Hello,

It would be easier for me (and maybe to other developers too) to be able to develop and test locally in my computer and later upload the php files.  I tried this but some features I had installed locally, such as mysqli support, were not working when running on the host.

How can I configure the MySQL and PHP in my computer to behave exactly as in your servers?  Am running on Apache in Windows platform but would switch to IIS if necessary.

Thank you in advance,

Radames Ortega

Someone from Ultima would need to confirm, but I believe they are running 100% Windows (no Apache), so at the minimum you should probably run IIS.  This may identify/resolve the discrepancies between your local environment and the hosting server(s).

Additionally, if you have to install something on your computer to get your application to work (such as an Add-on component), that usually needs to also be installed on the hosting server, however most hosting companies do not allow you to install anything on the server (unless you have a dedicated server).

Thats correct we don't run apache so you will need to work with IIS and configure PHP with this as well. Our PHP / MySql setup is pretty basic with us using PHP 5.x and MySql 5.x with the default settings. I think in the main we run fast-cgi as opposed to isapi for PHP.