Follow the steps to set up the project for older versions. These are for versions older than 2.X, for newer see here installing the project 2.x

How to install the script to get started?

If your hosting provider meets the basic server requirements, you can follow the steps below. Or go and contact your web hosting providers, they will guide you to upgrade the plans.

Server requirements

  • PHP >= 7.2.5
  • BCMath PHP Extension
  • Ctype PHP Extension
  • Fileinfo PHP extension
  • JSON PHP Extension
  • Mbstring PHP Extension
  • OpenSSL PHP Extension
  • PDO PHP Extension
  • Tokenizer PHP Extension
  • XML PHP Extension

Upload the ZIP

Upload the ZIP file and extract it. You have to move the index.php file to the main folder and edit the path.

Follow the below steps to get started.

  • First, make a separate folder. (To make it clean only)
  • Upload and unzip the source package.
  • Put the files in a separate folder you have just created.
  • Move files from the Public folder to the root. (Means under the public_html folder)
  • When the uploading is done you have to make sure the index.php file, points to the correct folder.
    Old: require __DIR__.'/../vendor/autoload.php'; New: require __DIR__.'/NEW-FOLDER-NAME/vendor/autoload.php'; Old: $app = require_once __DIR__.'/../bootstrap/app.php'; New: $app = require_once __DIR__.'/NEW-FOLDER-NAME/bootstrap/app.php';
  • For database settings, you have to open the .env file. Which is a hidden file. Go to FTP settings to see hidden files.
  • And then enter the required details according to your host.

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