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DATE /T 2012/01/29 XAMPP version win32-1.7.7-VC9 PHP -v PHP 5.3.8 (cli) (built: Aug 23 2011 11:50:20) Copyright (c) 1997-2011 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2011 Zend Technologies with Xdebug v2.1.2, Copyright (c) 2002-2011, by Derick Rethans pear info pear Release Date 2011-07-06 22:11:24 Release Version 1.9.4 (stable) API Version 1.9.4 (stable)
Mandatory Gibberish
So, here's the deal. I dropped Zend Server and decided to go the "portable" route. Not that I think running a server from a flash drive is a great idea but, more that I like the idea of being able to. I put XAMPP on my hard drive and use Toucan to mirror files onto my flash drive. When I want to use PHP on a different computer I can either run it from the flash drive or use Toucan to mirror files from my flash drive to the other computer. This is a huge benefit. I can archive my development environment without any hassle at all.
After I got it all set up [download XAMPP, unzip to C:\, run xampp-control-3-beta.exe, click xampp shell] I wanted to install PHPUnit and several dozen other tools suggested or built by Mr. Sebastian Bergmann. There was one problem I ran into with XAMPP: PEAR didn't seem to have a configuration file but did have a whole mess of deprecated applications and extensions installed. I suppose tossing a fresh install of PEAR into XAMPP would clear out the old applications but it might break XAMPP as well so, I left them installed. What I did was look through the default settings for PEAR when I realized that it was creating C:\php\ by default and populating it with a few folders. Being that I want to keep the applications I install on the flash drive, I had to create Pear.ini and move some folders around. It would really suck to grab my flash drive, thinking that PHPUnit was safely stashed on it, only to realize that I'd left the program sitting on my hard drive at home!
To save you the trouble of having to type
pear config-show
and then
pear config-set
about 20 times, I'm posting my Pearsys.ini file. Copy it, drop it into
\xampp\php
and pear will use it as the system wide configuration file. If you change any settings then they'll be saved into Pear.ini by default and will override the settings in Pearsys.ini. Cool huh? Anyway, be sure to run
pear config-show
before you drop this ini file in place. You'll have to move the folders from where they're currently at to where the ini file says they'll be. If you haven't run pear yet, some of the folders won't exist. Don't worry about it, pear will create the folders when it needs them. For sure though, if you don't put the folders that do exist into their new position then your pear will be broken until you get it right.
For your convenience, the contents of Pearsys.ini configured for xampp-win32-1.7.7-VC9.7z. I've also given the contents of my Pear.ini file so you'll have some good channels available. I did set the preferred state to "beta" in Pear.ini, just so you're aware. Drop the two files into the same folder as pear.bat (\xampp\php) and move some folders around. You'll know when the ini files are in the right place when running config-show suddenly changes to show all the directories inside the xampp folder. You might want to run clear-cache, update-channels, upgrade pear, and update-channels before you install anything.
Pearsys.ini
#PEAR_Config 0.9
a:14:{s:7:"doc_dir";s:15:"\xampp\php\docs";s:10:"__channels";a:2:{s:12:"pecl.php.net";a:0:{}s:5:"__uri";a:0:{}}s:9:"cache_dir";s:25:"\xampp\php\tmp\pear\cache";s:7:"php_bin";s:18:"\xampp\php\php.exe";s:8:"temp_dir";s:20:"\xampp\tmp\pear\temp";s:8:"test_dir";s:16:"\xampp\php\tests";s:7:"www_dir";s:14:"\xampp\php\www";s:8:"data_dir";s:15:"\xampp\php\data";s:7:"cfg_dir";s:14:"\xampp\php\cfg";s:12:"download_dir";s:28:"\xampp\php\tmp\pear\download";s:7:"php_ini";s:18:"\xampp\php\php.ini";s:13:"auto_discover";i:1;s:7:"sig_bin";s:20:"\xampp\gnupg\gpg.exe";s:10:"sig_keydir";s:19:"\xampp\php\pearkeys";}
Pear.ini
#PEAR_Config 0.9
a:15:{s:7:"doc_dir";s:15:"\xampp\php\docs";s:10:"__channels";a:17:{s:12:"pecl.php.net";a:0:{}s:5:"__uri";a:0:{}s:16:"components.ez.no";a:0:{}s:11:"doc.php.net";a:0:{}s:15:"pear.phpunit.de";a:0:{}s:24:"pear.symfony-project.com";a:0:{}s:24:"pear.phpundercontrol.org";a:0:{}s:14:"pear.horde.org";a:0:{}s:28:"bartlett.laurent-laville.org";a:0:{}s:15:"pear.apigen.org";a:0:{}s:16:"pear.pdepend.org";a:0:{}s:14:"pear.phpmd.org";a:0:{}s:19:"pear.phpqatools.org";a:0:{}s:20:"pear.andrewsville.cz";a:0:{}s:16:"pear.kukulich.cz";a:0:{}s:14:"pear.nette.org";a:0:{}s:14:"pear.texy.info";a:0:{}}s:9:"cache_dir";s:25:"\xampp\php\tmp\pear\cache";s:7:"php_bin";s:18:"\xampp\php\php.exe";s:8:"temp_dir";s:20:"\xampp\tmp\pear\temp";s:8:"test_dir";s:16:"\xampp\php\tests";s:7:"www_dir";s:14:"\xampp\php\www";s:8:"data_dir";s:15:"\xampp\php\data";s:7:"cfg_dir";s:14:"\xampp\php\cfg";s:12:"download_dir";s:28:"\xampp\php\tmp\pear\download";s:7:"php_ini";s:18:"\xampp\php\php.ini";s:13:"auto_discover";i:1;s:7:"sig_bin";s:20:"\xampp\gnupg\gpg.exe";s:10:"sig_keydir";s:19:"\xampp\php\pearkeys";s:15:"preferred_state";s:4:"beta";}
pear config-show Output
When both ini files are in place this is what the settings for pear will show:
Administrator@DFOLDER C:\xampp # pear config-show CONFIGURATION (CHANNEL PEAR.PHP.NET): ===================================== Auto-discover new Channels auto_discover 1 Default Channel default_channel pear.php.net HTTP Proxy Server Address http_proxy <not set> PEAR server [DEPRECATED] master_server pear.php.net Default Channel Mirror preferred_mirror pear.php.net Remote Configuration File remote_config <not set> PEAR executables directory bin_dir \xampp\php PEAR documentation directory doc_dir \xampp\php\docs PHP extension directory ext_dir \xampp\php\ext PEAR directory php_dir \xampp\php\pear PEAR Installer cache directory cache_dir \xampp\php\tmp\pear\cache PEAR configuration file cfg_dir \xampp\php\cfg directory PEAR data directory data_dir \xampp\php\data PEAR Installer download download_dir \xampp\php\tmp\pear\download directory PHP CLI/CGI binary php_bin \xampp\php\php.exe php.ini location php_ini \xampp\php\php.ini --program-prefix passed to php_prefix <not set> PHP's ./configure --program-suffix passed to php_suffix <not set> PHP's ./configure PEAR Installer temp directory temp_dir \xampp\tmp\pear\temp PEAR test directory test_dir \xampp\php\tests PEAR www files directory www_dir \xampp\php\www Cache TimeToLive cache_ttl 3600 Preferred Package State preferred_state stable Unix file mask umask 0 Debug Log Level verbose 1 PEAR password (for password <not set> maintainers) Signature Handling Program sig_bin \xampp\gnupg\gpg.exe Signature Key Directory sig_keydir \xampp\php\pearkeys Signature Key Id sig_keyid <not set> Package Signature Type sig_type gpg PEAR username (for username <not set> maintainers) User Configuration File Filename C:\xampp\php\pear.ini System Configuration File Filename C:\xampp\php\pearsys.ini
Registered Channels
Administrator@DFOLDER C:\xampp
# pear list-channels
REGISTERED CHANNELS:
====================
CHANNEL ALIAS SUMMARY
bartlett.laurent-laville.org bartlett Bartlett PEAR Channel
components.ez.no ezc eZ Enterprise components
doc.php.net phpdocs PHP Documentation team
pear.andrewsville.cz andrewsville Andrewsville PEAR channel
pear.apigen.org apigen ApiGen PEAR channel
pear.horde.org horde Horde PEAR server
pear.kukulich.cz kukulich Kukulich PEAR channel
pear.nette.org nette Nette PEAR channel
pear.pdepend.org pdepend PHP Depend PEAR channel
pear.php.net pear PHP Extension and Application
Repository
pear.phpmd.org phpmd PHP Mess Detector PEAR channel
pear.phpqatools.org phpqatools PEAR Channel for the PHP Quality
Assurance Toolchain
pear.phpundercontrol.org phpuc phpUnderControl PEAR channel
pear.phpunit.de phpunit PHPUnit PEAR Channel
pear.symfony-project.com symfony The symfony project PEAR channel
pear.texy.info texy Texy PEAR channel
pecl.php.net pecl PHP Extension Community Library
__uri __uri Pseudo-channel for static packages
This is so far above me that i think my head just exploded! But, it does bring to mind a question... I am always paranoid of losing my writing and lately my main laptop has started acting funny. Honestly, I don't know if it's my internet connection slowing me down or the fact my laptop is five years old.
ReplyDeleteTangent: my lap top's screen went out about 2 years after I purchased it, thus out of warranty, and to get it fixed it would cost me $300... I said "screw that" and hooked up a monitor to it. Thus... my laptop is a desk top now. The laptop screen barely shows anything... you have to tip it this way and that to see what's on it.
Back on subject... so my laptop is acting funny and I'm worried about losing my data. So... I got myself a flash drive and every time I make changes or add new poems or stories, etc. I save it to the flash drive and then to my netbook and then back to the laptop. You see what's happening... I'm saving it in three places to help stop the paranoia. The problem with it is that I have to remember which device has the most recent copy so I don’t override it when copying.
I guess what I want is a fool proof way of being sure I don’t lose my data. I’m always afraid my computer will kick the bucket and I’ll be screwed. My first computer was in 1996 and shortly after that, I joined the world of the Internet. Man, was it different back then! That computer cost me $1700 and my netbook, which is far superior when it comes to memory, cost me $300. But ultimately this little netbook isn’t super ideal when it comes to writing a book… I can do it, but the screen is so dang dinky.
But I digress… the fear of losing data or having it stolen has always been an issue for me. My blog is up and running but I’m still paranoid.
My Jira!! XD Hmmm, . . . It sounds like you could use the awesome program called Toucan. There are many different file synchronization programs but for a good balance of simplicity and options I go with Toucan. You can install it on your flash drive as a portable application so you can configure it the way you want and then carry it around between your computers making sure everything is up to date. I'll write a little something about using it the way you want to later on tonight. Trust me, it's not over your head. Toucan is super easy to use. XD
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