Requirements

IDX Free was created to run on a wide variety of unix/linux based web servers. There are however a few requirements that your server will need to have so that you can automate the importation of your MLS data and to be able to allow your users to receive automatic email updates of new properties that meet their search criteria.

Currently IDX Free requires the following to run properly:

  • IDX Free will run on any *nix based OS (Unix, Linux, FreeBSD, etc)
  • PHP >= 4
  • Perl >= 5.6
  • MySQL
  • perl DBI
  • cron
  • ncftpget

Most web servers come with all of these installed. Some of the super low cost web hosts do not have cron and ncftpget which are the keys to automating the data retrieval process (something you will want to have unless you like to update your files daily or weekly yourself).