PEAR_Frontend_Web

Webbased PEAR Package Manager

This package is unmaintained.

Download latest release 0.7.5 (archived versions might be outdated)

License: PHP License

Description

The most accessible way to manage your pear-compatible packages.

This frontend's most valuable features are:
* Webbased: no remote shell access needed.
* Fully channel aware: no default channel, all channels are managed at the same time
* Unique docviewer: read the installed documentation in your borwser.
* Plus all features of the PEAR Installer.

Maintainers

Tias Guns (tias) — lead, active
Gregory Beaver (cellog) — lead, active
Christian Dickmann (dickmann) — lead, inactive
Pierre-Alain Joye (pajoye) — lead, inactive
Stig Bakken (ssb) — helper, inactive

Dependencies

Required

PHP (>= 4.3.0)
PEAR Installer (>= 1.6.1)
HTML_Template_IT
PEAR (>= 1.6.1)

Releases

0.7.5 (beta, 2010-10-25)
Release notes

License: PHP License

Automatically built QA release
Bug #16123 Does not work if PEAR version >= 1.8 - saltybeagle
0.7.4 (beta, 2009-04-22)
0.7.3 (beta, 2008-08-03)
Release notes

License: PHP License

* Fix bug #13703 no empty channel url
* fix bug #13714 'package information' link on installing local file
* for the open_basedir prisoners, don't allow PEAR to search for a temp dir (would use /tmp), see bug #13167
0.7.2 (beta, 2008-01-20)
Release notes

License: PHP License

* more robust path detection
+ Bug #11485 directory separator
+ Bug #11525 cannot read the template file error
+ Bug #11487 recursive errors
+ Bug #12403 Incorrect path search for config.conf file
0.7.1 (beta, 2007-06-26)
Release notes

License: PHP License

* Remove CommandForwardCompatible stuff as it has almost all been merged into PEAR
* Add Command/Categories for the category stuff that was not merged
* Remove a rogue php notice
+ Bug #11300 array_walk_recursive() is a PHP 5 only function
* Colorize and auto-url some output (eg pear install is now much more clear for novice users)
0.7.0 (beta, 2007-05-22)
Release notes

License: PHP License

Make more stable: [tias]
* Rewrite launch script [Done]
* Rewrite documentation [Done]
* Make postinstallscripts work [Done]
* Some auto-urling [Done]
* Remove E_Notices and checkcode warnings [Done]
* Unify list of packages output [Done]
* Rename files to standard [Done]
* Add 'Docviewer' [Done]

* Fix Bug #11028: Post Install shows numerous empty variables errors. [tias]
* Fix Bug #11029: Post Install Error Message - Depreciated Function Call [tias]
* Implement Feature #10887: list-category for channels like pearified.com [tias]
0.6.1 (alpha, 2007-04-27)
Release notes

License: PHP License

Emergency release for go-pear compatibility:
Put docs/example.php back in place: go-pear uses this ! index.php.txt continues to exist because imho docs may not be executable things (so example.php is only there for BC)
+ Bug #10853 "Array" printed when upgrading or installing
0.6.0 (alpha, 2007-04-26)
Release notes

License: PHP License

Reworked webfrontend: [Tias]
* Use 'list' and 'list-upgrades' commands instead of the slow 'list-all' when possible
* Use command 'info' for installed packages
* Add proper documentation
* Make 'search' work over all channels
* Change 'list all packages' too 'list all categories' and list it for _all_ channels (also provide dry list of package names)
* Remove unnecessary DHTML stuff
* Make it easy to set up the frontend for an existing pear installation
0.5.2 (alpha, 2007-04-03)
Release notes

License: PHP License

* Fix Bug #10427: wrong dependencies [tias]
* Fix Bug #10428: install dependencies of package [tias]
* Fix Bug #10429: some small bugfixes [tias]
* Fix Bug #10430: remote-info broken for installed packages [tias]
* Small changes in the templates files, that makes stuff much nicer
* config-show submit: only config-set what has changed (and never the buggy Filename that can not be changed this way), and output it nicely.
0.5.1 (alpha, 2006-04-17)
Release notes

License: PHP License

- #6995 missing require_once in Web.php
- #6993 prevents large response time, create the cache_dir
if it does not exist
- #7319, bad display of errors when the install cmd failed
- remove Pager dependency
0.5.0 (alpha, 2006-03-01)
Release notes

License: PHP License

Major features addition: channel support
Also, support for post-install scripts on install, and package.xml 2.0
0.4 (beta, 2004-06-06)
Release notes

License: PHP License

Bugfixes release:
- Remove Pager dep
- Should work well on non apache system (ie IIS)
- The 'installed packages' is now the entry page
(no more remote connection during startup)
0.3 (beta, 2003-05-28)
Release notes

License: PHP License

Bugfixes release:
- Fix a bug while using both CLI and Web installer
(Invalid characters, bug #23516)
- Installs correctly the CLI tools
0.2.2 (beta, 2002-11-23)
0.2.1 (beta, 2002-11-07)
0.2 (beta, 2002-10-26)
0.1 (beta, 2002-07-11)

Bugs

ID	Status	Type	Version	Date	Summary
#146	Closed	Bug		2003-10-22	Categories not alphabetically sorted
#244	No Feedback	Bug		2003-11-14	Problem with pear.conf location
#372	Closed	Bug		2003-12-06	Web.php does not conform to CS
#815	No Feedback	Bug		2004-02-20	Pear after-installation configuration mistake
#1067	Bogus	Bug		2004-03-24	backslashes used as path separator on windows break the script index.php
#1213	Closed	Bug		2004-04-15	"Cannot re-assign $this" with PEAR::Pager
#1284	Closed	Bug		2004-04-26	In PHP5 you must use the "Pager::factory($params)" method.
#1624	Closed	Bug		2004-06-12	Incorrect pear.conf file selected
#1625	Closed	Bug		2004-06-12	Wrong display of conf file
#2165	No Feedback	Bug		2004-08-19	Some packages install files with no file name, only extension
#2241	Closed	Req		2004-08-27	Add Auth System to Frontend
#2603	Bogus	Bug		2004-10-23	PEAR_Frontend_Web creates bad URL
#3654	Closed	Bug		2005-03-01	Notices in CVS (0.5.0)
#3800	Closed	Req		2005-03-13	a release is needed to work with PEAR 1.4.0
#4541	Closed	Bug		2005-06-07	Initial access to the locally installed PEAR web front ent crashes
#4990	No Feedback	Bug		2005-08-03	Space in PEAR path causes trouble upgrading/installing packages
#5797	Bogus	Bug		2005-10-27	go-pear web frontend
#6557	No Feedback	Bug		2006-01-23	PEAR_Frontend_Web crashes with parse error when called after successful install
#6993	Closed	Bug	0.5.0	2006-03-02	Large Response Times
#6995	Closed	Bug	0.5.0	2006-03-02	missing require_once in Web.php
#7294	No Feedback	Bug	2.1.0	2006-04-04	go-pear.php generates errors
#7318	Closed	Bug	0.5.0	2006-04-05	checkerboard.gif not found
#7319	Closed	Bug	0.5.0	2006-04-05	Image missing when package installation fails
#8731	No Feedback	Bug	0.5.1	2006-09-19	Path Separators in pear.ini after Config Change
#8830	Closed	Bug	0.5.1	2006-10-02	Long response time and wrong error formatting.
#9978	Closed	Bug	0.5.1	2007-01-30	Some packages appear under the Local category
#10427	Closed	Bug	0.5.1	2007-03-20	wrong dependencies
#10428	Closed	Bug	0.5.1	2007-03-20	install dependencies of package
#10429	Closed	Bug	0.5.1	2007-03-20	some small bugfixes
#10430	Closed	Bug	0.5.1	2007-03-20	remote-info broken for installed packages
#10853	Closed	Bug	0.6.0	2007-04-26	"Array" printed when upgrading or installing
#10887	Closed	Req	0.6.1	2007-04-29	list-category for channels like pearified.com
#10888	Closed	Bug	0.6.1	2007-04-29	list-categories opt packages
#11028	Closed	Bug	0.6.1	2007-05-13	Post Install shows numerous empty variables errors.
#11029	Closed	Bug	0.6.1	2007-05-13	Post Install Error Message - Depreciated Function Call
#11053	Bogus	Bug	CVS	2007-05-15	index.php variable not set
#11300	Closed	Bug		2007-06-12	array_walk_recursive() is a PHP 5 only function
#11485	Closed	Bug	0.7.1	2007-06-30	directory separator
#11486	Bogus	Bug	0.7.1	2007-06-30	directory separator
#11487	Closed	Bug	0.7.1	2007-06-30	recursive errors
#11488	No Feedback	Bug	0.7.1	2007-06-30	config location
#11525	Closed	Bug	0.7.1	2007-07-05	cannot read the template file error
#11955	Closed	Bug	1.6.1	2007-09-01	Protected directory warning check is incorrect
#12403	Closed	Bug	0.7.1	2007-11-08	Incorrect path search for config.conf file
#12669	Open	Req	0.7.1	2007-12-12	Standards based HTML
#13051	No Feedback	Bug	0.7.2	2008-02-02	Web authentication security check
#13536	No Feedback	Bug	CVS	2008-03-30	Template Directory Error
#13651	Bogus	Req	0.7.2	2008-04-11	htaccess problem - NOT bug
#13703	Closed	Bug	0.7.2	2008-04-17	Missing validation of channel url
#13712	No Feedback	Req	0.7.2	2008-04-18	Notify users when a package may maximum_upload_size
#13713	No Feedback	Bug	0.7.2	2008-04-18	Undefined variable: _SESSION in PEAR\Frontend\Web.php
#13714	Closed	Req	0.7.2	2008-04-18	Packageinfo should still be viewable after installing from a file
#13715	Analyzed	Req	0.7.2	2008-04-18	Running post install scripts
#13878	Duplicate	Bug		2008-05-12	GO-PEAR.php
#13879	Duplicate	Bug	0.7.2	2008-05-12	GO-PEAR.php
#13880	Closed	Bug	0.7.2	2008-05-12	GO-PEAR.php
#14322	Closed	Bug	0.7.2	2008-07-10	(safe-mode) open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/tmp)
#14598	Open	Bug	0.7.3	2008-09-04	pear web fails to find the pear config file
#14796	Open	Req	0.7.3	2008-10-15	Package produces many E_NOTICE errors
#15861	Open	Bug		2009-02-02	preferred_state ignored when searching & listing packages
#16087	Closed	Bug	0.7.3	2009-04-11	Failed opening required 'PEAR/Remote.php'
#16089	Closed	Bug	0.7.3	2009-04-11	Installed packages overview shows "Array"
#16123	Closed	Bug	0.7.3	2009-04-19	Does not work if PEAR version >= 1.8
#16132	Duplicate	Bug		2009-04-20	Error occurs at starting Web Frontend after basic installation completed
#16134	Closed	Bug	0.7.3	2009-04-21	Failed to include PEAR/Remote.php
#16543	Wont fix	Bug	0.7.4	2009-08-20	Web Frontend doesn't work in php safe_mode at all.
#18212	Open	Bug	0.7.5	2011-01-23	not write correct data do pear.ini with magic_quotes_gpc = On
#20961	Open	Bug		2015-10-08	Call to undefined method PEAR::PEAR_Command_Common()
#21245	Open	Bug		2017-10-06	xss reflected on pear package management system
#23766	Open	Bug	0.7.5	2018-09-02	File http://doc.php.net:80/rest/p/packages.xml not valid