Re: pear & PHP6

Justin Patrin wrote: > On 9/2/07, Gregory Beaver <greg@chiaraquartet.net> wrote: > >> till wrote: >> >>> On 9/2/07, BuildSmart <buildsmart@daleenterprise.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On Sep 2, 2007, at 14:47:48, till wrote: >>>> (...) >>>> >>>>> But anyway: >>>>> http://go-pear.org >>>>> >>>> I tried that, it never completes and doesn't give me anything useable. >>>> >>>> apache log details: >>>> Sun Sep 2 15:13:14 2007] [error] PHP Strict Standards: Assigning >>>> the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /Library/ >>>> WebServer/Documents/go-pear.php on line 770 >>>> (...) >>>> >>>> If someone has an installation in /usr/local/pear or /use/local/pear6 >>>> that works with PHP 6 I'd be happy to obtain a copy. >>>> >>> Ah! E_STRICT = fatal. There is no compat mode? ;-)) >>> >>> There is a new installer for PEAR2 in the works, but I forget where >>> the info is at - maybe on the wiki (0). I don't have PHP6 yet, other >>> wise I'd give it a go. Otherwise I'd search the archives for >>> "pyrus". >>> >> Hi, >> >> I already posted a link to pyrus on internals, which for some reason >> didn't seem to register. http://svn.pear.php.net is >> the svn repository >> for PEAR2, pyrus is the directory for the new installer. >> >> magic quotes has been removed from php 6, and there are several other >> changes that render PEAR unusable in its current state. I have no >> interest in shooting at a moving target with the existing PEAR >> installer, but wouldn't turn down a simple patch or two that would make >> it work. >> >> > > magic quotes being removed is a *good* thing... duh :) The code in PEAR checks for it and disables it if present. Unfortunately, this uses a function that no longer exists in PHP 6. Greg