Ticket #1496: dl-2.diff

wp-settings.php

@@ -34 +34 @@
 if ( !(phpversion() >= '4.1') )
         die( 'Your server is running PHP version ' . phpversion() . ' but WordPress requires at least 4.1' );
 
-if ( !extension_loaded('mysql') )
-        die( 'Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL which is required for WordPress.' );
-
+if ( !extension_loaded('mysql') ) {
+        if(version_compare(phpversion(), '5.0' '>=') || ini_get('safe_mode') == true)
+                die('Your PHP installation appears to be missing the mysql module which is required for WordPress.');
+        if(defined('PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX'))
+                $prefix = (PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX == 'dll') ? 'php_' : '';
+        else {
+                if(strtolower(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3)) == 'win') {
+                        $prefix = 'php_';
+                        define('PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX', 'dll');
+                } else
+                        define('PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX', 'so');
+        }
+        if(!dl($prefix . 'mysql.' . PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX))
+                die( 'Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL which is required for WordPress.' );
+}
+        
 function timer_start() {
         global $timestart;
         $mtime = explode(' ', microtime() );