PHP extensions require a slightly different installation method to a traditional PHP-based library or framework. You can either download a binary package for the system of your choice or build it from the sources.
Windows
To use phalcon on Windows you can download a DLL library. Edit your php.ini file and then append at the end:
extension=php_phalcon.dll
Restart your webserver.
The following screencast is a step-by-step guide to install Phalcon on Windows:
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Linux/Solaris
Debian / Ubuntu
To add the repository to your distribution:
# Stable releases curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/phalcon/stable/script.deb.sh | sudo bash # Nightly releases curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/phalcon/nightly/script.deb.sh | sudo bash
This only needs to be done only once, unless your distribution changes or you want to switch from stable to nightly builds.
To install Phalcon:
sudo apt-get install php5-phalcon # or for PHP 7 sudo apt-get install php7.0-phalcon
RPM distributions (i.e. CentOS)
To add the repository to our distribution:
# Stable releases curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/phalcon/stable/script.rpm.sh | sudo bash # Nightly releases curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/phalcon/nightly/script.rpm.sh | sudo bash
This only needs to be done only once, unless your distribution changes or you want to switch from stable to nightly builds.
To install Phalcon:
sudo yum install php56u-phalcon # or for PHP 7 sudo yum install php70u-phalcon
Compile from source
On a Linux/Solaris system you can easily compile and install the extension from the source code:
Prerequisite packages are:
- PHP >= 5.5 development resources
- GCC compiler (Linux/Solaris)
- Git (if not already installed in your system - unless you download the package from GitHub and upload it on your server via FTP/SFTP)
Specific packages for common platforms:
# Ubuntu sudo apt-get install php5-dev libpcre3-dev gcc make php5-mysql # Suse sudo yast -i gcc make autoconf php5-devel php5-pear php5-mysql # CentOS/RedHat/Fedora sudo yum install php-devel pcre-devel gcc make # Solaris pkg install gcc-45 php-56 apache-php56
Creating the extension:
git clone git://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon.git cd cphalcon/build sudo ./install
Add extension to your PHP configuration:
# Suse: Add a file called phalcon.ini in /etc/php5/conf.d/ with this content: extension=phalcon.so # CentOS/RedHat/Fedora: Add a file called phalcon.ini in /etc/php.d/ with this content: extension=phalcon.so # Ubuntu/Debian with apache2: Add a file called 30-phalcon.ini in /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/ with this content: extension=phalcon.so # Ubuntu/Debian with php5-fpm: Add a file called 30-phalcon.ini in /etc/php5/fpm/conf.d/ with this content: extension=phalcon.so # Ubuntu/Debian with php5-cli: Add a file called 30-phalcon.ini in /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/ with this content: extension=phalcon.so
Restart the webserver.
If you are running Ubuntu/Debian with php5-fpm, restart it:
sudo service php5-fpm restart
Phalcon automatically detects your architecture, however, you can force the compilation for a specific architecture:
cd cphalcon/build # One of the following: sudo ./install 32bits sudo ./install 64bits sudo ./install safe
If the automatic installer fails try building the extension manually:
cd cphalcon/build/64bits export CFLAGS="-O2 --fvisibility=hidden" ./configure --enable-phalcon make && sudo make install
Mac OS X
On a Mac OS X system you can compile and install the extension from the source code:
Requirements
Prerequisite packages are:
- PHP >= 5.5 development resources
- XCode
# brew brew tap homebrew/homebrew-php brew install php55-phalcon brew install php56-phalcon # MacPorts sudo port install php55-phalcon sudo port install php56-phalcon
Add extension to your PHP configuration.
FreeBSD
A port is available for FreeBSD. Just only need these simple line commands to install it:
pkg_add -r phalcon
or
export CFLAGS="-O2 --fvisibility=hidden" cd /usr/ports/www/phalcon make install clean
Checking your installation
Check your phpinfo() output for a section referencing “Phalcon” or execute the code snippet below:
<?php print_r(get_loaded_extensions()); ?>
The Phalcon extension should appear as part of the output:
Array
(
[0] => Core
[1] => libxml
[2] => filter
[3] => SPL
[4] => standard
[5] => phalcon
[6] => pdo_mysql
)
Installation Notes
Installation notes for Web Servers:
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