The PEAR Installer Manifesto: The PEAR Installer maintainer shows you the power of this code management and deployment system to revolutionize your PHP application development

PEAR Installer is the preferred PHP software for installing PHP components. It can be used to easily ensure that the most powerful and up to date php software is installed and working on your server. This book reveals the full power of the PEAR Installer, presenting a new way of organizing your PHP application development and deployment. The book is not just for PHP developers who want to understand how the PEAR Installer works, and what it can do for them, but more generally for PHP developers seeking a better way to deploy their applications and manage updates. It does assume that you have a good working knowledge of PHP development, and are dealing with projects of a sufficient scale and complexity to warrant an investment in a structure process.