Quick start

Five minutes from ZIP to a running magazine. The full guide with every screen of the installer is in Installation.

What you need

• PHP 8.4 or newer with pdo_mysql, mbstring and gd
• MySQL 8 or MariaDB 10.6+ and one empty database
• Apache or LiteSpeed (the .htaccess rules are in the package) – or nginx with your own rules, see Running on nginx

Recommended: zip and sodium (one-click updates), openssl (Web Push, passkeys), curl, intl, exif, zlib, ftp. Ordinary shared hosting is enough – no command line, Composer or Node.js. Details: Hosting requirements.

Install

1. Download phprs-X.Y.Z.zip from Releases.
2. Upload the contents of the archive to the site folder – including the hidden .htaccess files.
3. Open the site in a browser. The installer starts by itself and checks the server.
4. Enter the database details, the site name and the administrator account, choose the language, time zone and template. Optionally load the sample magazine (Czech, English or German) – you can delete it later with one click.
5. Log in and follow First steps on the dashboard. The installer deletes itself when it finishes.

Right after installation

• switch on HTTPS and two-factor sign-in (Account and sign-in),
• set up mail over SMTP (Mail),
• set up the cron address (Background jobs),
• add off-server backups (Backups and restore).

Settings → System status shows what is still missing. See also First steps.

Local development

php -S localhost:8080 system/dev-router.php

Tests and the release process: Tests and releases.