In order to successfully install and run the Ultimate Locator system on your own web server, your server should meet these minimum server requirements.

Ultimate Locator is a series of PHP files and templates that you will copy to your web server.  You will run an easy install script that will connect to your mysql database and will automatically build all the system tables for you.

Linux	Windows	FreeBSD

Version 3 Server Requirements...

Your Server must support:

• Operating System: Linux, *BSD or Windows operating system
• Web Server: Apache, IIS  or similar
• Scripting Language: PHP 4.3 (or above)
• Database: MySQL 3.23 (or above)
  MySQL v4.1.2 or above needed for advanced searching features *
• Ability to run ionCube or SourceGuardian files (more on this...)
• fsockopen enabled

php.ini File Settings:

• safe_mode - must be turned Off.
• extension_dir - should point to a valid folder and program must be able to read/write to this folder.

We recommend the following Hosting Companies......
MediaTemple.com	We recommend hosting from Media Temple.  Their hosting is compatible with Ultimate Locator v3+ and is only $20.00 per month yet they allow you to host up to 100 domains and support just about everything you would want to do with your site.
	PHP / MySQL Support:	Yes
	ionCube Support:	Yes
	SourceGuardian Support:	Yes
	Plans:	Grid-Service Plan
HostGator.com	HostGator.com supports Ultimate Locator software 100% right out of the box.  No special request or configuration changes have to be done.  We fully recommend HostGator because they are compatible, but we also recommend them because they have been offering hosting services since 2002 and manage over a million accounts.  HostGator is a great budget host.
	PHP / MySQL Support:	Yes
	ionCube Support:	Yes
	SourceGuardian Support:	Yes
	Plans:	Hatchling, Baby, Business and VPS Plans.  All linux plans.

Ultimate Locator may not be compatible with the latest releases of PHP and MySQL.