From 34a9e369fb6dfb98fd345f3f453e2be1ed2e0120 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luca Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 00:34:38 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Update README file Reference: library.oscommerce.com/ --- README.md | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a883dd8a8..8c7aaf7cf 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,53 @@ osCommerce Online Merchant v2.x =============================== -Website: http://www.oscommerce.com +osCommerce Online Merchant is a free feature-complete self-hosted online store solution that contains both a catalog frontend and an administration tool backend which can be easily installed and configured through a web-based installation procedure. It is released under the Open Source GNU General Public License and is available for free with absolutely no software costs, license fees, or usage limitations involved. -Support Forums: http://forums.oscommerce.com +The success of osCommerce Online Merchant is secured by a dedicated team that focus on the core features and by an active community of store owners, developers, and service providers that focus on additional features. To date, the community has provided over 7,000 Add-Ons available for free that extend on the core feature set of osCommerce Online Merchant to meet the individual requirements of store owners. + +osCommerce Online Merchant is built with the powerful PHP web scriping language and uses the fast MySQL database server for the online store data. The combination of PHP and MySQL allows osCommerce Online Merchant to run on any webserver environment that supports PHP and MySQL, which includes Linux, Solaris, BSD, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows environments. + +osCommerce started in March 2000 and has since matured to a solution that is powering many hundreds and thousands of live shops around the world. + +Requirements +============================== +osCommerce Online Merchant can be installed on any web server that has PHP installed and has access to a database server. This includes shared servers, dedicated servers, cloud instances, and local installations running on Linux, Unix, BSD, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows operating systems. + +Web Server +============================== +The web server must support PHP either as a module or allow execution of CGI scripts. For performance reasons FastCGI is recommended over CGI. + +PHP +============================== +osCommerce Online Merchant is compatible with PHP 5.3 For performance and security reasons it is recommended to use the latest PHP 5 version on the web server. + +The following PHP options are recommended to be set in the php.ini configuration file: + +PHP Setting Value | Value +--------------------- | ------------- +register_globals | Off +magic_quotes_gpc | Off +file_uploads | On +session.auto_start | Off +session.use_trans_sid | Off + +**Required PHP Extensions** +- Mysqli + +**Recommended PHP Extensions** +- GD +- cURL +- OpenSSL + +MySQL Database Server +============================== +The minimum MySQL version required is v3.23. It is recommended to use the latest MySQL 4 or MySQL 5 version on the database server. + +The following MySQL storage engines are supported: +- MyISAM + +**Website:** http://www.oscommerce.com + +**Support Forums:** http://forums.oscommerce.com + +**Documentation:** http://library.oscommerce.com/ From 6191dd1c00a21a025cb9b1525f88c482e587402a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luca Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 00:35:26 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Fix typo --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8c7aaf7cf..782c55566 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ The web server must support PHP either as a module or allow execution of CGI scr PHP ============================== -osCommerce Online Merchant is compatible with PHP 5.3 For performance and security reasons it is recommended to use the latest PHP 5 version on the web server. +osCommerce Online Merchant is compatible with PHP 5.3. For performance and security reasons it is recommended to use the latest PHP 5 version on the web server. The following PHP options are recommended to be set in the php.ini configuration file: From f616e7c9abe9b38c2b21ad3415d69b2d45d71926 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luca Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 00:50:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Remove tabs --- README.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 782c55566..77127f38c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ osCommerce Online Merchant is compatible with PHP 5.3. For performance and secur The following PHP options are recommended to be set in the php.ini configuration file: -PHP Setting Value | Value +PHP Setting Value | Value --------------------- | ------------- -register_globals | Off -magic_quotes_gpc | Off -file_uploads | On -session.auto_start | Off +register_globals | Off +magic_quotes_gpc | Off +file_uploads | On +session.auto_start | Off session.use_trans_sid | Off **Required PHP Extensions** From 15d0c3a537fd04adffde5103f148221d2dd2326c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luca Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 01:03:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Update minimum MySQL version to 4.1.13 This is the minimum MySQL version for mysqli extension reference: http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_ref_mysqli.asp --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 77127f38c..ae352a492 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ session.use_trans_sid | Off MySQL Database Server ============================== -The minimum MySQL version required is v3.23. It is recommended to use the latest MySQL 4 or MySQL 5 version on the database server. +The minimum MySQL version required is v4.1.13. It is recommended to use the latest MySQL 4 or MySQL 5 version on the database server. The following MySQL storage engines are supported: - MyISAM