Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL, 2nd Edition

What's Needed for This Book

This section shows you how to download and install our example database, all of the book code examples, the sample online winestore application, and the additional packages that are used throughout the book.

Installing PEAR Packages

The following optional PEAR package is required:

HTML_Template_IT

This is needed to work with Chapter 7 and all later chapters.

Detailed instructions to install optional packages can be found in Chapter 7. You'll also find a discussion there about how to find out about, install, and upgrade packages.

Panther has a problem: the PEAR installer doesn't work and you need to carry out an extra step to get it going. We show you how to install, upgrade, and fix the problem in the following steps:

1. Start by opening Terminal, which is located in Applications → Utilities. Maximize the Terminal window. In the Terminal window, log in as the root user by typing:

   %su

   Supply the password you set when unlocking the root user.

2. Let's fix the PEAR installer's configuration. To do this, you need to set the environment variable PHP_PEAR_INSTALL_DIR to point to the PEAR directory /usr/local/php/lib/php. However, when you use Terminal to type commands, you're using a shell program, and how you set environment variables is dependent on the shell you use.

   Most users use the bash shell. To set an environment variable in bash, type into your Terminal window:

   %set PHP_PEAR_INSTALL_DIR /usr/local/php/lib/php

   If you know you're using the csh or tcsh shell, then type: ...