diff --git a/reference/pdo/reference.xml b/reference/pdo/reference.xml
index 433a6fcb06..d999ff1789 100644
--- a/reference/pdo/reference.xml
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@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
&reftitle.install;
PHP 5.1 and up on Unix systems
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If you're running a PHP 5.1 release, PDO is included in the distribution;
it will be automatically enabled when you run configure. It is
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]]>
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After installing PDO as a shared module, you must edit your php.ini file
so that the PDO extension will be loaded automatically when PHP runs.
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]]>
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Having PDO as a shared module will allow you to run pear
upgrade pdo as new versions of PDO are published, without
@@ -67,9 +72,11 @@ extension=pdo.so
also need to upgrade your database specific PDO drivers at the same
time.
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PHP 5.0 and up on Unix systems
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PDO is available as a PECL extension from
&url.pecl.package;pdo.
@@ -79,6 +86,8 @@ extension=pdo.so
pear to be able to handle the compressed package
files.
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Run the following command to download, build, and install the
latest stable version of PDO:
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If PDO is still in beta (and at the time of writing, it is), you will
need to tell the pear tool that it's ok to fetch the beta package.
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The pear command automatically installs the
PDO module into your PHP extensions directory. To enable the
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]]>
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Windows users running PHP 5.1 and up