How to Install Thelia on Windows 11

Thelia is an open-source e-commerce platform written in PHP. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing Thelia on your Windows 11 computer.

Prerequisites

Before installing Thelia on your Windows 11 computer, you need to make sure that you have the following software installed:

  • PHP 7.4 or later
  • Apache 2.4 or later
  • MySQL 5.7.8 or later
  • Composer

Step 1: Download Thelia

Visit the Thelia website at https://thelia.net/ and download the latest version of the software.

Step 2: Extract the Files

Extract the downloaded Thelia files to a directory of your choice on your Windows 11 computer.

Step 3: Install Dependencies

Open a command prompt and navigate to the directory where you extracted the Thelia files. Run the following command to install the dependencies:

composer install

Step 4: Create a Database

Create a new database for Thelia using the MySQL command line or a graphical user interface such as phpMyAdmin.

Step 5: Configure Thelia

Thelia comes with a sample configuration file called thelia/config/config.yml.sample. Copy this file to thelia/config/config.yml.

Edit the database section of the config.yml file with your database information.

database:
    driver: pdo_mysql
    host: localhost
    port: null
    dbname: mydatabase
    user: myuser
    password: mypassword
    charset: utf8

Step 6: Configure Apache

Open the Apache configuration file httpd.conf and add the following lines at the end:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "C:/path/to/thelia"
    ServerName thelia.test
    <Directory "C:/path/to/thelia">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Make sure to update the DocumentRoot and ServerName paths to match the path to your Thelia installation.

Step 7: Start Apache

Start the Apache web server by running the following command:

httpd.exe -k start

Step 8: Access Thelia

Open your web browser and navigate to http://thelia.test or your configured ServerName. The Thelia installation wizard will prompt you for the necessary information to complete the installation.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Thelia on your Windows 11 computer! You are now ready to start building your e-commerce website.