Posted by Justin Koivisto on 02/01/06 16:46

Alan Little wrote:
> I'm starting to look into PEAR, and it looks like there's some interesting
> stuff in there. I'm wondering how much I can rely on it for a distributed
> app. If I understand correctly, it's now included in the PHP distro, and
> installed by default. What version did this start with? Is the default
> installation just the base class, or are some of the packages included as
> well? The tricky question is: does anyone have any idea of how commonly
> it's installed? Do most hosting companies provide it? I know end users can
> install it for themselves, but I have enough support issues without having
> to hold users' hands on that.

IME if a host doesn't support PEAR, you can simply upload the necessary
packages into your code base and simple add that directory to your
include path (using ini_set). Therefore, if PEAR isn't "available" on
the server, you can still use it.

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