Reputation: 7322
I've just installed a PEAR
package (Event_Dispatcher
) and I can't use the classes in that package. When I run the command pear list
I see the new package, however I see that the classes in the package are saved in /usr/lib/php
(I have a Mac).
Is there a loading part after installing a PEAR
package? How exactly do I move the files to the right place? Can I simply cut and paste the folder to the pear
root folder?
Thanks!
Upvotes: 4
Views: 2405
Reputation: 1719
When PEAR is installed it usually automagically configures your php.ini to add the PEAR library path to the php.ini. Then, for each package, the authors will usually provide a file that will load the library for you which sits in the root of this PEAR lib directory.
For example, a PEAR package MDB2 has a load of different classes located under /MDB2, but there's also a PHP script at /MDB2.php, so all you need to do from your PHP code is this:
require_once("MDB2.php").
You'll obviously need to keep track of what you have installed on your local dev machine and make sure it's installed on the production server(s) too.
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 360912
Most PEAR packages have to be included via the usual include()
and require()
functions. They're not precompiled binaries, like (say) the MySQL driver (mysql.so/mysql.dll) are. As long as /usr/lib/php
is in your include_path, PHP should be able to load up the package automatically when you do include('nameofpackage.php')
.
Upvotes: 2