How can I solve “laravel/horizon v1.1.0 requires ext-pcntl * -> the requested PHP extension pcntl is missing from your system”?

Question

When I run composer install on command promp, there exist error like this :

  Problem 1
    - Installation request for laravel/horizon v1.1.0 ->         


        

Answer 1

$composer install --ignore-platform-reqs ext-pcntl

Answer 2

As per the accepted answer, but you can add this to your composer.json so that you don't have to run --ignore-platform-reqs all the time

"config": {
  "platform": {
    "ext-pcntl": "7.3",
    "ext-posix": "7.3"
  }
}

Answer 3

pcntl extension is not supported on Windows. (based on your XAMPP information)

Please see these github issues on laravel/horizon page #131, #78.

I suggest you use Laravel Homestead on your Windows system, It is easy to setup and will save you from many of the similar problems in future.

Answer 4

Run composer with the --ignore-platform-reqs option and specify pcntl and posix

composer install --ignore-platform-reqs

Answer 5

If you're running on windows 10 without homestead you can enable the linux subsystem and run horizon through that.

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-install-bash-shell-command-line-windows-10

Then install the requirements

sudo apt install php7.2-fpm php7.2-mbstring php7.2-xmlrpc php7.2-soap php7.2-gd php7.2-xml php7.2-cli php7.2-zip php7.2-mysql

This also can run laravel envoy too which doesn't work on windows.

It's a nice lightweight solution

Answer 6

If you are using docker based on a Unix image you can add it with the docker utility:

docker-php-ext-install pcntl

You can then confirm that this extension is installed and enabled inside of your container:

?> php -i | grep pcntl
/usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/docker-php-ext-pcntl.ini,
pcntl
pcntl support => enabled