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PEAR

Started by mikelbring, Dec 04 2008 03:48 AM

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mikelbring

Posted 04 December 2008 - 03:48 AM

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Just want to know everyone's thoughts and experiences with it.

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Guest_Jordan_*

Posted 04 December 2008 - 04:07 AM

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I like it and use it whenever possible. The whole point of it is to share reusable code to prvent you from recreating the wheel.

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mikelbring

Posted 04 December 2008 - 04:15 AM

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What place would you recommend starting on PEAR? I heard that the PEAR DB is very slow compared to traditional.

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Guest_Jordan_*

Posted 04 December 2008 - 04:58 AM

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I always go to PEAR :: The PHP Extension and Application Repository and then click on packages at the top (or search). Their package database seems fast to me and once you install the PEAR package you no longer have to access the DB to use the PEAR package so it is really trivial. However, the one drawback seems to be if you are going to release a project to the public that uses a PEAR package. I've yet to read the TOS but I doubt you will be able to distribute the PEAR package as part of your script which means all of your users will need to install the package as well. You could use Phing to automate this build process for your users but you may be going against the grain to what normal PHP users are use to.