2.14.5.2. Installing Phalcon Devtools

To install Phalcon Devtools, do the following:

1. Connect to hosting via SSH.
2. Make sure Phalcon included in the PHP settings of the desired site.
   You can check the Phalcon version from the console with the command:

   /usr/local/php72/bin/php -c /home/account/.system/php/www.site.com.ini -r "echo Phalcon\Version::get();"

   In the command, substitute your data:

   • php72 - PHP version, established in the site settings.
   • account — name hosting account (not a pseudonym).
   • www.site.com - site name (if the site is on a subdomain, instead of www the name of the subdomain is indicated).
3. Go to root directory site:

   cd website.com/www

4. Create a file composer.json with the following content:

   {
       "require-dev": {
           "phalcon/devtools": "^3.4"
       }
   }

5. Install Phalcon Devtools using Composer:

   composer install --ignore-platform-reqs

6. Create the aliases required to run Phalcon Devtools via the console from any directory:

   echo "alias phalcon='/ usr / local / php72 / bin / php -c /home/account/.system/php/www.site.com.ini /home/account/site.com/www/vendor/phalcon/devtools/phalcon'" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bash_profile

   In the command, substitute your data:

   • php72 - PHP version, established in the site settings.
   • account — name hosting account (not a pseudonym).
   • www.site.com - site name (if the site is on a subdomain, instead of www the name of the subdomain is indicated).
7. Verify Phalcon Devtools is working by running the command:

   phalcon info

   The command should display information about the environment, as well as the version of Devtools and Phalcon itself.