Set up ASMARAA POS

This takes about a minute. You'll need an empty MySQL database. Create one in cPanel → MySQL Databases, add a user to it with All privileges, and keep the names and password handy.

1. Server check

✔ PHP 8.4.1 or newer
✔ PHP pdo_mysql
✔ PHP mbstring
✔ PHP openssl
✔ PHP gd
✔ PHP zip
✔ PHP simplexml
✔ PHP xml
✔ PHP fileinfo
✔ PHP curl
✔ PHP ctype
✔ PHP tokenizer
✔ PHP intl (recommended)
✔ Writable: the app folder (to write .env)
✔ Writable: storage/
✔ Writable: bootstrap/cache/
✔ Writable: public/ (for product photos)

2. Database

Host

Almost always localhost.

Port

Database name

The full name, usually starting with your cPanel user name.

Database user

Database password

3. Your business

Business name First shop's name

Currency

Time zone

4. Owner login

Your name Email

Password

At least 10 characters, with letters and numbers.

Password again