Install phpCOIN
Posted on | July 7, 2005 | No Comments
In the summer of 2005 I wrote an installation guide for phpCOIN, a freeware web-based billing system. It was mainly used by small hosting companies but could be used for any business requiring billing/invoicing and customer management. phpCOIN was supposedly going to be a commercial product with the soon to be released version 2.0 and so I thought of this guide as being the first step to writing a full administration manual. Well its been more than 3 years and version 2.0 is still not out so I thought I would update the install guide. The last one took me 2 weeks to write up. So in the interim here is an excerpt from the original guide. You can also download a full copy from my website.
Install phpCOIN v1.2.2:
This guide is designed to help you get version 1.2.2 of phpCOIN installed and configured for simple operation of your business. You’ll find this guide is structured in a simple step-by-step fashion with emphasis placed upon necessary changes and how to make them.
Before starting there are some tools you will need and some expectations of your ability.
You must have a good text editor (pspad – http://www.pspad.com or ultraedit), some understanding of PHP & SQL, it is also assumed that you have a good knowledge of web-based applications.
The manual install is the preferred method of all as it ensures that you have the actual phpCOIN files. If you install this software from anywhere other than phpCOIN’s website it is recommended that you check the version and if necessary upgrade. You can obtain the latest version from here: http://www.phpcoin.com/auxpage.php?page=download
Although the first part of the install requires some manual intervention phpCOIN is relatively easy to install. A working install of phpCOIN requires the following process:
Prepare your MySQL Database
You will need to create one MySQL database for phpCOIN to use. If you do not have the ability to create a database, you will need to consult your hosting provider or server administrator.
You will create a database name, a database username (a user of the database) and a password. Generally people have access to phpMyAdmin or other such web-based interfaces to help them work with their MySQL server. You can also do this directly from the command line on a Linux/Unix or similar servers. With a Windows Server you can use the MySQL Administrator.
When you create the password be sure to use at least 6 characters and do not use common dictionary names. For example phpcoin is a bad password, 1q$Q76 is a better one. Be sure to write the information you enter down as you will need it for the next step.
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Tags: Business > Command-line interface > Computers > Consultant > MySQL > Password > PHP > PhpMyAdmin > Windows Server
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