'undefined function dl()'

[odsantos]

From manual page: https://php.net/function.extension-loaded

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Hi,

This example in the page above,

<?php
if (!extension_loaded('gd')) {
    if (!dl('gd.so')) {
        exit;
    }
}
?>

Yields the following error:

"Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function dl() in ..."

Please, is it related to the fact of dl() being deprecated, as reported by checking compatibility software?

Thanks.

[cmb69]

From the dl() documentation:

This function is only available for the CLI and embed SAPIs, and the CGI SAPI when run from the command line.

So in a Webserver context, dl() is not available.