Set up ROILift Feedback

This takes about two minutes. It creates config.php and the database.

1. Server check

✓PHP 8.0 or newer
✓mbstring extension
✓OpenSSL extension (for SMTP)
✓PHPMailer library (vendor/ folder)
✓Main folder is writable (to create config.php)
✓SQLite support (pdo_sqlite)
✓data/ folder is writable
✓MySQL support (pdo_mysql)

2. Site

Survey URL

Timezone

3. Database

Where responses are stored. The tables are created for you.

SQLiteA single file in data/. Nothing to set up. Ideal for a single site. MySQL / MariaDBCreate an empty database and user in your hosting panel first.

Host

Port

Database name

Username

Password

On cPanel and Hostinger the host is usually localhost, and the database and user names start with your account prefix, e.g. u123456_feedback.

4. Admin login

You'll use this to sign in to the dashboard. Use at least 12 characters.

Username

Password

Confirm password

5. Email notifications

Who gets an email for each new response, and which address it comes from.

Send alerts to

From address

From name

Sending method

Gmail/Workspace: smtp.gmail.com, 587, TLS, with an App Password. Zoho: smtp.zoho.in, 465, SSL. cPanel/Hostinger: use the mailbox's SMTP details from your host.

SMTP host

Port

Encryption

SMTP username

SMTP password

Email clients a short “thank you” when they leave their address Send a test email when I finish