How to use PEAR behind proxy?

Question

Initially I used the following with no success;

export http_proxy=http://username@password:host:port

Worth noting I don't get a connection error directly, instead;

[root@pal ~]# sudo pear info  PHP_CodeSniffer-1.2.1
No information found for `PHP_CodeSniffer-1.2.1'

score 103 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 15 '10 at 14:21

103

Instead of using the system's http_proxy, set the proxy directly in pear's config;

pear config-set http_proxy http://username:password@yourproxy:80

answered Feb 15 '10 at 14:21

Daniel Morris

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Attention with special characters in the password like ! or @, we must use html code in hexadecimal, for example the char ! is %21. – Aron Dec 11 '13 at 14:38
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To everyone that tries using `pecl`, `config-set` must be used via: `pear` – Anuga Jan 11 '22 at 13:58

score 18 · Answer 2 · answered May 09 '11 at 15:59

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You also may have an issue with your sudo user having different configuration from your user for pear.

If you make this :

pear config-set http_proxy http://username:password@yourproxy:80

Then

sudo pear channel-discover pear.symfony-project.com

You have change user and the proxy is still not set.

So use the appropriate command:

sudo pear config-set http_proxy http://username:password@yourproxy:80

(Issue spotted on Ubuntu 11.04 fresh install)

answered May 09 '11 at 15:59

Damien

Or run `sudo -E channel-discover pear.symfony-project.com` to preserve environment variables if the proxy is set for the current user. – oldwizard Aug 15 '16 at 12:14

score 8 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 20 '19 at 23:51

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Note that pear config-set http_proxy works whereby pecl config-set http_proxy does not, even though pecl config-get http_proxy does.

That one cost me me quite a bit of hair pulling :-)

edited Feb 20 '19 at 23:51

joshmcode

answered Oct 09 '13 at 13:12

boran

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Could you expound, I think I'm in the same trap. – Michael Black Jul 26 '17 at 21:55

score 7 · Answer 4 · edited Apr 02 '14 at 08:04

7

This will remove proxy settings:

pear config-set http_proxy ""

edited Apr 02 '14 at 08:04

aurbano

answered Nov 21 '13 at 08:32

czezz

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