How to install PCNTL extension in Windows?

Question

I am running PHPUnit in Windows and trying to install PHPUnit via composer.json:

\"phpunit/php-invoker\": \"*\"

...with this depen

Answer 1

You can't install ext-pcntl extension on Windows. Accordingly to the PHP documentation:

Currently, this module will not function on non-Unix platforms (Windows).

If you want to install PHPUnit all you need is the PHPUnit library:

composer require phpunit/phpunit 4.*

You don't need php-invoker to install PUPUnit. But if you also need the php-invoker library you are out of luck. Try using Vagrant or a plain VM with Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Debian or Mint.