System Requirements

System Requirements Summary

The list below is a summary of the system requirements for Pixaria Gallery. For more detailed explanations of each item, see the detailed system requirements discussion further down the page.

Requirements:

  1. PHP 5 * ‡
  2. MySQL 4.1 or above
  3. GD 2.0.1

* PHP Safe mode may work but is not generally recommended

Recommended options:

  1. ImageMagick (not supported on Windows servers)
  2. FreeType linkage from GD for postcards
  3. Apache Mod_Rewrite or equivalent for search engine friendly URL support

Web Server

Pixaria Gallery will generally work without any modifications on any Unix-like operating system with the Apache web server software installed. Most Linux distributions and recent releases of Mac OS X are fully supported.

Pixaria Gallery generally works well on Windows servers but isn't fully supported at this time due to lack of testing resources for the Windows platform.

PHP 5

It's recommended that Pixaria is installed only on servers running PHP version 5.0 or above. The software will work correctly with older versions of PHP (from 4.1 and above) but support for PHP 4 will be dropped with the release of version 3 in 2010.

  • You may experience problems if PHP is running in 'safe mode' this is due to difficulties working with files and manipulating images on the server.
  • Your hosting company must allow you to increase the memory limit assigned to PHP to at least 32 MB or you may run into problems uploading and resizing images.

GD Graphics Library

Version 2.0.1 or above of the GD Graphics Library is required by Pixaria Gallery and support for the library must be enabled for use by PHP on your server. If in doubt about this, please contact your system administrator or hosting provider.

Freetype support and Freetype linkage from PHP and GD are required by Pixaria Gallery in order to use the e-mail postcard functions.

ImageMagick (optional)

Where available (except on Windows servers), Pixaria is able to make use of the ImageMagick software for resizing images. This provides better image quality during the resizing process and avoids PHP memory usage problems with the GD graphics library.

MySQL Database

For best results, it's recommended that your web server has MySQL version 4.1 or above installed. This will ensure optimal performance of the search engine and enable your library to handle accented characters properly.

I also recommended that you use the excellent PHPMyAdmin to administer your database as the user manual does not go into command line database adminitration techniques. Most hosting providers offer access to a pre-installed, web based MySQL administration system through an online control panel.

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