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What are the web hosting requirements?

April 26, 2017requirements Web Hosting

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What are the web hosting requirements?

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At a minimum, your web host needs to support: • Linux, Unix or Windows Server operating systems • PHP v4.3 or later with the GD library extensions & mail() function enabled. • PHP ZIP module must be enabled. • LibCurl v7.9.8 or later must be installed and enabled • mCrypt v2.4.x or later must be installed and enabled • MHASH php extension must be installed and enabled (only if PHP version is older than 5.1.2) • MySQL v4.1.0 or later • ionCube must be supported or installed. If ionCube is not installed then we will need access to your php.ini file. • Some kind of suExec such as suPHP needs to be installed You can generally find this information in the Control Panel of your web host. Look for a link in your control panel that says PHP Information or something similar. After clicking on the link it will display a page that contains a list of everything that pertains to PHP on your web host. If your web host doesn’t meet the minimum requirements then we would suggest opening an account wit