Your system should be equipped with the following to run PHPRunner:
Operating system
•Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows 2008, Windows Vista.
Web server requirements
•Internet Information Services (7.0 or later) or Apache. See How to install local server to learn more about installing a local web server.
•PHP 5.4-5.6, PHP 7.0-7.4, PHP 8.0-8.1
Note: PHPRunner comes with a built-in web server, which is convenient for local testing.
Supported databases
•MySQL;
•Maria DB;
•Microsoft SQL Server;
•PostgreSQL;
•Oracle;
•Microsoft Access;
•DB2;
•Informix;
•SQLite;
•Any ODBC-enabled database.
Required extensions in php.ini
Extension |
Required for |
php_zip |
Excel export/import |
php_gd2 |
Images manipulation, resizing, thumbnails |
php_xml |
Charts, Excel export/import |
php_curl |
SMS functionality (requires PHP 5.6 or higher), Facebook login |
php_mysqli |
MySQL databases support |
php_mbstring |
Support of non-English languages |
php_com_dotnet |
SQL Server/MS Access support |
php_ldap |
Active Directory/LDAP |
php_openssl |
Encryption, HTTPS |
php_oci8, php_oci8_11.g |
Oracle databases support |
php_pgsql |
Postgre databases support |
php_sqlite3 |
SQLite databases support |
php_imap |
EmailReader template |
php_gmp or php_bcmath |
Login via Google, OpenID |
We also suggest setting write permissions on the following folders:
•templates_c;
•files/images upload folder, usually "files", depends on the settings of the PHPRunner project.
See also:
•How to install a local web server (XAMPP)
•Working with MS Access databases
•Working with Oracle databases
•Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)
•Connecting to a remote MySQL database
