What's the best way to load PEAR modules in Zend Framework 1?

Question

I need the PEAR module, Services_Ebay in my ZF1 project. I'd like to put it and its dependencies in /library so the project is completely self-contained.

Is there a recommended way of doing this while using either ZF's or PEAR's autoloaders?

Answer 1

Setup your include path with

set_include_path(get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR . __DIR__ . '/library/');

That makes sure the require statements in the lib itself work. PEAR1 libraries don't have an autoloader, you need to require_once the first file you need.