php-win-ext/expect

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

0.4.1 2026-02-27 10:56 UTC

Requires

• php: >= 8.0.0

PHP-3.01

• Michael Spector

Extension name: ext-expect

Supports Zend Thread Safety (ZTS): ✅

Supports non-Thread Safe mode (NTS): ✅

Supported operating systems: bsd, darwin, solaris, linux, unknown

README

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