEBUG we have
zend_extension = /usr/lib/php4/20020429/xdebug.so

So what is the difference between these ?

Thanks in Advance
Moses