Pear install for macports PHP5

Question

I have PHP5 installed via macports in /opt/local/..the default location for macports. There's no portfile for pear. If I do a standard pear install from the pear site what directory location should pear be placed in to work with PHP?

Answer 1

While the curl option works, it won't update as you update your ports. An alternative:

sudo port install php5 +pear

This will install the variant of php5 with pear, in the same location as downloading above, and it will update as you update macports.