2.2 PEAR
PEAR is the PHP extension library. PEAR contains all the extensions that are written in PHP. Its sister library is PECL, with extensions written in C. You integrate these extensions written in C either via php.ini (Windows) or via the configuration (Linux). PEAR, on the other hand, can be installed either via the script supplied with the installation or via a command prompt. As PEAR is an official PHP project, we would like to close the circle at this point and describe the installation here as well. However, it should be noted that the further development of PEAR is progressing very slowly (the installation fails under PHP 8.3, which is why the steps ahead will use PHP 8.2), and that the Composer and its package directory, Packagist, ...
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