Re: XML files in PEAR packages

Aidan Lister wrote:

You could use the data_dir for that, by default it's in /usr/share/pear/data, so the files will not be accesible via the web-browser.

People have their PEAR installs in the visible web root? How does one access files in the data-dir from within the script?

Three options: 1) Provide a config file/system and document that the dir with the xml's should point to the output of "pear config-get data_dir" 2) Use the following piece of code: <?php require_once 'PEAR/Config.php'; $conf = &PEAR_Config::singleton(); $data = $conf->get('data_dir'); ?> 3) Use a replacement tag (best option): In package.xml: <file name="myscript.php"> <replace from="@pear_data@" to="data_dir" type="pear-config" /> </file> In myscript.php: $xml = fopen('@pear_data@/data.xml', 'r'); Tomas V.V.Cox