Load a library at runtime?

[MasterKaos]

Is there any way of loading libraries in PHP at runtime? For example are there any PHP functions that let me specify a path to a library and to enable it?

The server is running on a hosting provider, so i have very limited configuration options. I am unable to use .htaccess and of course i can't modify the php.ini file.

My problem is i'm trying to use the font fucntions in GD, and although my hosting provider has GD enabled, to use font functions - for eg imagefttext() or imagettftext() - i have to have the FreeType library loaded.

For now i'm using the imagestring() function which returns rather primitive looking text but it's better than nothing.

Any ideas?

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[sleipnir214]

PHP's dl() function can load a library at runtime.

Just keep in mind, though, that you will likely have only limited capability to get the library to the server to make it available to the script engine.

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