Chapter 3Setting Up FileMaker Server

Previous versions of FileMaker required FileMaker Server Advanced in order to publish custom web sites. With the release of FileMaker 9, publishing FileMaker-driven PHP web sites requires only that your database is hosted with FileMaker Server 9. If you will be using Instant Web Publishing, ODBC, or JDBC, you will need to obtain a license key for FileMaker Server 9 Advanced.

Before installing FileMaker Server 9, make sure the following conditions are met:

A previous version of FileMaker Server is not installed on the computer.

IIS or Apache/Personal Web Sharing is installed and running on your computer.

If you ...

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