Description
   Validate the running PHP version against the dependency.  The implicit assumption
   is that the installer's PHP version is the same as the final script's PHP version.
   As with all dependency validation, true is returned on success, PEAR_Error on failure
   for required dependencies (and the PHP dependency is required).  If the
   soft, force or ignore-errors
   options are specified, an array containing the error message will be returned instead.