[FIXED] How to use my server's PEAR package from site root

Issue

First things first, my site is hosted on a Linux CentOS server and it already has the complete PEAR package in /usr/share/PEAR. I have written a send mail script using smtp and I want to include the server's PEAR/Mail.php in sendMail.php. Below is the site root structure:

Site: /var/www/html/buxx/
  SendMail/
   index.php
   sendMail.php

PEAR on Server
/usr
   /share
    /PEAR
     /Mail.php

I've tried to use set_include_path(".:/usr/share/PEAR/"), realpath(/usr/share/PEAR/Mail.php) and include_once("/usr/share/PEAR/")

but I keep getting errors like

[ERROR] include_once(): Failed opening '' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear') in /var/www/html/buxx/SendMail/sendMail.php

how do I include the absolute path to Mail.php in sendMail.php or is there any other way around this?

Many Thanks

Solution

It looks like your include path is already correct.

include "Mail.php" should do it.

Answered By - Farkie

Answer Checked By - Timothy Miller (PHPFixing Admin)