3.0.
Formally defined, PEAR is a framework and distribution system for reusable PHP
components and presently offers more than 400 packages categorized under 37 different
topics. Because PEAR contributions are carefully reviewed by the community before
they??™re accepted, code quality and adherence to PEAR??™s standard development guidelines
are assured. Furthermore, because many PEAR packages logically implement
common tasks guaranteed to repeatedly occur no matter the type of application, taking
advantage of this community-driven service will save you countless hours of programming
time.
This chapter is devoted to a thorough discussion of PEAR, offering the following
topics:
??? A survey of several popular PEAR packages, intended to give you an idea of just
how useful this repository can really be.
??? An introduction to the PEAR Package Manager, which is a command-line program
that offers a simple and efficient interface for performing tasks such as inspecting,
adding, updating, and deleting packages, and browsing packages residing in
the repository.
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Popular PEAR Packages
The beauty of PEAR is that it presents an opportunity to easily distribute well-developed
code capable of solving problems faced by almost all PHP developers. Some packages
are so commonly used that they are installed by default. Others are suggested for
installation by PEAR??™s installer.
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