php and pear

[selcane]

i've tried to just include a pear library and it's not working:

<?php
require_once '/x10hosting/php2/pear/PEAR/Validate.php';
echo "help";

?>

I dont see anything in the cpanel allowing me to install any pear packages. Is it allowed with a free account? maybe i need to upgrade php? how do i do that?

the reason i need the pear packages is for a secure contact us form.
i wrote a contact us php script which uses pears mail package to prevent mail injection and the validate package to prevent spam.

[xav0989]

try the following code

<?php
require_once 'Validate.php';
echo "help";
?>

However, I've also created my own personal installation using the go-pear script, through the browser.

[selcane]

Hi, thanks for the response, i tried what u said, but still didnt work. i'm gonna try the go-pear thing, thanks for telling me about it!
Edit:
Hi, thanks for the response,
i also tried the go-pear thing, thanks for telling me about it,
but now i dont know what to do. i dont see the mail and validate classes there.
i dont know how to install the validate and mail packages, plus they each have dependencies on other packages. there should really be a link from the cpanel to allow pear package instalations. can you tell me how to install the validate and mail packages? thanks

[xav0989]

To check if it works, use the code below

<?php
require_once 'System.php';
var_dump(class_exists('System'));
?>

Should output "bool(true)". If it doesn't, add your local copy of pear to the include path (add this to the top of the script

set_include_path('where/your/local/copy/is' . PATH_SEPARATOR . get_include_path()); 

=> see http://pear.php.net/manual/en/installation.checking.php


I don't have it configured on my server right now, but if I remember well, to install new packages you need to go to the web based package manager that was added in one of the web access folders you specified.