Re: new to pear, stuck already

Thanks Joe and Sergio What would be better in the long run, installing a local pear, or persudaing the ISP (I asume they will accomodate if I ask them) Is there any danger or complication in installing my own pear version? Thanks jules ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Stump" <joe@joestump.net> To: "'julian haffegee'" <jules@killi.co.uk>; <pear-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:54 PM Subject: RE: [PEAR] new to pear, stuck already > The open_base_dir patch is a PHP patch that does not allow you to > include files outside of your home directory. Many ISP's install this > for security reasons. > > You'll most likely need to install a local version of PEAR or talk to > your ISP. > > --Joe > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: julian haffegee [mailto:jules@killi.co.uk] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 12:45 PM > > To: pear-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: [PEAR] new to pear, stuck already > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I am new to pear, and am stuck on my first line! Pear is > > installed in the directory, usr/share/pear/ and I am on a > > remote machine > > > > I am trying to email people from a database, so am using the > > following code <?php > > require_once('/usr/share/pear/Mail.php'); // These two > > files are part > > of Pear, > > require_once('/usr/share/pear/Mail/Mime.php'); // and are > > required for the Mail_Mime class > > > > > > but I get the error > > Warning: main(): open_basedir restriction in effect. > > > > I know I am missing something real basic here, but its > > driving me mad, and searching this error message brings up > > pages of the same error, but bo solutions > > > > Thanks all > > > > Jules > > > > -- > > PEAR General Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > -- > PEAR General Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php