alternative of use Pear

HI!

 

Sorry to ask you this not so pear-advanced question but I wouldn't know who
to ask otherwise.

 

I'm designing the site of an association and I would like to include a php
hack by <http://www.freeopenbook.com/php-hacks/phphks-CHP-6-SECT-9.html>
Jack Herrington for better functionality of the site. Unfortunately (for
me.) this hack uses the Pear DB package to contact the sql server. The
webserver used by the association is not equipped with Pear and despite my
suggestions they refuse to install it in the future. So I have to find an
alternative to either:

-          use the hack but change the part which uses PEAR

-          insert the DB package within the ftp space we do have.

At this moment I do not have sufficient knowledge to perform the first
option so I am really hoping for the second. 

 

So here is the question: If I put (practically paste) the packages of DB and
Pear on the ftp server without installing it in a command line, will the
package-files still work? 

My current results do suggest it works but I would like to be sure I am not
missing something. 

If you cannot tell me the answer, could you then at least tell me where to
find it?

 

Thank you so much!

 

Truke Zegers