Re: [PHP] Re: intalling pear:db
Ryan, Your suggestion led me to the solution. I was having the same problem with php returning a fatal error made me think DB.php was to blame. But it ended up being an include problem after all... I use php 4.3.8 and my include path to the PEAR libraries was already set. The actual problem was including my config file which defined my DSN driver. Once I was able to successfully include the config file and actually define the DSN info, everything was fine. Thanks! Tim on 11/26/04 1:18, Ryan King at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 25, 2004, at 1:56 AM, Merlin wrote: Hi, that did not help. The pear manual says that this can be installed via command line, plus pear list tells me that the package is installed. However if I call phpinfo() there is no mentioning about pear in any way?! Do I have to enable it first anyhow?` How about trying a var_dump() on your DB object? For me, this is always the first step in trying to solve a mystery like this. Chances are, your DB object is really a PEAR_Error object because your failed to connect to your database. -ryan -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: intalling pear:db
On Thursday 25 November 2004 15:56, Merlin wrote: I successfully upgraded with this command. However the system still says: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: fetchrow() The error message will say which line caused the error. Examine that line and see how fetchrow() is being called. Is it called as part of an object's method? Is that object one of pear's? that did not help. The pear manual says that this can be installed via command line, plus pear list tells me that the package is installed. However if I call phpinfo() there is no mentioning about pear in any way?! Do I have to enable it first anyhow?` If you have full error reporting enabled, then any errors in including the pear files will show. All the pear stuff are just files that you include. There is no setting as such to enable to disable pear. -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design Hosting * Internet Intranet Applications Development * -- Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general -- /* True leadership is the art of changing a group from what it is to what it ought to be. -- Virginia Allan */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: intalling pear:db
Hi Jason, All the pear stuff are just files that you include. I do not understand?! How come the pear site provides a command line installer: http://pear.php.net/manual/en/installation.cli.php When I call pear list it tells me that pear:db is installed. I also tried to compile php '--with-PEAR', but it tells me nowhere in the phpinfo() that there is anything about pear. So you say I have to copy the untared pear:db files to any directory and include them? Thanx, Merlin Jason Wong wrote: On Thursday 25 November 2004 15:56, Merlin wrote: I successfully upgraded with this command. However the system still says: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: fetchrow() The error message will say which line caused the error. Examine that line and see how fetchrow() is being called. Is it called as part of an object's method? Is that object one of pear's? that did not help. The pear manual says that this can be installed via command line, plus pear list tells me that the package is installed. However if I call phpinfo() there is no mentioning about pear in any way?! Do I have to enable it first anyhow?` If you have full error reporting enabled, then any errors in including the pear files will show. All the pear stuff are just files that you include. There is no setting as such to enable to disable pear. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: intalling pear:db
Merlin wrote:
that did not help. The pear manual says that this can be installed via
command line, plus pear list tells me that the package is installed.
However if I call phpinfo() there is no mentioning about pear in any
way?!
Do I have to enable it first anyhow?`
I assume you have very little PHP experience, so I'll try not to skip
any steps.
Forget pear for now.
in PHP, if you have this file:
?php
include_once 'blah.php';
?
then php.exe (on windows) or /usr/bin/php (in unix - path may vary) will
read a special configuration variable called include_path that looks
something like this:
.;C:\php4
in windows or
.:/usr/local/lib/php
in unix
PHP will pretend your script is:
?php
include_once './blah.php';
?
and if ./blah.php does not exist, it will try
?php
include_once '/usr/local/lib/php/blah.php';
?
See? So, if blah.php is actually located in /usr/lib/php/blah.php, php
will not find it and cause an error. So, you have to change the
include_path
?php
set_include_path('/usr/lib/php' . PATH_SEPARATOR . get_include_path());
include_once 'blah.php';
?
PEAR only installs files, it does not change include_path because this
is impossible to do automatically. What you need to do is find the
location of DB.php, and make sure the absolute path that leads to DB.php
is in your include_path (/usr/local/lib/php/DB.php, perhaps, or
C:\php4\pear\DB.php)
Having said this, the error you are experiencing sounds like a bug in
the code. There are two possibilities
1) there is a file named DB.php located in the . directory, that is
being included *before* pear's db would be included
2) there is an ancient version of DB.php that is being included before
pear's DB.php
the get_included_files() function can help you lots on this one
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.get-included-files.php
Greg
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Re: [PHP] Re: intalling pear:db
On Nov 25, 2004, at 1:56 AM, Merlin wrote: Hi, that did not help. The pear manual says that this can be installed via command line, plus pear list tells me that the package is installed. However if I call phpinfo() there is no mentioning about pear in any way?! Do I have to enable it first anyhow?` How about trying a var_dump() on your DB object? For me, this is always the first step in trying to solve a mystery like this. Chances are, your DB object is really a PEAR_Error object because your failed to connect to your database. -ryan -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: intalling pear:db
Merlin wrote: Hi there, I am trying to get a class running which requires pear:DB. I downloaded the package and executed: # pear install DB-1.6.8.tgz DB already installed pear upgrade DB-1.6.8.tgz -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: intalling pear:db
Greg Beaver wrote: Merlin wrote: Hi there, I am trying to get a class running which requires pear:DB. I downloaded the package and executed: # pear install DB-1.6.8.tgz DB already installed pear upgrade DB-1.6.8.tgz Hi, I successfully upgraded with this command. However the system still says: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: fetchrow() Is fetchrow a part from pear:db? And if so, why does it still not work? I have restarted the webserver. Merlin -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: intalling pear:db
Merlin wrote: Greg Beaver wrote: Merlin wrote: Hi there, I am trying to get a class running which requires pear:DB. I downloaded the package and executed: # pear install DB-1.6.8.tgz DB already installed pear upgrade DB-1.6.8.tgz Hi, I successfully upgraded with this command. However the system still says: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: fetchrow() Is fetchrow a part from pear:db? And if so, why does it still not work? I have restarted the webserver. Merlin Make sure the pear libraries are within the include path of PHP. Open your php.ini and look for the include_path directive. Read more here: http://au.php.net/manual/en/ini.sect.path-directory.php#ini.include-path cheers, Jeffery http://melbourne.ug.php.net -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: intalling pear:db
Jeffery Fernandez wrote: Merlin wrote: Greg Beaver wrote: Merlin wrote: Hi there, I am trying to get a class running which requires pear:DB. I downloaded the package and executed: # pear install DB-1.6.8.tgz DB already installed pear upgrade DB-1.6.8.tgz Hi,pear list I successfully upgraded with this command. However the system still says: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: fetchrow() Is fetchrow a part from pear:db? And if so, why does it still not work? I have restarted the webserver. Merlin Make sure the pear libraries are within the include path of PHP. Open your php.ini and look for the include_path directive. Read more here: http://au.php.net/manual/en/ini.sect.path-directory.php#ini.include-path cheers, Jeffery http://melbourne.ug.php.net Hi, that did not help. The pear manual says that this can be installed via command line, plus pear list tells me that the package is installed. However if I call phpinfo() there is no mentioning about pear in any way?! Do I have to enable it first anyhow?` Thanx, Merlin -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
