Documentation
This documentation will explain the details of Formio, the installation process, files, usage and settings.
a. Getting Started
Formio is not based on a framework thus you can install it nearly every PHP web server or shared hosting but here is our recommended specifications;
- PHP >= 7.0
- MySQL & PDO
- JSON & Mail Extensions*
b. Installation
Formio comes with a prebuilt installation wizard. After creating a MySQL database you can easily install it by following steps.
b1. Creating Database
Before installing, you will need to create a new database. If you already know how to do this or have already created one, skip to the next step. Probably you should be able to create a database from cPanel.
You can use these official documents if you do not know how to do it:
- https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/databases/mysql-databases/82/
- https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/databases/mysql-database-wizard/82/
b2. Uploading Files
After creating a database, unzip the .zip file you have downloaded from CodeCanyon and upload files inside Server Files to your main directory (usually called www or public_html) or a sub-directory.
After upload process has done, open yourdomain.com/installer.php.
b3. Installation Wizard
After you have created a database and uploaded the files, simply open your website in a web browser and follow on-screen instructions on the installation wizard to complete the installation.
c. Configuration
c1. General Settings
You can set up site and mail settings from here. You can go there by visiting General > Settings page.
c2. User Settings
You can set up you user settings from here and also you can create new accouts. Each accounts have same permissions in system. You can go there by visiting User > User Settings page.
d. Usage
d1. Creating New Form
You can create new forms by visiting Form Management > Create a New Form page.
- Form Status Determine that your form is accepting new responses or not.
- Form Response Type Select what is going to happen after a visitor submits form.
- Form Response URL Enter the URL that you want to redirect the visitor after form submission, only works with URL Redirect.
- Response Email Enter the email that you want to get responses of the form. Works with all Form Types except Save on Formio.
d2. Getting Responses
You need to set up your forms action url as yourdomain.com/form-api/[form-special-id].
You can get your form's special ID from the form edit page like shown in the image below:
