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Part III: Using PHP in Practice
You can now run the PEAR package manager by typing

./pear
and pressing Return. As with Ubuntu, you should see a list of commands appear.

Installing and Testing PEAR with WampServer
on Windows

If you ’ re running WampServer on Windows, you first need to set up the PEAR package manager. To do

this, open a Command Prompt (Start All Programs Accessories Command Prompt) and change
to the WampServer PHP folder — for example:
cd C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.2.6

A PHP 5.3 version of WampServer wasn ’ t available at the time of writing, so all the paths in this
section include a php5.2.6 folder. If your WampServer comes with PHP 5.3, change the path to
include php5.3.x rather than php5.2.6 .
In that folder, you should have a file called go - pear.bat . Run this batch file by typing its name and
pressing Enter:

go-pear.bat
The batch file will ask you a few questions about configuring PEAR. Usually you can just press Enter
to accept the defaults. The batch program then installs and sets up PEAR, displaying messages similar to
the following:

C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.2.6 > go-pear.bat

Are you installing a system-wide PEAR or a local copy?
(system|local) [system] :

Below is a suggested file layout for your new PEAR installation. To
change individual locations, type the number in front of the
directory. Type ‘all’ to change all of them or simply press Enter to
accept these locations.

1. Installation base ($prefix) : C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.2.6
2. Temporary directory for processing : C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.2.6\tmp
3. Temporary directory for downloads : C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.2.6\tmp
4. Binaries directory : C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.2.6
5. PHP code directory ($php_dir) : C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.2.6\
pear
6. Documentation directory : C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.2.6\
docs

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