Enable PDO using a php script

Question

I would like to know how can I activate PDO using a php script on the server.

I have done a whole project using PDO, and when moving it to the server, I noticed that PDO is not unable there.

Thanks

you cannot do this with the php script you must tell that to your hosting provider — rsz, Oct 04 '12 at 14:14
@rsz: It depends on the version -- prior to 5.3 you could use the dl() function to load extensions at run time. — Alex Howansky, Oct 04 '12 at 14:17
I have tried if (!extension_loaded('pdo')) {dl('pdo.so'); } and i did got Warning: dl() [function.dl]: Dynamically loaded extensions aren't enabled — pris, Oct 04 '12 at 14:22
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3131411/php-code-to-test-pdo-is-available — ethrbunny, Oct 04 '12 at 14:27
What @rsz said - apparently the provider has disabled it. PDO is supposed to be std for php 5.1 and up... — ethrbunny, Oct 04 '12 at 15:01

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 04 '12 at 15:18

You can check if PDO is enabled by your provider by using the extension_loaded function:

if ( extension_loaded('pdo') ) {
    echo "PDO enabled";
} else {
    echo "PDO not enabled";
}

You might also want to check for the database-specific PDO driver using:

if ( extension_loaded('pdo_<database type here>') ) { // e.g., pdo_mysql
    echo "PDO mysql enabled";
} else {
    echo "PDO mysql enabled";
}

If it is not enabled, you must contact your provider and ask if it can be enabled.

You might also try to load the PDO extension using PHP's dl() function, but it's unlikely to work if your provider even disabled PDO.

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