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:Author: 		Tobias Schlitt
:Date:			Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:34:32 +0100
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Distributing your PHP applications with PEAR
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:Description:
    I recently uploaded my slides from the workshop I held yesterday here on
    the PHP Conference in Frankfurt. This time I did not provide the *usual*
    introduction into PEAR, which I did for the last conferences, but a
    complete example how you can package complete PHP applications using the
    new features of PEAR 1.4.

I recently uploaded my slides from the workshop I held yesterday here on the
`PHP Conference in Frankfurt`__. This time I did not provide the *usual*
introduction into PEAR, which I did for the last conferences, but a complete
example how you can package complete PHP applications using the new features
of `PEAR 1.4`__.

.. __: http://www.php-conference.de
.. __: http://pear.php.net/manual/en/guide-migrating.php

You can download the package, including the presentation and example code
`here`__.

.. __: http://files.schlitt.info/misc/PEAR_distributing_PHP_Conf_2005_toby.tar.gz

As the example application I used the Serendipity weblog system in version
0.9, and the example code manages installing the complete application through
a PEAR package. I use features like custom file roles and post install
scripts, so I hope the workshop presentation and the example code can give a
good introduction to those features and how to utilize them.

By now, the example installs S9Y well, but leaves out a lot of stuff (like
upgrading facilities, a lot of customization configs,...), so it is not
inteded for real life usage. But well, when I find time, I'll definitly finish
the work and provide a PEAR package for Serendipity. Hope you like it, at
least my attendees from yesterday seemed to be satisfied.


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- Garvin at Mon, 07 Nov 2005 18:26:29 +0100

  Yay! If I were in Frankfurt, I'd spend an evening at the bar with you.
  Packaging s9y with PEAR is on my wishlist for ages - some people already
  made efforts to use the Pear_channeling facilities, but they all dropped out
  before having a breakthrough success.

  It would be great if a flexible PEAR-S9Y-connection could be made,
  especially for upgrading/plugin installations. Keep us posted. :-)

  Best regards, Garvin

- Sebastian at Mon, 07 Nov 2005 19:15:11 +0100

  I'll be on the conference from tomorrow on. We need to talk about this
  subject.

- Toby at Tue, 08 Nov 2005 00:59:17 +0100

  As Clay pointed out to me, he already made a Web_Role package containing a
  web_dir file role, which I already made for the workshop. If you want to
  create your own script, I'd recommend that one: [pearified/Web_Role
  http://pearified.com/index.php?package=Role_Web]