On 16 November 2010 17:25, Hansen, Mike <Mike.Hansen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Hansen, Mike >> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 10:24 AM >> To: 'Daniel Brown' >> Subject: RE: Why the PEAR hate? >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: parasane@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:parasane@xxxxxxxxx] On >> > Behalf Of Daniel Brown >> > >> > Â Â Some of the PEAR stuff is older and unmaintained, which is one >> > possible reason. ÂMore likely is that folks often expect PEAR to be >> > the end-all, be-all, and that was never the intent. ÂPEAR >> is supposed >> > to jump-start a project and extend some built-in functionality, not >> > provide a framework or do all of the work for folks who consider >> > themselves "programmers" because they can iterate an array in just >> > twenty-seven lines of procedural code. >> > >> > Â Â As for folks who say that PEAR and PECL don't work --- the most >> > common reason for this is user error or system configuration issues. >> > I've experienced the same issues myself over the years.... quite >> > frustrating, but sure enough, it was my fault most times. >> > >> > Oops...I just replied to Daniel. > > Is PEAR supposed to be the CPAN for PHP, or is there another Ârepository of PHP modules that is used by the typical PHP developer? It depends what you want to use. I use PEAR's Console_CommandLine_Parser and Zend Framework's autoloader, config and SOAP/WSDL classes. "Mix'n'match" is the name of the game. -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
