Can't run pear command after installation on Windows

Question

I'm using XAMPP on my WINDOWS/XP local machine. Here are my installation steps:

• Running xampp\\php\\go-pear.bat
• I choose, " SYSTEM WIDE " by entering "system"
• Continued with "default" individual locations (Pressing "Enter")
• Then, double clicked " PEAR_ENV.reg "

After install, while i call "pear" from Command Prompt, it is showing:

'pear' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Here are my "System Environment Variables" and i got all files (and "PEAR" folder) correctly:

• PHP_PEAR_BIN_DIR = C:\\Program Files\\xampp\\php
• PHP_PEAR_DATA_DIR = C:\\Program Files\\xampp\\php\\data
• PHP_PEAR_DOC_DIR = C:\\Program Files\\xampp\\php\\docs
• PHP_PEAR_INSTALL_DIR = C:\\Program Files\\xampp\\php\\pear
• PHP_PEAR_PHP_BIN = C:\\Program Files\\xampp\\php.\\php.exe
• PHP_PEAR_SYSCONF_DIR = C:\\Program Files\\xampp\\php
• PHP_PEAR_TEST_DIR = C:\\Program Files\\xampp\\php\\tests

What did i do wrong?

Answer 1

You need to update your PATH environment variable to include the location of the pear command. Here is an article on how to do this:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/path.mspx?mfr=true