packages.pp

class pear::packages {
  exec { 'pecl-mongodb' :
    path => ['/usr/local/sbin','/usr/local/bin','/usr/sbin','/usr/bin','/sbin:/bin'],
  }
}

#extensionname should be the file to load in the ini, e.g. mongo.so
define pear::installpackage (
  $packagename = $title,
  $packageversion,
  $extensionname,
  $execpath = ['/usr/local/sbin','/usr/local/bin','/usr/sbin','/usr/bin','/sbin','/bin'],
  $execuser = 'root'
) {
  exec { "${packagename}-${packageversion}":
    command => "pear install ${packagename}-{$packageversion}",
    user    => "$execuser",
    creates => "/etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/${packagename}-${packageversion}.ini",
    path    => "$execpath",
  }
  file { "${extensionname}.ini":
    content => "extension=${extensionname}.so",
    path    => "/etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/$extensionname}.ini",
    owner   => 'root',
    group   => 'root',
    require => Exec["${packagename}-${packageversion}"],
    notify  => Service['httpd'],
  }
}