How to Install PHPBack on Windows 10

PHPBack is a web-based customer feedback system written in PHP. In this tutorial, we will be walking you through the steps of installing PHPBack on a Windows 10 machine.

Prerequisites

  • A Windows operating system (Windows 10 is preferred).
  • A web server that supports PHP. We will be using XAMPP in this tutorial.
  • A web browser.

Step 1: Download PHPBack

  • Go to the PHPBack website at https://www.phpback.org/download.
  • Download the latest version of PHPBack as a ZIP archive.
  • Extract the ZIP archive to a folder on your local machine.

Step 2: Setup a Database

  • Open XAMPP and start the Apache and MySQL services.
  • Open your web browser and go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin.
  • Create a new database by clicking on the "Databases" tab, then entering a name for your database and selecting "utf8_general_ci" as the collation.
  • Click "Create" to create the database.

Step 3: Configure the PHPBack Directory

  • Open the folder that you extracted the PHPBack ZIP archive to.
  • Locate the config-sample.php file and rename it to config.php.
  • Open the config.php file in a text editor.
  • Set the $db_server, $db_user, $db_password, and $db_name variables to match the details of the MySQL database that you created in Step 2. Save and close the file.

Step 4: Deploy PHPBack

  • Copy the contents of the phpback folder to the root directory of your web server.
  • Open your web browser and go to http://localhost/.
  • You will be presented with the PHPBack installation screen. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
  • Once the installation is complete, you can access PHPBack by going to http://localhost/phpback/ in your web browser.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed PHPBack on Windows 10.