--- /dev/null
+backported loading dl extension with -dexetnsion=extension.so from php5.1-200512091130
+
+--- php-5.0.5/sapi/cli/php_cli.c 2005-03-22 17:09:20.000000000 +0200
++++ php5.1-200512091130/sapi/cli/php_cli.c 2005-12-10 01:11:54.000000000 +0200
+@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
+ }
+ /* }}} */
+
+-static void define_command_line_ini_entry(char *arg)
++static void define_command_line_ini_entry(char *arg TSRMLS_DC)
+ {
+ char *name, *value;
+
+@@ -409,7 +409,14 @@
+ } else {
+ value = "1";
+ }
+- zend_alter_ini_entry(name, strlen(name)+1, value, strlen(value), PHP_INI_SYSTEM, PHP_INI_STAGE_ACTIVATE);
++
++ if (!strcasecmp(name, "extension")) { /* load function module */
++ zval extension, zval;
++ ZVAL_STRING(&extension, value, 0);
++ php_dl(&extension, MODULE_PERSISTENT, &zval TSRMLS_CC);
++ } else {
++ zend_alter_ini_entry(name, strlen(name)+1, value, strlen(value), PHP_INI_SYSTEM, PHP_INI_STAGE_ACTIVATE);
++ }
+ }
+
+
+@@ -656,7 +663,7 @@
+ switch (c) {
+
+ case 'd': /* define ini entries on command line */
+- define_command_line_ini_entry(php_optarg);
++ define_command_line_ini_entry(php_optarg TSRMLS_CC);
+ break;
+
+ case 'h': /* help & quit */