System Prerequisites
Zero CMS operates cross-platform. To boot the system, satisfy the following base requirements:
- PHP version 8.3 or higher (Alpine, Debian, or Ubuntu).
- PDO MariaDB/MySQL database driver active.
- Apache Web Server (with
mod_rewriteactive) or Nginx.
Built-in PHP Server
To spin up the system immediately for local development, run PHP's built-in web server inside your project root folder:
Run Built-in PHP Server
Run Built-in PHP Server
bash
php -S localhost:8000Then run the central database seeder script to populate your multi-tenant sites:
Execute Database Seeder
Execute Database Seeder
bash
bin/seed