Fatal error: Class 'PEAR' not found in /home/user1/public_html/go-pear.php on line 697

Question

When trying to install PEAR by running go-pear.php (from the root of a cPanel GoDaddy hosted account), I get the following error:

Answer 1

I had the same error, and managed to solve it replacing the links stored in $bootstrap_files to :

$bootstrap_files = array(
    'PEAR5.php'            => 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pear/pear-core/master/PEAR5.php',
    'PEAR.php'             => 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pear/pear-core/master/PEAR.php',
    'Archive/Tar.php'      => 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pear/Archive_Tar/master/Archive/Tar.php',
    'Console/Getopt.php'   => 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pear/Console_Getopt/master/Console/Getopt.php',
);

Answer 2

Use the .phar file: http://pear.php.net/go-pear.phar

It should work better.

Answer 3

Pay attenction: Sometimes the problem is caused because of the blocking of fsocket() php function.
Server-to-server communication is sometimes used to commit abuses for example internet attacks.
Many free hosting companies block fsocket() function by default, and sometimes you have to authenticate yourself (providing information about you) to use this function.

Answer 4

I also had this error and found that KevinD's fix didn't work for me, but was able to figure something out based on it. To solve the problem I replaced the line

'Console/Getopt.php'   => 'https://raw.github.com/pear/Console_Getopt/trunk/Console/Getopt.php',

with

'Console/Getopt.php'   => 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pear/Console_Getopt/trunk/Console/Getopt.php',

The install completed nearly instantly for me after this change.