Thread:Project:Support desk/Internal Error - PEAR mail package is not installed/reply (3)

Another update.. I added some code to the check pear script 

When ran from the web browser it returns bool(true) bool(true)

So still poking around I found the ini_set part of LocalSettings.php and added my /usr/share/php directory to the include path there.. and that solved the issue. I'm still confused why adding it there was needed.

I should add that I inherited this setup and have no clue if this is standard in the LocalSettings.php or not $IP = "/var/www/mediawiki"; ini_set( "include_path", ".:$IP:$IP/includes:$IP/languages:/usr/share/php" );