WebFaction is a great hosting service for everyone, it's as easy as shared hosting, and as powerful as VPS. SSH is allowed, and built in git, so you can install anything you want.
WebFaction uses CentOS 64bit, here is the installation guide with PHP 5.5
Get the latest Phalcon source code
cd ~
git clone --depth=1 git://github.com/phalcon/cphalcon.git
Prepare for compiling
cd cphalcon/ext
phpize55
./configure --with-php-config=/usr/local/bin/php55-config --enable-phalcon
Have some coffee
make
Create a directory for your Phalcon extension file
mkdir ~/php55-exts
cp modules/phalcon.so ~/php55-exts/
Make a link to sync other extensions
ln -s /usr/local/lib/php55/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20121212/* ~/php55-exts/
Now add a php.ini file to your application directory
cd you/app/path
touch php.ini
vim php.ini
(of course, you can use nano
if you preferd)
with the following content:
extension_dir = /home/yourusername/php55-exts
extension = phalcon.so
let's have a test:
touch phpinfo.php
vim phpinfo.php
<?php
phpinfo();
open http://yourdomain.com/phpinfo.php
use ctrl+F
(cmd+F
) and search phalcon
to check if it's working.
@iqdavidh can you show your build output or any error log? Any such reply doesn't help solve problem itself.