Title: PEAR HTML_QuickForm2 in WordPress
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# PEAR HTML_QuickForm2 in WordPress

 *  Resolved [mophilly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mophilly/)
 * (@mophilly)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pear-html_quickform2-in-wordpress/)
 * I am migrating a web site to WordPress. I have built a plugin with admin pages
   for this migration.
 * The old app uses a database that need not be part of the wordpress database. 
   I have set up the plugin to use WP’s built-in database access API to connect 
   to the old database. This is working fine for short codes in the new pages.
 * I need to add the table maintenance windows in the admin area. The old site has
   a set of windows that work fine. However, these are dependent on HTML_QuickForm
   and PEAR.
 * Is is wise, or even possible, to install pear in WP?
 * Is there an alternative for WP that is straightforward like QuickForm?
 * Thanks, in advance.

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 *  Thread Starter [mophilly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mophilly/)
 * (@mophilly)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pear-html_quickform2-in-wordpress/#post-2529737)
 * Just for the record, I have a learned a couple of things that might help someone
   else. In essence, my original questions are misguided.
 * First, PEAR is completely separate from WordPress. It can be installed anywhere,
   such as in a web directory for a “local” install, or elsewhere on a system for
   use by several web site or applications built with PHP. You can use PEAR packages
   in WordPress if you are creating a plugin, for example, or possibly in page templates.
 * Second, HTML_QuickForm has been replaced by HTML_QuickForm2. Unfortunately, the
   differences are significant, so be aware of that the “upgrade path” requires 
   a lot of changes to forms built on the first HTML_QuickForm. To the credit of
   the authors, the first version is maintained for bugs and security fixes.
 * Lastly, there are quite a few packages out there that are bound to out of date
   revisions of PEAR and its base of packages. If you find a need to update PEAR,
   do your homework and make certain other apps on the system will not be disturbed,
   and that subsequent updates of other apps don’t “downgrade” a package.
 * I hope this helps someone.

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