Minimal server requirements are as follows:

• Apache web server
• PHP 4.0.X - PHP 5.X
  safe_mode=Off (not necessary for PHP 5 versions)
  no open_basedir restriction
  dl() must be enabled
  If PHP is installed with GD Libraries support, you must be sure the GD Libraries version is 2.0 or greater.
• MySQL Database

In the Standard Encrypted version, the core PHP files have been encrypted.

The recommended web server is Apache web server. All Phpauction packages have been successfully tested under different Unix/Linux environment. Please note that some crucial problems have been reported when using Microsoft web servers. We do not support Windows operating system.

MySQL being the most popular Open Source Database designed for speed, power and precision in mission critical, heavy load use was the obvious choice for Phpauction.
MySQL is the only database for which Phpauction offers support. The porting to other RDBMS is planned for future versions.

Phpauction also requires the ability to set up cron jobs (under *nix systems). This is needed to periodically run the script (cron.php) responsible for checking expired auctions, updating the database accordingly, and sending notification e-mails to sellers and buyers.
If you don't have access to cron, there are other possible solutions to run cron.php (see Tutorials section in the Manual). You may also set an option in admin to automatically have cron.php run from your index.php page.

For windows users there's the possibility to run cron.php using the auctionupdate.c utility you can find in the cron directory. There's a README file which explains how to use it, also.

If you want to check your server compatibility with Phpauction package use our Phpauction test compatibility script, upload it somewhere to your server and point your browser to it. To run a more exhaustive test please contact us.