Finance Manager — Installation

Personal Finance Management Web Application

1. Server requirements

  • PHP 8.2 or newer (current: 8.3.36)
  • PDO MySQL extension
  • mbstring extension
  • fileinfo extension (receipt validation)
  • json extension
  • zip extension (Excel export — optional, CSV fallback)
  • config/ folder is writable
  • storage/ folder is writable
  • install/ folder is writable (lock file)

2. Database (MySQL)

On Hostinger: hPanel → Databases → MySQL Databases. Create the database and user there first, then copy the values here (host is usually localhost).

3. Application

Used in password-reset emails.

4. Administrator account

At least 8 characters with a letter and a number.