Re: PEAR on Win32
| From: | Stig S. Bakken | Date: | Mon, 28 Aug 2000 07:07:41 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PEAR on Win32 | ||
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Sebastian Bergmann wrote:
>
> "Stig S. Bakken" wrote:
> > > Now, to what should those paths be set? :-)
> >
> > PHP_BINDIR is where php.exe is installed.
> > PEAR_INSTALL_DIR is where PEAR's PHP files are installed
> > (/usr/local/lib/php by default on UNIX).
> > PEAR_EXTENSION_DIR is where .dll files are installed.
>
> Okay, thanks. I think I'll write a README.Win32 today, so that people can
> use PEAR on Win32, know how and where to configure it, etc.
>
> How far is the progress of the Windows Installer for PHP 4? I think it
> would be best to let it modify PEAR.php.in, set the paths accorodingly to
> the environment, rename it to PEAR.php, etc.
What we could do for Windows is write an install script in PHP that
deals with all this. That way it's possible for us UNIX buffs to help
maintain that code easily.
- Stig