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'
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
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)
This will remove proxy settings:
pear config-set http_proxy ""
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 :-)