On The PHPcc's site today Sebastian Bergmann, the creator of the popular PHPUnit unit testing framework, shows you how to move to using the tool's phar file and away from the previously used PEAR install method.

In April 2014 I announced that I would shut down pear.phpunit.de on December 31, 2014. The motivation behind this move was to simplify the release process of PHPUnit by getting rid of an outdated distribution channel. I was afraid that I would leave users of my software behind by this move. [...] I am relieved that the shutdown of pear.phpunit.de went as smooth as it did. [...] In this article I show you how to make the transition from using PHPUnit from a PEAR package to using PHPUnit from a PHP Archive or using Composer as easy and convenient as possible.

There's three main steps to the migration from PEAR to the Composer-based phar installation:

• Uninstalling PEAR Packages
• Using PHPUnit from a PHP Archive (PHAR)
• Installing PHPUnit with Composer

He includes the commands and configuration files/settings you'll need to make the transition happen. He also mentions that older versions are still available if there's a need but only on GitHub/Packagist as phar packages, not via PEAR.