PHsPeed Prerequisites

PHsPeed Prerequisites

PHsPeed Minimum Requirements

OS

Windows Vista or higher

Memory

2 GB. 

More memory may be needed depending on the size of the project or when the computer is executing other applications at same time as PHsPeed.

HDD space for install

4.0 GB additional to the OS minimum required HDD / SSD space (including pagination files and virtual memory files) 

Processor

Pentium IV 2.8 GHz


PHsPeed bases its functionality on the integration of several components:

Component

Description

Functional WebServer

By default, PHsPeed installation package includes a preconfigured instance of XAMPP (which includes all prerequisites). One can reconfigure it to work with another instance of XAMPP in case this is preferred.

PHP

PHP must be installed on the Webserver, although the latest PHP version is recommended, PHsPeed has been fully tested with PHP from version 7.4 and up. Versions below 7, might work but is not supported.

XDebugger

This tool is used for PHP debugging in real time 


PHsPeed installs an integrated and modified version of Xampp, containing Apache, PHP 7.4, 8.0, 8.1 and 8.2, and MySQL/MariaDB. You can change ports during install to avoid conflicts with your current web server and database. If required you can disable the use of the embedded Apache or MySQL/MariaDB.

PHsPeed – Virus Scanners and Firewalls

PHsPeed is an IDE that contains an embedded Chromium browser, an FTP client and a connection to a message server. This means that PHsPeed continuously requires access to the TCP socket to the application in the embedded browser, or get additional modules / updates from the internet. It also generates loads of PHP, CSS, HTML and java script files which is suspicious behavior by default for a lot of virus scanners.


To prevent issues we digitally sign our software for a better reputation, we are in close contact with some of the anti-virus company to get white-listed and our website has been validated by Google, so if you download using Chrome you will not see annoying warnings. Currently WebRoot and BitDefender should not complain too much. AVG will automatically stop complaining once the application is on the market for a while and more people are using it. If you keep on getting issues, please let us know.


It is possible that your firewall is complaining on tcp access and we recommend to white list the application. All communications between PhsPeed and our servers are done encrypted AND run over https for optimal security. You cannot register on our website, but you need to use our IDE client to do so. All to keep the eco system as safe as possible.


If the virus scanner complains due to heuristic analysis, please whitelist PhsPeed directory. It is obvious that a PHP generator will generate (a lot of) files and requires the internet to work well.