Jochem Maas wrote: > I have a [gentoo] server with 2 apache installations ... > > the std distro apache runs with php4 which includes an installation > of PEAR and PECL. > > the second apache is compiled by hand and runs with php5 (also compiled > by hand) - obviously both of these are installed somewhere other than > the default. the [custom] php5 installation does not include PEAR/PECL > (when I built/installed it I skipped that because I was worried I'd get a conflict > with the existing PEAR/PECL install and break something). > > I would like to add the APC extension to the php5 setup, normally this is > as involved as doing the following: > > > pecl install apc > > only in this case that would install APC in the php4 setup. > the question is how do I go about getting a second/custom PEAR/PECL setup running > which I can use with/for the php5 setup. is this even possible? or > am I stuck with a manual download, compile and install of APC for the > php5 setup as described here for instance: > http://carroll.org.uk/archives/2006/02/02/alternative-php-cache-apc-on-debian)? Hi Jochem, If you're having PEAR questions, ask on the pear-general list. It's pure luck that I happened upon your message, and nobody on php-general seems to know jack about PEAR. The solution is quite easy. You need separate configuration files for PEAR in PHP5. To get this going, you should first install a local copy of PEAR for PHP5 only. Assuming you have PEAR in /usr/local/lib/php, the best choice is to install another copy in /usr/local/lib/php5: First you'll need to create a new configuration file, which you can save as "/etc/pear5.conf". Your php4 conf will be in /etc/pear.conf. Then you need to create a new directory for downloads to avoid conflicts (easy). The most important part is to set the php_bin variable to the path to php5 and finally install your custom copy of PEAR. I assume you are using "php5" as the CLI for PHP 5. Change this to the right name in `which php5` if I'm wrong. sudo pear config-create /usr/local/lib/php5 /etc/pear5.conf sudo pear -c /etc/pear5.conf config-set php_bin `which php5` sudo pear -c /etc/pear5.conf config-set download_dir /tmp/pear5 mkdir /tmp/pear5 chmod 0777 /tmp/pear5 sudo pear -c /etc/pear5.conf up PEAR At this point you will have a new pear and pecl executable stored in /usr/local/lib/php5/pear/. You'll also want to set the ext_dir to the location of your extension_dir in php.ini for php5. sudo pear -c /etc/pear5.conf config-set ext_dir /path/to/php5/ext Finally, as a convenience, you'll probably want to use ln to make "pear5" and "pecl5" commands sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/php5/pear/pear /usr/local/bin/pear5 sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/php5/pear/pecl /usr/local/bin/pecl5 Lastly, you will *always* want to call with the -c option pecl5 install APC will still use your default configuration file at /etc/pear.conf. pecl5 -c /etc/pear5.conf install APC will correctly install and configure APC for php5. Needless to say, this is more complicated than it seems like it should be, and the next version of the PEAR installer, Pyrus, makes this process MUCH easier. Pyrus has only just been started, and so is barely past proof-of-concept. I hope this helps out. Greg -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
