Php – Unable to install PHPUnit_Invoker on Windows 7

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I am trying to install PHPUnit_Invoker. I run the command pear install phpunit/PHP_Invoker on the command line. I am getting this message:

No releases available for package "pear.phpunit.de/PHP_Invoker"

I have already installed PHPUnit and PEAR on a Windows machine. Is anybody also facing similar problem?

I tried again and I get this message in console:

phpunit/PHP_Invoker requires PHP extension "pcntl" No valid packages found install failed

Best Answer

The PHP extension “PCNTL” (Process Control), required by PHP_Invoker, currently does not function on non-Unix platforms (Windows).

Source: http://www.php.net/manual/en/pcntl.installation.php (Jan 31, 2013)

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