--- /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 2005-12-06 03:38:26.000000000 +0200
+@@ -409,7 +433,14 @@
+ } 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);
++ }
+ }
+
+