override php.ini to include pear

[shilan]

hello site

i wanted to include pear, but actually i don't have access to php.ini on the server. as far as i know i have to edit .htaccess in order to include pearin my application.
have u got any idea how should i do that?!
i don't know how to add it to .htaccess...
and as another question, is it possible to include pear directly in my application. i've done that and i encountered some errors!
here is the code

[code]ini_set('include_path',/path/to/my/pear'.ini_get('include_path'));  [/code]

but got this error
failed to open stream Success in /path/to/my/pear

thanks in advance

[timvw]

Less flexible, your .htaccess

phpvalue include_path '/path/to/pear:/other/stuff'

More flexible, .htaccess

phpvalue auto_prepend_filed '/path/to/initfile.php'

initfile.php

ini_set('include_path', '/path/to/pear:/other/stuff'); 

The point is that you need to use : to separate the paths. Actually, on windows it's ;
So, to make it easy, you should use the php constant PATH_SEPARATOR

After a while, your file could look like:

// define some FRAMEWORK constants
define('FRAMEWORK_ROOT', realpath(dirname(__FILE__)));
define('FRAMEWORK_WEB', realpath(FRAMEWORK_ROOT . '/pubwww'));
define('FRAMEWORK_EXT', realpath(FRAMEWORK_ROOT . '/ext'));
define('FRAMEWORK_MODELS', realpath(FRAMEWORK_ROOT . '/models'));
define('FRAMEWORK_VIEWS', realpath(FRAMEWORK_WEB . '/views'));

$include_paths = array('.', '..', FRAMEWORK_ROOT, FRAMEWORK_WEB, FRAMEWORK_EXT, FRAMEWORK_MODELS, FRAMEWORK_VIEWS, get_include_path());
ini_set('include_path', implode(PATH_SEPARATOR, $include_paths)); 

[bellcr8v]

No, you don't have to modify anything.
I had the same situation. My remote server didn't include Pear
in the installation and I didn't have permissions to change the
.ini file.

I made a folder and named it "includes" and put on my doc root.
Then I just copied the Pear and DB files into it.
Then in your code at the top use "require" or "include" or "require_once"

I'm at home right now so I don't have access to any more details but if you
need more I can reply on Monday.

It's working great for me.
Hope this helps.

[shilan]

thanks alot for your answers

but still having some problems!
first i tried to use ini_set, it worked on one host but not on another site, it says: Failed opening required 'DB.php' ('include_path=/path/to/my/pearther/stuff')
so i tried to edit .htaccess for this one, but everytime i change .htaccess, the whole site would fall in trouble!
i think that i have problems with merging old values of include_path with new
path to pear in that file or something about syntax!
and another question ...

dear bellcr8v
u mean that u don't even install pear and u just copy the required classes to a directory, include it and it works?!

[MBaum]

u mean that u don't even install pear and u just copy the required classes to a directory, include it and it works?!

You don't have to install anything to use the specific classes from pear. The pear thing installed with PHP has other features and it's just a cute little thing to have laying around for ease of use, it's by no means the sole way of using classes.

[shilan]

i've tried to include pear as a class just like other classes
but i got this error
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class pear in /usr/lib/php/PEAR.php on line 86
what is it about

[bokehman]

If you just change your include path you will loose the old one. Instead you should append it.

ini_set('include_path', '/path/to/pear'.ini_get('include_path')); 

[shilan]

i've mentioned before that i've used ini_set but the problem still persists.
be recommendation of Mr. MBaum i used simple require_once but got this error
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class pear in /usr/lib/php/PEAR.php on line 86
what is it about ??