[Ubuntu] php mapscript isn't working

[Vince Miller]

Alan,

The dl() call was only to test to see if php-mapscript is working at all, as suggested in the mapserver docs. I notice in the php.ini file it was disabled ("enable_dl=off"). I turned it on but phpinfo() still says it's off. But I don't want to dynamically load mapscript every time, anyway. 

By the default installation, there is a mapscript.ini file in /etc/php5/cli/conf.d containing the single line:

extension=php_mapscript.so

which phpinfo() says was parsed. The file php_mapscript.so is in the /usr/lib/php5/20090626 directory, which is where phpinfo() says PHP looks for extensions. S are you suggesting that I put the "extension=..." directly in the php.ini file, overriding the default configuration? I like to rely on defaults whenever possible.

Thanks again for your help.  
Vince