Re: WHAT IS PEAR?
| From: | Duncan Hill | Date: | Wed, 24 Sep 2003 12:58:40 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: WHAT IS PEAR? | ||
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On Wednesday 24 Sep 2003 13:48, Webmaster wrote:
> I checked the PEAR HOMEPAGE but still I don't quite understand what the
> project is about.
> I am familiar with writing classes and functions.
> Now, I can not figure out what the deal is. Does Pear consist of a class
> library that comes with the installation?
PEAR is a set of libraries - DB, Authentication etc. It might also be
considered a coding style for various values of considered.
> There is a directory "pear" which is full of rar archives. How does that
> come into play.
Rar archives? Haven't seen those in my dirs.
> Does the standard installation provide SMARTY support or does it need
> additional configuration?
Smarty is an additional package to be downloaded.
> If it does is there some some sort of crash course how to use it? Also an
> overview of what actually is available would come in handy.
The documentation.