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Can I use PEAR to include module in web app?

I am creating a web app in LAMP. It was a while since I last created anything in PHP and back then I wasn't familiar with things like package managing and version control. I'm going to use MySQL in my app so I found the abstraction layer module MDB2 in PEAR.

My previous experiences tell me that I should be able to fetch the module to a lib/ subdirectory in my development repo, so that it will be present with every clone of the repo. But PEAR installs to /usr/share/php.

Can I make PEAR fetch to my development repo?

Or am I taking the wrong approach? My base problem is how to include a PHP module in the app that I'm creating.

Solution

  • You can configure PEAR to install into any directory you want, with a custom configuration file:

    $ pear config-create lib pear.cfg

    Now you need to tell the pear installer to use the config file:

    $ pear -c pear.cfg install mdb2

    That's all.

    Btw, I recommend to use PDO as database layer if you don't need deep abstraction.