local php.ini include_path errors, looking for PEAR packages "Mail" and "Mail_MIME"

[JohnD]

I can not find the PHP PEAR packages "Mail" and "Mail_MIME" in the default Siteground server installation.
I need to put their location in my php.ini include_path statement.

I need to get my php script "send-email-form.php" to include the PEAR modules Mail and Mail_MIME.
I have placed that script and the php.ini file in my home/my_cPanel_username/Public_html folder.
Running the script produces the 4 Warning error messages below. Clearly the include_path statement is not pointing to the correct directory locations.

I have tried installing PEAR via go-pear.php but this has not achieved anything, so I have deleted the files installed.
I have also placed the php.ini file in my /home/my_cPanel_username/PEAR directory - in case I need to add any extra PEAR packages in the future



Paths advised by the PHP & MYSQL Tutorial/Section - PEAR Modules/How to install an additional Pear package/Step 7
= include_path = ".:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/home/my_cPanel_username/pear";

However - Cpanel Program Paths gives the following- PHP --> /usr/bin/php

N.B. The zsend_extension paths in php.ini lines 2 & 3 were obtained by using the cPanel PHP Variables Manager

I have tried using various paths, but nothing seems to work.
*** So what am I doing wrong ???


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Using the php.ini file below, I get the following error messages:
Warning: include_once(Mail.php) [function.include-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/my_cPanel_username/public_html/send-email-form.php on line 7
Warning: include_once() [function.include]: Failed opening 'Mail.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/home/my_cPanel_username/pear') in /home/my_cPanel_username/public_html/send-email-form.php on line 7
Warning: include_once(Mail_Mime/mime.php) [function.include-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/my_cPanel_username/public_html/send-email-form.php on line 8
Warning: include_once() [function.include]: Failed opening 'Mail_Mime/mime.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/home/my_cPanel_username/pear') in /home/my_cPanel_username/public_html/send-email-form.php on line 8
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my local php.ini file contains the following lines:
include_path = ".:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/home/my_cPanel_username/pear";
zend_extension=/usr/local/php52/lib/php/extensions/ioncube.so
zend_extension=/usr/local/php52/lib/php/extensions/ZendOptimizer.so
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my send-email-form.php includes the following lines:
7 include_once('Mail.php');
8 include_once('Mail_Mime/mime.php');
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Thanks in advance.

[JohnD]

Turns out that I was making it more complicated than it needed to be, because my local php.ini file was not required.

Also, one of my "include_path" statements was pointing at the wrong place. The correct statements are below:
include_once('Mail.php');
include_once('Mail/mime.php');

The default php.ini file is at /usr/local/php52/lib/php.ini and this works just fine for the Siteground default installation of PEAR packages - see https://www.siteground.com/tutorials...ar_modules.htm

So... another happy ending.

Thanks Siteground Helpdesk!