Hour 23. PEAR: Reusable Components to Extend the Power of PHP
What You’ll Learn in This Hour:
About the PEAR project and its structure
How to install PEAR packages
How to use the Auth package to password-protect pages
How to automate documentation with the PhpDocumentor package
How to manipulate configuration files with the Config package
PEAR stands for the PHP Extension and Application Repository. It is a large collection of interdependent packages, which add even more power to the PHP language. When you start work on a project, PEAR should be one of your first stops. You might find that much of your job is already done for you, and done well.
In this hour we will take an introductory look at PEAR. Through some of PEAR’s packages, you will get ...
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