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Posted by Sanders Kaufman on 11/03/07 18:40
"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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> howa wrote:
>> This is quite interesting,
>>
>> PHP is so success, but Pear as an offical package, seems to be a
>> little bit weak.
>>
>> i have developed PHP for many years, and can easily do my job without
>> Pear, e.g. I use Smarty, PHPmailer, adodb etc.
>>
>> However, In the old day when I use perl, cpan is a must for perl
>> developer.
>>
>> But now even zend framework didn't use Pear, what's wrong with that in
>> fact?
>
> Absolutely nothing. Like all packages, PEAR has its uses, but it's not
> useful in all circumstances.
>
> Personally, I don't use Smarty or adodb in PHP. And I don't use
> PHPMailer for eimple emails.
Ditto.
I did one project in which I *seriously* wanted to make it PEAR-centric.
I wanted it to be a selling point that it capitalized on the "prior art"
existing in PEAR.
I couldn't do it.
I'm not a great programmer - although I've been at it a good long while.
So maybe a better programmer would have done better with it.
But not for me.
What I did take away from the experience was exposure to the PEAR
development/distribution system.
It's tight - like SourceForge - which is waaaaaay better.
What it *is* good for is newbie or SOHO programmers who need to develop
complex projects quickly, but who don't really know jack about programming.
PEAR is training wheels for PHP programming.
Here's an article I wrote for CNET about PEAR:
"Installing PEAR on a Shared Web Host"
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-22_11-5163311.html
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