Enabling the PHP SSL Extension

If you're using the PEAR mail class to send messages via a mail server that requires connections via SSL (such as Google's SMTP servers), you might run into this error:Failed to connect to ssl://smtp.gmail.com:465 [SMTP: Failed to connect socket: Unable to find the socket transport "ssl" - did you forget to enable it when you configured PHP? (code: -1, response: )]This is typically an indication
February 21, 2010 | Filed Under PHP, Syndicated, mailing, pear, ssl | Leave a Comment 

Installing the Pear Classes

If you've been doing FileMaker custom web development using PHP, you've probably heard of PEAR. PEAR (short for "PHP Extension and Application Repository") is a collection of PHP code that performs many common functions. PEAR packages either provide enhanced versions of functionality that is built into PHP itself, or provide functionality that PHP lacks. For a list of packages that PEAR provides,
February 21, 2010 | Filed Under PHP, Syndicated, pear | Leave a Comment