Xampp already has pear folder but is missing Mail.php?

[aanders50]

Been trying to manually get the files installed, but each time I find and add something it then throws additional errors about other dependencies. I am wondering if PEAR just has skeleton code/files here that came with Xampp's initial install.

I have gone back and removed all the extra stuff I added/changed in an attempt to have someone who has done this before help me through it. PHP has been working fine for me so far as I use it for the backend of my application and I am just trying to extend mailing features now for user registration.

Using my template code it currently just complains that it cannot find "Mail.php" when I do require_once "Mail.php", doing a search under Xampp/php returned no results for Mail or Mail.php

The exact error is..

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Warning: require_once(Mail.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\MyApplication\PHP\Register\register.php on line 97

Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required 'Mail.php' (include_path='C:\xampp\php\pear\') in C:\xampp\htdocs\MyApplication\PHP\Register\register.php on line 97


As for the /php/pear directory looks like


And I took a screenshot of /php/pear/PEAR/ as well


Any help appreciated! Will be trying to check back hourly.

[Altrea]

PEAR is a library containing more than 600 packages.
Of course didn't XAMPP include all of them by delivery (how huge should the download file of XAMPP be?).
So, you just need to know how to install a missing pear package?

Why do you still use PEAR? All modern projects i know have switched to composer with packagist. PEAR is a dying distribution system (just my 2 cents).

[laneOC]

I have this issue, too.

Did you find a solution?

[Altrea]

PEAR in XAMPP is a litte bit buggy.
But here is a step by step instruction that should work:

1. fixing PEAR TAR Package
   
   • Open \xampp\php\pear\Archive\Tar.php in your editor
   • search for
     

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     $v_att_list = & func_get_args();

     
     and replace with the following code
     

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     $v_att_list = func_get_args();

   • save the file
2. update PEAR
   
   • Open the XAMPP Shell (Shell-Button in your XAMPP control panel)
   • type in
     

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     pear channel-update pear.php.net

     
     and
     

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     pear upgrade PEAR

3. Install Mail class
   
   • Again in the XAMPP Shell type in
     

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     pear install Mail-1.4.1

best wishes,
Altrea