Find out whether an extension is loaded

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# extension_loaded

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

extension_loaded — Find out whether an extension is loaded

### Description

bool extension_loaded ( string `$name` )

Finds out whether the extension is loaded.

### Parameters

`name`

  The extension name.

  You can see the names of various extensions by using phpinfo() or if you're using the CGI or CLI version of PHP you can use the -m switch to list all available extensions:

      $ php -m
      [PHP Modules]
      xml
      tokenizer
      standard
      sockets
      session
      posix
      pcre
      overload
      mysql
      mbstring
      ctype

      [Zend Modules]

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` if the extension identified by `name` is loaded, `FALSE` otherwise.

### Examples

Example #1 extension_loaded() example

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

### Changelog

Version | Description
--- | ---
5.0.0 | extension_loaded() 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.

### See Also

- get_loaded_extensions() - Returns an array with the names of all modules compiled and loaded
- get_extension_funcs() - Returns an array with the names of the functions of a module
- phpinfo() - Outputs information about PHP's configuration
- dl() - Loads a PHP extension at runtime

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