Install Apache (or nginx), MySQL (or MariaDB) and PHP yourself.There are generally two approaches for this: It's often more convenient to set up a local web server for development. PHP extensions: MySQLi, GD (with JPEG support), PCRE, SPL, SimpleXML, DOM, JSON, iconv, ctype, cURLĭownload the requirements test script.The recommended requirements are as follows: The requirements for running XF 2.0 have changed since XF 1.5. Finally, click the Download button to download the files. Select the version you wish to download, the package type andĪccept the license agreement. Locate theĬorrect license and click the "Download XenForo" link. To download XF 2.0, just visit the Customer Area and log in as normal. If you don't have a web server, yet, don't worry, you can set one up on your local machine. You just need to download the files, upload them to a web server and Getting started with XF development is easy.
What's new for developers in XenForo 2 (part 2) What's new for developers in XenForo 2 (part 1) You can read more information about these changes in What's new for developers? Īlthough XenForo 2.0 adds a lot of improvements for your forums and its members, a significant amount of effort hasīeen put into improving the underlying framework of XenForo. Installation, doing a clean install of XenForo 2.0, and run through some of the concepts of XF2 development.
On the subsequent pages we will walk you through a brief overview of how to setup a local server, getting ready for Version of XenForo, but it would be an advantage. It is not essential to have experience with a previous
Will be familiar with, amongst other things, PHP and MySQL. Pre-requisites for this documentation assume you This documentation aims to get you started with XenForo 2.0 development.