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Misc. information
Keep a test version at hand!
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This second instance will be useful as a pre-production environment in which you can carry out all future changes to your PrestaShop online store, without affecting the live version. This way, if an error should occur, your live store remains intact and untouched.
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This method is for modifying PrestaShop application files only. Do not use a test version of the SQL database. |
After you have confirmed that your test version works as it should, copy the test version over the live version. It is best to do this after peak usage hours, and with your store properly and temporarily disabled from within the PrestaShop back-office.
Checking for the GD library
The GD library enables PrestaShop to rework images that you upload, especially resizing them.
On a default installation of PHP, the GD Library should be turned on, but if that's not the case for your install, the standard Windows instructions are:
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To install PrestaShop, PHP 5 must be activated. If you attempt to run PrestaShop using PHP 4, you will receive numerous errors, including this very common message:
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Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STATIC, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in [php file] on line X.
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Please do not hesitate to post a bug report concerning the tips needed to make PrestaShop run on your hosting service, on PrestaShop's Forge (you will need an account). We will add them to this guide as we receive them. | ||
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The following is a list of procedures of which we are currently aware of:...
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Add this line to the "Specific configuration" text-field from the Tools > Generators sub-tabyour .htaccess
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AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
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For URL re-writing, add these lines:
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php 1
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Add this line to the "Specific configuration" text-field from the Tools > Generators sub-tabyour .htaccess
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SetEnv PHP_VER 5
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To deactivate global registers:
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SetEnv REGISTER_GLOBALS 0
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