⚙️ System Requirements

Before installing the Ultimate Repair Shop Solution, make sure your hosting environment meets the following requirements. These are necessary to ensure smooth installation and performance.

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✅ Server Requirements

• PHP Version: 8.1

• Database:

  • MySQL version 5.7 or higher

  • MariaDB version 10.2.7 or higher

• Web Server: Apache (preferred)

💡 While Apache is recommended, the app may also run on Nginx or other web servers, provided PHP and rewrite modules are properly configured.

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🧩 Required PHP Extensions

Make sure the following PHP extensions are enabled on your server:

Extension	Required For
BCMath	Math operations and Laravel support
Ctype	String handling and security validation
Fileinfo	File uploads and MIME type checking
JSON	Working with JSON data
Mbstring	Multibyte string processing (essential for UTF-8)
OpenSSL	Secure encryption and HTTPS
PDO	Database connection (Laravel ORM)
Tokenizer	Syntax parsing and routing
XML	Configuration handling and XML-based tools
ZIP	Archive extraction and backups
GD	Image manipulation and label generation
ICONV	Character encoding conversion
SimpleXML	XML reading
XMLReader	Efficient XML parsing
ZLIB	Compression for backups and exports

🚨 Missing any of these? Contact your hosting provider or server admin to enable them before installation.

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🧱 Framework

The system is built using the Laravel PHP Framework, well known for its performance, security, and developer-friendliness.

You can deploy it in:

• Shared hosting (with proper version support, like NameCheap, Hostinger etc)

• VPS/Dedicated servers

• Local environments (Not supported )