Install Phalcon PHP On Windows 10

A common misconception is that you need a web server like IIS, Apache, or Nginx to get started with PHP7 development. In fact, PHP7 has its own built in web server that you can invoke at the command prompt. Many modern PHP frameworks support this, such as Phalcon PHP.

Prerequisite:
PHP7 and Composer on Windows 10

Installing Phalcon

Download the latest DLL file from GitHub and unzip to C:\PHP7\ext

Make sure the file you download matches your installed PHP version. For me, it was the non-thread safe version, so I picked a file that ended with _nts.zip

Add extension=php_phalcon.dll to your php.ini file

Drop to the command prompt and do:

php -v

If you get an error like “PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library…” that just means you installed the wrong version:

Don’t panic, download another version, overwrite the DLL, and try again:

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Installing Phalcon Dev Tools

In a new folder create a bare bones composer.json file with only this in it:

{
    "require-dev": {
        "phalcon/devtools": "~3.2"
    }
}

At the command prompt, cd to your folder, and do:

composer install

Create a simple project named my_project:

vendor\bin\phalcon.php.bat project my_project simple . 

Launch the built in web server:

cd my_project
..\vendor\bin\phalcon.php.bat serve

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