Installing pear on a shared host.

[kgun]

1. I am on a shared host with php 5.2.4 and no SSL Shell/Telnet shell access. I only have ftp access and can set permissions on folders and files via my dreamweaver 2004 extension plugin.

2. This http://pear.php.net/manual/en/installation.shared.php article says.

"Make sure you are running PHP 5.0 or newer on your local computer"

My simple question: Isn't there a zip file download for the whole package that can be installed in a local folder on my c disk and uploaded to /user/local/lib/php/pear without having to download and install PHP or XAMPP?

3. I know that some central pear packages is included in php 5.+ unless it was compiled with the

-without-pear

configuration flag.

When I run:

echo 'PHP info = ' . phpinfo() ;

and page search that page, I get the following

open_basedir /home/web/wno134614:/var/tmp:/usr/local/lib/php:/usr/local/share/pear

safe_mode_exec_dir /home/web/wno134614:/var/tmp:/usr/local/lib/php:/usr/local/share/pear

information that indicates that it, as you will expect, is a shared solution.

I preferably want to administer the packages myself, so to repeat:

Do I really need to have a local version of php 5.0 or later running to install the full pear package on a shared host?
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