Installation and upgrade

You can find a complete list of release-related changes in our [Change log](https://dev.postaffiliatepro.com/posts/)

December 2022 - We support PHP 8.1 with ionCube PHP Loader version 12 . ( PHP 7.4 is deprecated, but still works with ionCube 11 or 12 .) Before ordering Post Affiliate Pro, please ensure that your server or hosting account meets the following requirements: - PHP version 8.1 or 7.4 - Required extensions: PDO MySQL, gd2, exif, iconv, mbstring, PHP5-CURL package, mod_rewrite, bcmath, xml, zip - Requires ionCube PHP Loader v12. Read more [here](https://support.qualityunit.com/451957-How-t...

If someone wishes to provide affiliate program to an enormously large affiliate and customer base, the recommended server specs are as follows: APPLICATION (WEB) SERVER CONFIGURATION * Processor: Intel Dual Xeon X5650 (12 cores) 2.6Ghz per Core * RAM: 64GB DDR3 RAM note: to handle high traffic loads you may need even higher amount of RAM MYSQL DATABASE SERVER CONFIGURATION * Processor: Intel Dual Xeon X5650 (12 cores) 2.0Ghz per Core * RAM: 64GB DDR3 RAM * Disk: 4 ...

Our product can now be run only on ionCube PHP loader version 11 and higher. Important note: Always use binary mode when uploading files to your server using FTP. IonCube loader Here you can download latest version for your server (feel free to use their installation wizzard for smoother installation): https://www.ioncube.com/loaders.php Test script You can use this script to check if supported PHP version and encoder is installed on your server. Just Create new file test.php on y...

Before proceeding to the steps below, please, check the minimum requirements (https://support.qualityunit.com/632513-Requirements) regarding the server where Post Affiliate Pro is about to be installed. Post Affiliate Pro is distributed as a ZIP archive which you can download from your members area (https://members.qualityunit.com/customer/login.php). Check this guide (https://support.qualityunit.com/451957-How-to-check-PHP-loaders-ability-of-the-server) to see which ZIP archive you should do...

Question: What can I do if my installation fails? Answer: Here are some tips and tricks that you can try to do if your installation keeps failing. These are the most common reasons our customers used to have problems with the installation. First of all, you should check the php loader ability of your webserver (https://support.qualityunit.com/451957-How-to-check-PHP-loaders-ability-of-the-server). In case you happen to have PHP version 5.3.x and you have both ionCube and ZendGuard loa...

Before updating Post Affiliate Pro it is a good idea to check the changelog here (https://dev.postaffiliatepro.com/all/) and also to make sure that your server still meets the minimum system requirements here (https://support.qualityunit.com/632513-Requirements). NOTE: Since version 5.4.5.1 custom template files are stored in database and are loaded via .htaccess, if you are using Nginx server you need to rewrite the .htaccess rules, you can find help here (https://support.qualityunit.com/08157...

Important notice: Post Affiliate Pro (PAP) is possible to be moved to another domain or directory just 2 times ! If you reach this limit, your license will be invalidated. How to move the installation of PAP: 1. You can move all files to a new location (or rename directory where PAP is installed). 1.1 (Skip this step if you are moving Post Affiliate Pro (PAP) version 4) In case of moving Post Affiliate Pro (PAP) version 5+ you need to realise that the installation files are encrypted and...

This article should serve as a complement to regular migration article (https://support.qualityunit.com/737305-Moving-installation-of-PostAffiliatePro-to-another-domain-or-directory) and its aim is to explain to advanced users which steps need to be taken during migration in order to not lose any tracking requests and to be able to process them after the migration is completed. Here is how you should proceed: * Copy the files to the new location the usual way. * If you had cron job set...