Re: Re: go-pear question

Greg Beaver wrote: > Steven wrote: > >>Apology for the late response. Do you mean it's it difficult to run pear >>altogether in this environment (safe mode on) or do you mean it is just >>difficult to run the installer? This host does have pear installed. I > > The installer. Most likely, your host runs the installer as root and > sidesteps the issues you would experience. > >>just wanted to install a newer version with some extra packages. >> >>Following your advise I have created a similar directory structure in >>Mac OS X, installed pear in it and uploaded the resulting files and >>directories. I have not tested this yet, should I expect any problems >>with it? > > You should expect it to work smashingly :). The only thing you will > have trouble with is anything that any program has trouble with in safe > mode. Creation of files/directories opening files outside the accepted > sandbox, using functions/classes that are not allowed, and so on. The > best thing to do is to set up a local PHP on OS X that has an identical > configuration (safe_mode on) and test it out before you upload. This > will guarantee that you can count on things working once you develop > them. Remotely debugging is just no fun at all when your endusers see > the same bugs that you do. Yes, I develop my stuff locally on a Mac OS X box. I need pear on the remote host to show off my stuff to potential clients. And also to test if my apps work in a typical more limited shared host environment. And yes, I expect it to work smashingly :-D.. > However, if you *do* have shell access, you can ask the existing > installer to use a custom configuration file. Just reply back if this > is possible, and I'll walk you through it. If you don't have shell > access, it still might be possible to set up the web installer with a > custom configuration file and avoid go-pear. I do have shell access to the remote host, so I am interested to see how I can use that to set up and or manage pear. TIA, Steven