Getting Started

Freeway is a web application programmed in PHP, but it is not an application in the usual sense (Windows or Linux). In other words: Freeway is installed on a webserver alongside PHP, and you work with it through a web browser - like Internet Explorer or Firefox - you "run" Freeway on the server.

Webserver

• Operating System: Unix (eg Linux), Windows or Mac
• Webserver: Webserver Apache. We strongly recommend a recent release. (Microsoft IIS may not funtion on new releases as we develop primarily on Apache)
• Middleware: PHP4.3.9 at least. We recommend a fully patched version 5
• Database, core system: MySQL 4.1.12 at least. We recommend a fully patched version 5
• Hardware: A normal webserver setup will do, with some modern CPU and at least 256 MB Ram. As with all database-driven applications, more RAM is advisable though.

• Optional - but recommended - webserver software extras: A PHP-cache (eg. PHP-accelerator / Zend Accelerator, UNIX only)
• Optional - but recommended  - High-performance setups will want to make use of load-balancing.

Client (user)

• Recommended: Firefox, Internet Explorer 5+ on Windows.
• Required: Any graphical browser on any OS (Netscape, IE, Opera, Konqueror on Windows, Unix, Mac)
• Hardware: Relatively modern computer.