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PHP extension for expect library

This extension allows to interact with processes through PTY, using expect library.

This extension uses a Tcl/Expect library: https://www.tcl-lang.org/.

Original author: Michael Spector

Unable to build this extension for Windows because the TCL Expect is not available on Windows.

Maintained branches:

Version Status
master unmaintened
v0.x maintened

Maintained PHP Versions compatibility:

PHP Version Status
5.x no
7.x no
8.0 yes
8.1 yes
8.2 yes
8.3 yes
8.4 yes
8.5 yes

Installation system support:

Platform Status
PECL no
PIE yes

To install the extension, install the library tcl-dev tcl-expect-dev first.

Debian/Ubuntu/Mint:

sudo apt-get install tcl-dev tcl-expect-dev

Alpine Linux:

apk add tcl-dev expect-dev

Fedora:

sudo dnf install tcl-devel expect-devel

Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -S tcl expect

And use PIE (PHP Installer Extension) with a command like:

pie install php-win-ext/expect