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 ?? ??? 2000, Version 4.0.4
+- Fixed a bug that prevented a changed compile-time extension_dir from
+  affecting modules that were loaded via php.ini (Zeev)
 - Fixed a bug in ftp_mkdir() when used on ftp server which doesn't return
   the full path (Jani)
 - Added ImageCreateFromString() which creates an image stream out of