Problems installing PEAR - include_path

greenie2600

Hi all -

I'm trying to install PEAR on my development workstation. (This is my first experience with PEAR.)

I've successfully run go-pear.php to install the Package Manager, and installed a few packages. However, when I try to include these packages in my PHP scripts, I get an error saying the files don't exist.

go-pear.php updated my PHP file with the following line:

include_path=".;C:\PHP\PEAR\pear"

...but when I run phpinfo(), it says my include_path is:

.;c:\php4\pear

...and no such folder exists.

I tried restarting Apache, to no avail. I've searched my computer for other php.ini files, and found none. I also searched the text of every file for ".;c:\php4\pear", and found nothing.

Where in God's name is this value being set for the include_path directive? How can I get PHP to include the correct PEAR directory in its include_path?

I'm running Windows XP.

rincewind456

If you are absolutely sre that there are no other copies of php.ini, then did you restart the server after you made changes to your only copy of php.ini.

greenie2600

Yes, I restarted Apache. I also rebooted the whole machine.

I've found a temporary workaround - I use ini_set() to set the proper include_path at the beginning of my script - but this isn't exactly elegant. I'd like to get things set up correctly.

I've done some Googling, and it sounds like some other users are having the same problem. I haven't seen any solutions, though. There's actually a related bug report filed at php.net, claiming that PHP ignores include_path directives set in php.ini (!), but there's no resolution.

rincewind456

I've not seen the bug report mentioned before, but I have had experience of windows creating copies of the php.ini file and placing it in the system or system32 folder, and by doing so the "wrong" one gets read.

The only other thing I can think of is checking that the PHPinidir is set correctly in the Apache httpd.conf file.

greenie2600

Yeah, I thought of that too, but there's no mention of any php.ini file in my httpd.conf.

For the record, here 's the bug report I mentioned.

Ah well...using ini_set() works well enough for development. If anyone has further suggestions, I'd still be interested in hearing them, though.

Thanks, rincewind...

rincewind456

there's no mention of any php.ini file in my httpd.conf.

Then why not set the phpinidir, at least that way you'll know that apache is looking at the right file. Just put

PHPIniDir "C:/PATH_TO_PHP/php"

in you httpd.conf file.

As for the bug report, that's for version 4.0.5, are you using a version that old?