how to install phalcon.so in mac os

Question

I have installed phalcon extension.It was installed successfully but the phalcon command not working. following Error shown.

"iMac:project Atomix$ phalcon -sh: phalcon: command not found"

I have Followed instruction from Phalcon official website.it works on windows and Linux perfectly but not in mac os.

Answer 1

Install Phalcon in Mac OS X from Scratch

Keep in mind that Phalcon is a PHP Framework that improves the power of PHP, it means that Phalcon needs an Apache Web Server running PHP and a couple things more. Also Phalcon provides a developer tools that help to create many things very faster.

Requirements:

• Knowledge using the Terminal command line
• Knowledge using .profile in mac
• Knowledge using Apache Configurations
• Knowledge in Web development

I am using Mac OS X El Capitan Version 10.11 (15A284)

1. Step 1 Install XCode

   • Download XCode from App Store
   • Install XCode
   • NOTE: you not need a Developer Account for that

2. Step 2 Install Command Line Developer Tools

   • Use your terminal commands line
   • Run the next command line: console$ xcode-select --install

3. Step 3 Install Homebrew

   • Use your terminal commands line
   • Run this command line: console$ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
   • Run this command line: console$ brew doctor
   • Run this command line: console$ brew update

4. Step 4 Install PHP 5X (where X is the minor number version that you need 4, 5 or 6)

   • Run these commands lines
   • console$ brew tap homebrew/dupes
   • console$ brew tap homebrew/versions
   • console$ brew tap homebrew/homebrew-php
   • console$ brew tap homebrew/dupes
   • console$ brew install php5X
   • console$ brew install homebrew/php/php5X-mcrypt

5. Step 5 Create your Sites folder in your user folder

   • Run these commands lines:
   • console$ mkdir ~/Sites
   • console$ echo "<?php phpinfo();" > ~/Sites/index.php

6. Step 6 Create your Developer folder in your user folder

   • Run this command line :
   • console$ mkdir ~/Developer

7. Step 7 Setup your Apache Web Server

   • Open your HTTPD.conf with your favorite Text Editor for example i use ATOM
   • Run this command line:
   • console$ sudo atom /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
   • In your httpd.conf search and uncomment that one
   • LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache2/mod_rewrite.so
   • Comment or delete this line (remember use # for comment)
   • LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so
   • Insert this new line
   • LoadModule php5_module /usr/local/opt/php56/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so
   • Change this lines
   • User _www
   • Group _www
   • For these other
   • User your_username
   • Group staff
   • Change this lines too
   • DocumentRoot "/Library/WebServer/Documents"
   • <Directory "/Library/WebServer/Documents">
   • For these other
   • DocumentRoot "/Users/your_username/Sites"
   • <Directory "/Users/your_username/Sites">
   • Also change this line too
   • AllowOverride none
   • For this one
   • AllowOverride All
   • Run this command line to start apache server:
   • console$ sudo apachectl start
   • Run this command line to restart apache server:
   • console$ sudo apachectl restart
   • Run this command line to stop apache server:
   • console$ sudo apachectl stop
   • Test this in your favorite browser
   • http://localhost/

8. Step 8 Setup your PHP ini

   • Open your php.ini (where X is the minor number version that you need)
   • Run this command line to open your php ini (I use atom, but you can use nano, sublime, etc):
   • console$ sudo atom /usr/local/etc/php/5.X/php.ini
   • go to your date.timezone and add the correct timezone, Mac OS X has not default setup for that

9. Step 9 Installing MySQL

   • Download lastest version of MySQL Communiti Server from dev.mysql.com
   • Install the dmg file
   • Use this commands in command line to use your MySQL
   • console$ sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start
   • Use this commands in command line to set the root password
   • /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'yourpasswordhere'

10. Step 10 Install GIT and your Profile file

    • Run this command line, to install GIT:
    • console$ brew install git
    • Create your .profile
    • console$ sudo atom ~/.profile
    • Add your the paths (I have my personal commands in ~/Developer/bin, but you can use whatever path for your personal commands)
    • export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:/usr/local/opt/php56/bin:'~/Developer/bin

11. Step 11 Finally Install Phalcon Framework

    • Run this command line to prepare phalcon package in your mac os x, (where X is the minor number version that you need):
    • console$ brew install php5X php5X-phalcon
    • Now you need to clone cphalcon code, you can do that in your favorite folder I prefer use my Developer folder in ~/Developer then run this command line, to clone the cphalcon code:
    • console$ git clone --depth=1 git://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon.git
    • Now go to cphalcon/build folder (in my case is ~/Developer/cphalcon/build), first go to the folder where you have your git clone and then run this command line, to go there:
    • console$ cd cphalcon/build
    • Now compile and install the cphalcon extension, for that run this command line:
    • console$ sudo ./install
    • Add the extension in your php ini file php.ini run this command line to open your php.ini (in my case i use atom but you can use your favorite text editor, and remember X is the minor number version of php):
    • console$ sudo atom /usr/local/etc/php/5.X/php.ini
    • Add the extension in your php.ini
    • extension=phalcon.so
    • Restart your Apache Web Server and open with your browser your localhost

12. Step 12 Install Phalcon Developer tools

    • Clone the phalcon developer tools project from github, you can do that in your favorite folder, I have used my Developer folder in ~/Developer, so go to the folder of your choice and run this command:
    • console$ git clone https://github.com/phalcon/phalcon-devtools.git
    • Be shure that the folder is the right name phalcon-devtools, and run these commands (I use my Developer folder to clone my phalcon-devtools, but you can use your favorite folder), now run this command to create the link to execute:
    • ln -s ~/Developer/phalcon-devtools/phalcon.php /usr/local/sbin/phalcon
    • give the permisions with this command
    • chmod ugo+x /usr/local/sbin/phalcon
    • or Create your ~/Developer/bin folder add the link with this command:
    • ln -s ~/Developer/phalcon-devtools/phalcon.php /usr/local/bin/phalcon
    • and give the permisions to that folder:
    • chmod ugo+x ~/Developer/bin/phalcon
    • Test your phalcon developer tools running this command line
    • console$ phalcon commands

NOTE1: to activate your profile you need to run this command: console$ . ~/.profile

NOTE2: restart your apache server: console$ sudo apachectl restart

Well i know that is a lot maybe there is some mistakes but I try to cover everything from the scratch.

I hope that this post will be helpful.