Re: Pear Confusion
| From: | Pierre-Alain Joye | Date: | Mon, 09 Jun 2003 13:17:52 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Pear Confusion | ||
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On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 14:53, Mike Peloso wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm a little (a lot) confused about what pear is.I've read the intro
> at
> pear.php.net but still.....
> 1. Is this php code or c?
Both. PECL is PHP extension (C) and PEAR are php packages.
> 2.Why do things need to be "installed" if they are just scripts.
PEAR provides the infrastructure to remotely install scripts, libraries
or extensions, i.e. "pear install DB_Pager" installs DB_Pager, then you
only need to include/require it. See the manual to get more infos about
that.
> 3.Are there any GOOD tutorials out there.
http://pear.php.net/support.php and the manual
hth
pierre