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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. pear/pear ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) pear/pear ========= This is the definitive source of PEAR's core files. v1.10.18(3mo ago)1161.7M—5.4%105[1 PRs](https://github.com/pear/pear-core/pulls)19BSD-2-ClausePHPPHP >=5.4CI passing Since Apr 26Pushed 3mo ago11 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/pear/pear-core)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/pear/pear)[ RSS](/packages/pear-pear/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (4)Versions (18)Used By (19)Security (1) PEAR - The PEAR Installer ========================= [](#pear---the-pear-installer) [![https://travis-ci.org/pear/pear-core.svg?branch=stable](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/71add9942d1258f48fecf6b3bb3abcf07a2bc3861ca47b6b8e6f04c90d3c1766/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f706561722f706561722d636f72652e7376673f6272616e63683d737461626c65)](https://travis-ci.org/pear/pear-core)What is the PEAR Installer? What is PEAR? ----------------------------------------- [](#what-is-the-pear-installer-what-is-pear) PEAR is the PHP Extension and Application Repository, found at . The **PEAR Installer** is this software, which contains executable files and PHP code that is used to **download and install** PEAR code from pear.php.net. PEAR contains useful **software libraries and applications** such as MDB2 (database abstraction), HTML\_QuickForm (HTML forms management), PhpDocumentor (auto-documentation generator), DB\_DataObject (Data Access Abstraction), and many hundreds more. Browse all available packages at , the list is constantly growing and updating to reflect improvements in the PHP language. Warning Do not run PEAR without installing it - if you downloaded this tarball manually, you MUST install it. Read the instructions in INSTALL prior to use. Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) Documentation for PEAR can be found at . Installation documentation can be found in the INSTALL file included in this tarball. Tests ----- [](#tests) Run the tests without installation as follows: ``` $ ./scripts/pear.sh run-tests -r tests ``` You should have the `Text_Diff` package installed to get nicer error output. To run the tests with another PHP version, modify `php_bin` and set the `PHP_PEAR_PHP_BIN` environment variable: ``` $ pear config-set php_bin /usr/local/bin/php7 $ PHP_PEAR_PHP_BIN=/usr/local/bin/php7 ./scripts/pear.sh run-tests -r tests ``` Happy PHPing, we hope PEAR will be a great tool for your development work! ### Test dependencies [](#test-dependencies) - `zlib` Releasing --------- [](#releasing) Create a PEAR package, as well as phars for pear-less installation, simply run `build-release.sh`). `go-pear.phar` contains the PEAR installer installer that asks where to install it. It is available from . `install-pear-nozlib.phar` installs PEAR automatically without asking anything. 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