Re: osX and PEAR, tests needed

<paj@pearfr.org> wrote : > hello, > > While working on the setup script, I just read this nice PEAR setup > tutorial: > http://www.somebodydial911.com/brainstem/osx_pear/ > > Anyone with a osX station can test it and confirm this is a correct and > functionnal way ? I have no problem with what's written. Since php 4.3, everything compiles without problem. I usually get rid of what Apple installed by default in the filesystem as I prefer to have everything under /usr/local. Apple install phpize and stuff in /usr/bin AFAIR. Apple doesn't install the php cli by default. So if user is confident enough with the command-line, I would recommend compiling PHP himself as the .so that is proposed on entropy.ch is stuffed with lots of extensions one might not use and the cli has to be downloaded separately (which means they might not be the same versions). When compiling, if PEAR is needed, just add --enable-cli to the configure options. Then run go-pear as usual or --enable-pear. Really, installing PHP 4.3 with PEAR on OSX is trivial. And OSX is a great platform to develop in PHP if you use the December Apple Developer Tools (with PHP syntax coloring support and CVS) or BBEDIT. > Another interested point is how work the ENV variable on osX ? > The global ENV, local (user) ENV ? > > How can you set it and how the system takes care of it ? I think it works like in any other unix. OSX is FreeBSD based. You can use setenv if you have tcsh (default shell in OSX but others are available). What else ?.. Well, buy yourself a Powerbook Titanium and feel the power ;) Bertrand Mansion Mamasam