Hi Alistair, There was a snafu in the PHP release process, PHP 5.2.0 shipped with an outdated go-pear.phar for some reason, you can fix this by downloading http://pear.php.net/go-pear.phar and saving it as PEAR/go-pear.phar in the unzipped windows distribution. Then, when you run go-pear.bat it will install properly. The pear-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx mailing list is a great resource for installation questions, and also general PEAR questions once you get it successfully installed. Good luck, Greg Alistair Tweed wrote: > Hi! > > I am keen to install PEAR and start using it, but encounter the same error > on two different XP machines and would be extremely grateful for any help > you can offer. > > Please see below for an account of the error. > > Best Regards and thanks in advance, > > Alistair > ------ > > > Are you installing a system-wide PEAR or a local copy? > (system|local) [system] : local > Please confirm local copy by typing 'yes' : yes > > 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 ($prefix) : C:\server\PHP > 2. Binaries directory : C:\server\PHP > 3. PHP code directory ($php_dir) : C:\server\PHP\pear > 4. Documentation directory : C:\server\PHP\pear\docs > 5. Data directory : C:\server\PHP\pear\data > 6. Tests directory : C:\server\PHP\pear\tests > 7. Name of configuration file : C:\server\PHP\pear.ini > 8. Path to CLI php.exe : C:\server\PHP\. > > 1-8, 'all' or Enter to continue: > Beginning install... > Configuration written to C:\server\PHP\pear.ini... > Initialized registry... > PHP Warning: Cannot use a scalar value as an array in > phar://go-pear.phar/PEAR > Command.php on line 268 > PHP Warning: Cannot use a scalar value as an array in phar://go-pear.phar > /PEAR > Command.php on line 268 > PHP Warning: Cannot use a scalar value as an array in > phar://go-pear.phar/PEAR > Command.php on line 268 > PHP Warning: Cannot use a scalar value as an array in phar://go-pear.phar > /PEAR > Command.php on line 268 > PHP Warning: Cannot use a scalar value as an array in > phar://go-pear.phar/PEAR > Command.php on line 268 > PHP Warning: Cannot use a scalar value as an array in phar://go-pear.phar > /PEAR > Command.php on line 268 > Preparing to install... > installing phar://go-pear.phar/PEAR/go-pear-tarballs/Archive_Tar- > 1.3.1.tar... > installing phar://go-pear.phar/PEAR/go-pear-tarballs/Console_Getopt- > 1.2.tar... > installing phar://go-pear.phar/PEAR/go-pear-tarballs/PEAR-1.4.11.tar... > > PHP Warning: Cannot use a scalar value as an array in phar://go-pear.phar > /Arch > ve/Tar.php on line 2334 > PHP Warning: Cannot use a scalar value as an array in phar://go-pear.phar > /Arch > ve/Tar.php on line 2338 > Could not get contents of package "". Invalid tgz file. > Cannot initialize 'phar://go-pear.phar/PEAR/go-pear-tarballs/Archive_Tar- > 1.3.1. > ar', invalid or missing package file > PHP Warning: Cannot use a scalar value as an array in phar://go- pear.phar > /Arch > ve/Tar.php on line 2334 > PHP Warning: Cannot use a scalar value as an array in phar://go-pear.phar > /Arch > ve/Tar.php on line 2338 > Could not get contents of package "". Invalid tgz file. > Cannot initialize > 'phar://go-pear.phar/PEAR/go-pear-tarballs/Console_Getopt- > 1.2 > tar', invalid or missing package file > PHP Warning: Cannot use a scalar value as an array in phar://go-pear.phar > /Arch > ve/Tar.php on line 2334 > PHP Warning: Cannot use a scalar value as an array in phar://go-pear.phar > /Arch > ve/Tar.php on line 2338 > Could not get contents of package "". Invalid tgz file. > Cannot initialize 'phar://go-pear.phar /PEAR/go-pear-tarballs/PEAR- > 1.4.11.tar', > nvalid or missing package file > PHP Warning: Cannot use a scalar value as an array in phar://go-pear.phar > /PEAR > Command/Install.php on line 427 > PHP Warning: Cannot use a scalar value as an array in phar://go- pear.phar > /PEAR > Command/Install.php on line 427 > PHP Warning: Cannot use a scalar value as an array in phar://go-pear.phar > /PEAR > Command/Install.php on line 427 > PHP Warning: Cannot use a scalar value as an array in phar://go- pear.phar > /PEAR > Command/Install.php on line 429 > > install failed > Press any key to continue . . . > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
