pear installation error

[kgkraeer]

Hey everyone. New to the forum and new to PHP.

The end goal I'm trying to achieve is to write variables from a form to an Excel file.

From my research, it seems that PEAR is the ultimate *free* solution.

However, when I install pear to c:\pear, I get the following:

Loading zlib: ok
Downloading package: PEAR-stable......ok
Downloading package: Archive_Tar-stable....ok
Downloading package: Console_Getopt-stable....ok
Downloading package: XML_RPC-stable....ok
Bootstrapping: PEAR...................(remote) ok
Bootstrapping: Archive_Tar............
Warning: mkdir(Archive): File exists in C:\pear\go-pear.php on line 597
(remote) ok
Bootstrapping: Console_Getopt.........
Warning: mkdir(Console): File exists in C:\pear\go-pear.php on line 611
(remote) ok
Downloading package: DB...............ok
Downloading package: Net_Socket.......ok
Downloading package: Net_SMTP.........ok
Downloading package: Mail.............ok
Downloading package: XML_Parser.......ok
Downloading package: PHPUnit..........ok
Extracting installer..................
Warning: main(PEAR.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in
pear\Archive\Tar.php on line 21

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required 'PEAR.php' (include_path='/C:\DO
E~1\kevinkr\LOCALS~1\Temp\gop9.tmp') in C:\pear\Archive\Tar.php on line 21

Has anyone ever encountered anything like this (the two prior warnings are there because I'm installing over my last failed attempt)?

[mverrier]

Hi! I am having that error, too. I found a link that might help you at: http://www.phpkitchen.com/article.php?stor...021201062516970 It didn't fix my problem, but it seems to have helped others. It would be great if someone on this board could offer some insight. Thanks -- Monique.

[k2s]

i had the same problem on Windows

you have to check the security settings for yout TEMP directory
in my case it was c:\windows\temp
in your case it seams to be C:\DO
E~1\kevinkr\LOCALS~1\Temp\

pear is creating gop9.tmp directory under TEMP directory and is using this to download packages. the settings of TEMP are allowing PHP to create subdirectories, but then it is not allowed to copy files into this directory for PHP

after you fix permissions on TEMP it will work

sincerely,
Martin

[mverrier]

Thanks!! I had given up on pear, but maybe I'll try again. I appreciate your response. Monique.