When I was trying to get PHP session upload progress data from a site that uses a custom session handler, I learned that PHP stores the upload progress data using its built-in session handler before it runs any code. This means the upload data is not included when the site starts the session with its custom handler. However, I learned that it is possible to retrieve data from a session, abort it, and start another session with a different session handler.
Found an article that provides essential information not found in PECL installation messages: https://arcadian83.livejournal.com/16386.html. The key is that the php.ini path has to be added to both PEAR and PECL.
System Integrity Protection on OS X El Capitan makes it a challenge to install software that was easy to install on previous Mac OS X versions. I just found a simple, clear guide to installing PEAR on OS X 10.11 El Capitan. Now I can run PEAR and PECL to install PHP extensions.
composer require is the command to add packages to a composer project. Dreamhost shared hosting kills this command for using too much memory. To install new packages on Dreamhost shared hosting,