Master Form PHP V3 Installation Instructions

Master Form PHP V3

Installation

These instructions are for a new installation. If you are upgrading an existing installation, see MasterForm_Upgrade.html instead.

Installing Master Form PHP V3 requires putting the software files on the server and creating access to a MySQL database.

The Installation Steps

1.
Determine the directory where Master Form PHP V3 will be installed. For these instructions, we'll assume the directory is /mfphp

2.
Upload these files into the /mfphp directory.

MasterForm_columnlist.php
MasterForm_config.php
MasterForm_functions.php
MasterForm_install.php
MasterForm_manual.php
MasterForm_manualHeader.php
MasterForm_manualQuickStart.php
MasterForm_pagebottom.php
MasterForm_pagetop.php
MasterForm_table.php
MasterForm.php
MasterFormInclude.php
MasterFormMySQLi.php

(File MasterForm_config.php is an empty file when you upload it.)

3.
Give the file MasterForm_config.php 666 permissions. (The file will be updated during installation, after which the file permissions can be set back to 644.)

4.
Prepare a MySQL database (unless a database is already available).

If you do not know how to create a database with MySQL, your hosting company should have tutorials available.

Different hosting companies do things differently. If your hosting company happens to provide you with cPanel, here is a short "how-to":

To get started, click on the "MySQL Databases" icon.

a. Create a database.

(You can use an already existing database, if you wish. In that case, skip to the next step.)

In the "Databases" section, type a name for a new database. Then click on AddDb.

Click on [go back].

b. Create a user.

(You can use an already existing user, if you wish. In that case, skip to the next step.)

In the "Users" section, type a username and password. Then click on Add User.

Click on [go back].

c. Add user to database.

(If the user is already added to the database, then this step doesn't need to be done.)

In the "Databases" section, select a user and a database. Then click on Add User to Db

5.
Type the URL of MasterForm_install.php into your brower. Example:

https://example.com/mfphp/MasterForm_install.php

The installation page asks for:

A password for the Master Form PHP V3 control panel.
The MySQL host (perhaps "localhost").
The MySQL database name.
The MySQL user name.
The MySQL user password.

When the install is successful, the page will provide a link to the control panel.

Before clicking on that link, do the next step. Do the step right away so it's not put off and forgotten.

6.
Give file MasterForm_config.php 644 permissions. This is a security measure.

Also, either remove file MasterForm_install.php from the server or rename it with a .disabled file name extension (like MasterForm_install.disabled). This is to prevent someone from running the installation program without your permission.

Installation is complete.

The Control Panel

For reference, the control panel is the URL of the MasterForm.php page loaded into your browser. Example:

https://example.com/mfphp/MasterForm.php

Thank You

Thank you for your purchase and use of Master Form PHP V3.

Technical support can be obtained at the multi-domain licensed support forum.

If you wish get in touch with us, here is our contact page.

Please see our software page for other software you can use.

Will Bontrager