Re: semi-RFC: new file role needed: docroot

Greg Beaver wrote:

I've been investigating the sources for PEAR, and an initial scan says it won't be easy to do, but that it will be possible to add a new configuration option, web document root. This will allow a new file role="web" to install into the document root, and therefore make available at a known URL all necessary files needed. This will also

http://www.pearfr.org/~amerz/ppm_new.zip contains a new filerole handler approach. Instead of hardcoding the fileroles in the installer it uses a class, which can be extended/replace depending on your needs. So you can define every file role you want. The only problem is currently, that this only works if you write your own install script. It would be more sophisticated, if you could register your handler class definied in package.xml. The archive contains also a new option for a configuration dir (the dir where the pear registry is stored) - in the offical distribution it is identical with the php_dir.