Re: RE: Pear

It's the PHP Extension and Addon Repository. It comes with php4. Basically it's a CPAN for PHP. It's a system whereby people can submit PHP packages that follow certain coding standards, and then we can all use them! :) At the moment the package of major interest IMO is the DB package: *finally an official standard database interface that ships with the main distro! There is a simple page at pear.php.net you can check out for a better explanation. It sounds very userful. Regards, Tyson Lloyd Thwaites WebMedia Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mohammed Abdel'al" <mma@msm.com.eg> To: "Tyson Lloyd Thwaites" <tysonlt@webmedia.com.au>; <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 12:29 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] RE: Pear > whats this pear thing its my first time to hear about ? > is there any docs to get better idea? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tyson Lloyd Thwaites" <tysonlt@webmedia.com.au> > To: <php-db@lists.php.net> > Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 5:48 AM > Subject: [PHP-DB] RE: Pear > > > Hi guys & gals, > > I am interested in using pear...especially the DB package. I was wondering, > is it possible to retrieve new pear stuff via CSV without having to retrieve > the whole php4 branch? > > Also, are there any hints/examples on how to actually use them? :) I tried > using the pgsql.php one with the following code: > > <?php > > include-once("DB/pgsql.php"); > > $db = new DB_pgsql(); > $db->connect("pgsql://localhost/test"); > > ?> > > but I got this in the browser: > > connect("pgsql://localhost/test"); ?> > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >