Trouble using/accessing PEAR

kamy99

Hi;

I run apache/php/mysql on win xp, as development machine.
I've installed php with PEAR enabled.

The PEAR directory is within my PHP directory.

I've modified the php.ini to point to H:\web\webserver\php\PEAR , which is where resides.

However I still can't use PEAR classes.
I have a simple test page:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
</head>
<body>
<?php
// include class file
include("XML/Serializer.php");
// create object
$serializer = new XML_Serializer();
// create array to be serialized
$xml = array ( "book" => array (
            "title" => "Oliver Twist", 
            "author" => "Charles Dickens"));
// perform serialization
$result = $serializer->serialize($xml);
// check result code and display XML if success
if($result === true) 
{
   echo $serializer->getSerializedData();
}
?>
</body>
</html>

It results in the following errors:

Warning: include(XML/Serializer.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in H:\web\webserver\htdocs\testpear.php on line 8

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'XML/Serializer.php' for inclusion (include_path='.;_includes.;H:\web\webserver\php\PEAR') in H:\web\webserver\htdocs\testpear.php on line 8

Fatal error: Class 'XML_Serializer' not found in H:\web\webserver\htdocs\testpear.php on line 10

Any ideas as what the problem is?

thanks

Kamy

NogDog

Just to check, did you in fact install the XML_Serializer package, and if so, is it under that PEAR directory?

kamy99

My problem might be just that! Not sure how or where to install the packages exactly?

In the php folder I have :

php/PEAR/PEAR/

Do I install the package in the top PEar directory or the second?

kamy99

Through command line I AM able to access PEAR, so I guess that means it's installed correctly, so it's just the matter of accessing it.

So I'm thinking, just to test PEAR, how can I use the default files that come with PEAR?

I'd like to run a test to see if the PEAR configuration is correct.

any ideas?

NogDog

From a cmd window, change to the directory with the pear.bat file (probably "H:\web\webserver\php"). To see all the options, enter pear help install. As an example to install the XML_Serializer package:

pear install -o XML_Serializer-0.18.0

(Change the "-o" to "-a" if you only want required dependencies and not any optional dependencies -- no, I don't know off-hand if there are any of either type, but I usually just do -o so I have everything I might possibly need.)

kamy99

I did what NogDog suggested, the message on cmd line says install done. But I'm still having trouble with this!

I downloaded the XML_serializer seperately and searched for the files in contains in my webserver directory, they are not there.

So i guess I have to install them manually.

Where do I copy them to? There's the xml_serializer folder plu a package.xml file.

I feel frustrated, because these are only php files and yet I can't get them to be read/found.

Any help is GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks

Kamy

NogDog

The install process should have copied the files into the PEAR directory, probably H:\web\webserver\php\PEAR\XML\Serializer. You will need to ensure that your PHP configuration includes the H:\web\webserver\php\PEAR\ directory in your include_path setting.

kamy99

my include path is:

include_path='H:\web\webserver\php\PEAR\'

I've restarted the server and tried the cmd install. But I noticed it hangs at the last line.

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Any ideas/

thanx

NogDog

OK, looks like it could be a memory issue. I just tried the install myself, and got an "out of memory" error. I went into my php.ini file and changed the value for memory_limit to 128M (it was at 32M by default). I restarted the server, then executed the install command again, and everything installed OK.

kamy99

my memory-limit is set at 128, I rebotted the pc and the server, it still hangs!!

I have the files downloaded and unzipped to my desktop, isn't easier to just load them in the proper folder? which by the way I don't know where it is...?

NogDog

I'm not sure how the zip files are structured. If they include a "XML" folder with various files inside it, then that XML folder should be moved/copied to the PEAR folder ("H:\web\webserver\php\PEAR\" in your case).

kamy99

yeah, tried that too.........

this has truly been a painful experience!

NogDog

How are you testing whether or not it works?

kamy99

I copied the xml-serializer folder to H:\web\webserver\php\PEAR\ , still got the same warnings.
then moved the files to H:\web\webserver\php\PEAR\PEAR , still the same thing!

NogDog

What happens if you include it via a full path, e.g.:

<?php
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);
require_once 'H:\web\webserver\php\PEAR\XML\Serializer.php';
?>

Just wondering if there might be some issue with Apache reading that directory?