+
+/**
+ * Get the value of session.save_path
+ *
+ * Per http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php#ini.session.save-path,
+ * this might have some additional preceding parts which need to be
+ * ditched
+ *
+ * @return string
+ */
+function mw_get_session_save_path() {
+ $path = ini_get( 'session.save_path' );
+ $path = substr( $path, strrpos( $path, ';' ) );
+ return $path;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Is dl() available to us?
+ *
+ * According to http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.dl.php, dl()
+ * is *not* available when `enable_dl` is off, or under `safe_mode`
+ *
+ * @return bool
+ */
+function mw_have_dl() {
+ return function_exists( 'dl' )
+ && is_callable( 'dl' )
+ && wfIniGetBool( 'enable_dl' )
+ && !wfIniGetBool( 'safe_mode' );
+}
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