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+<?php
+/***************************************************************************  
+ *                                 extention.inc
+ *                            -------------------                         
+ *   begin                : Saturday, Feb 13, 2001 
+ *   copyright            : (C) 2001 The phpBB Group        
+ *   email                : support@phpbb.com                           
+ *                                                          
+ *   $Id$
+ *                                                            
+ * 
+ ***************************************************************************/ 
+
+
+/***************************************************************************  
+ *                                                     
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify    
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by   
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or  
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                      
+ *                                                          
+ * 
+ ***************************************************************************/ 
+$phpEx = "php";
+
+
+?>