I used a sample script of PEAR::DB connect. But, it only
generates error. seems that i PEAR is not installed. I
thought that PEAR is installed along with PHP. Now, I need
a full tutorial on Installing PEAR. I have gone through the
pear.php.net manual but didn't understand what is a Package ?
and how to install it ? I really need this favour.

PEAR is bundled with PHP by default. But I don't think it is installed by default.

At the command line run the go-pear.php file. On Windows you need to 'cd' to the PHP directory.

Then type in:
php C:\PHP\PEAR\go-pear.php

Or
C:\PHP\php.exe C:\PHP\PEAR\go-pear.php

Where the go-pear.php script gets executed. This will initiate an installation process where the PEAR command line installer and many PEAR packages are installed.

Then once the installation is complete, upgrade DB. This time using the pear.bat file.

C:\PHP\pear.bat upgrade DB

This ought to upgrade the DB package to the latest one.

Now if you look at php.ini the include_path directive should also be modified containing a reference to the PEAR directory, with this modification it is now possible to include PEAR classes in your scripts regardless of where you have them located. In the case of DB it would simply be:

require_once 'DB.php';

You can get a list of PEAR command line options by running:
C:\PHP\pear.bat help

HTH!

Regards,
Rich

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It worked on a 100m run. Thanks 2K.
Take care.

Hi,
If i run "go-pear.bat" in c:\php\ directory that mean PEAR is installed along with PHP right?

Please give me advise why I always getting this error msg-
Notice: Undefined index: cur in line..................
Notice: Undefined variable: valid in line................

Thanks in advance.

You're supposed to run go-pear.php not go-pear.bat. That is in the PEAR subdirectory at C:\PHP\PEAR\go-pear.php.

Remember, also this has to be done at the command line.

Regards,
Rich

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Hi,
I have download PEAR module and create a DB.php, PEAR.php, common.php and oci8.php. When i run my system at browser, it display error msg:
DB ERROR connect failed.

Please advise me, which part among the .php file that i need to modify and make change.

Thanks in advance,
molly.