php_pear_channel.md

php_pear_channel

PEAR Channels are alternative sources for PEAR packages. This resource provides and easy way to manage these channels.

Actions

• :discover: Initialize a channel from its server.
• :add: Add a channel to the channel list, usually only used to add private channels. Public channels are usually added using the :discover action
• :update: Update an existing channel
• :remove: Remove a channel from the List

Properties

Name	Type	Default	Description
channel_name	String		Name attribute. The name of the channel to discover
channel_xml	String		The channel.xml file of the channel you are adding
binary	String	pear	Pear binary

Examples

# discover the horde channel
php_pear_channel "pear.horde.org" do
  action :discover
end

# download xml then add the symfony channel
remote_file "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/symfony-channel.xml" do
  source 'http://pear.symfony-project.com/channel.xml'
  mode '0644'
end
php_pear_channel 'symfony' do
  channel_xml "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/symfony-channel.xml"
  action :add
end

# update the main pear channel
php_pear_channel 'pear.php.net' do
  action :update
end

# update the main pecl channel
php_pear_channel 'pecl.php.net' do
  action :update
end