Re: Is PEAR worth the effort?
| From: | Curt Zirzow | Date: | Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:41:24 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Is PEAR worth the effort? | ||
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* Thus wrote Will Merrell:
> I don't mean to start a flame war here, but I have been working in PHP for a
> while now and am about to start a more extensive aplication. Some of the
> PEAR modules look good and I just wanted to hear what the collected wisdom
> out here thinks about it.
Since '97 i've yet to use PEAR in any one of my applications.
>
> When I try to read the installation instructions my eyes glaze over and roll
> up into my head. Before I fight my way through this learning curve I want to
> know if its worth it? Is this the wave of the future or just a flash in the
> pan?
The basic pear installation is installed with php by default, if
you want another package its as easy as:
pear install <packagename>
see pear --help for other options, like the nifty upgrade feature.
Curt
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