[FIXED] How common is PEAR in the real world?

Issue

I have looked at a good deal of other peoples source code and other open source PHP software, but it seems to me that almost nobody actually uses PEAR.

How common is PEAR usage out in real world usage?

I was thinking that maybe the current feeling on frameworks may be affecting its popularity.

Solution

PHP programmer culture seems to have a rampant infestation of "Not Invented Here" syndrome, where everyone appears to want to reinvent the wheel themselves.

Not to say this applies to all PHP Programmers, but them doing this apparently far too normal.

Much of the time I believe its due to lack of education, and that combined with difficulty of hosting providers providing decent PHP services.

This makes getting a workable PEAR installation so much more difficult, and its worsened by PHP's design structure not being favorable to a modular design.

( This may improve with the addition of namespaces, but have yet to see ).

The vast majority of PHP code I see in the wild is still classic amateur code interpolated with HTML, and the majority of cheap hosting that PHP users inevitably sign up for doesn't give you shell access.

Answered By - Kent Fredric

Answer Checked By - Gilberto Lyons (PHPFixing Admin)