i have a question for anyone running a website on a server with cPanel installed

[medaswho]

the hosting service i am using does not have very many extensions installed.  when i look outside my public_html folder, there is a folder labeled "php".  inside this directory there is a directory called "ext", but i wonder if i can install extensions in this folder  like i would if i were the sys admin? if so how would i configure this? i dont  have access to the config php file?

[Mchl]

You should probably ask your hosting company about it.

[medaswho]

i've asked their tech support, i've not yet recieved an answer, i just thought i'd ask in here as well, the people here seem very knowledgable.  even if they answer yes i won't know how to configure...no harm in asking right?

[Mchl]

Sure thing. It's just that configuration details differ in each hosting company. They're the best source of information. When you get the answer from them, you can still ask here if they're not telling you bull...t