Applicable to:
- Plesk for Linux
Question
The application that needs PEAR (PHP Extension and Application Repository) shows that it is not installed.
How to enable PEAR support for a domain in Plesk?
Answer
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Go to Plesk > Domains > example.com > PHP settings > Common settings > Make sure that the
include_pathdirective includes PEAR folder path relative to current PHP version:CONFIG_TEXT: .:/opt/plesk/php/7.3/share/pear
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Copy PEAR folder path from
include_pathand append it inopen_basedirdirective as follows:CONFIG_TEXT: {WEBSPACEROOT}{/}{:}{TMP}{/}:/opt/plesk/php/7.3/share/pear
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Verify if PEAR was enabled correctly creating
pear.phpfile in website public directory with the following content:CONFIG_TEXT: <?php
require_once 'System.php';
if (class_exists('System')) {
echo 'Pear works';
} else {
echo 'Pear doesn\'t work';
};
?>
Additional Information
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Comments
10 comments
I need to send mail trough PHP pear smtp mail functions, I am not sure if I need to manually install php-pear-Mail.noarch or it should already be installed since I have the /usr/share/pear with pear files there.
I think that this article is outdated and does not match the standard configuration of plesk onyx, at least with CloudLinux.
The value for include_path is set to .:/opt/plesk/php<version>/share/pear and shouldn't be changed, i guess.
These instructions are hard to understand, need to be rewritten
Hello @Darren,
Thank you for the feedback.
I'm glad that this article was helpful.
The article will be reviewed.
I think the path is /usr/share/psa-pear/pear and not /usr/share/pear.
Probably best to expand a little on the explanations, for example, the include directive may have already been altered previously for some plugin or app, and so having the statement `Set the following value for
include_path` is not quite right. Maybe use `change` or `ensure the path includes the values`.`Add the following toopen_basedir` seems good enough an explanation, bearing in mind the on page instructions already found on the php settings form.The two items that state `(usepathfrom step 1):` need to be removed as they are misleading and incorrect.However, I found this to be a useful nugget of information, as I have previously had to load PEAR manually in the past, and this is so much easier. Thanks Guys.Hello @adrianTNT
If pear is already installed you could check installed modules by the following command:
pear list
pear list-all will list all packages, packaged and/or available. To install the package the command 'pear install' should be used.
Additional details here: https://pear.php.net/manual/en/guide.users.commandline.commands.php
@Martin Schaible
The path should be the same as in the output of this command:
/usr/share/psa-pear/pear/pear config-get php_dir
It may be different depending on the configuration.
@Scott, article was edited.
@Martin Schaible
Include_path varies between the different PHP versions. The article shows the include_path for OS PHP version. When switching to Plesk PHP version, e.g. PHP 7.2, the include_path changes to /opt/plesk/php/7.2/share/pear accordingly.
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