CASE FILES PROFESSIONAL
Version: 3.1.3

Full installation for a new empty database. This ZIP is not an upgrade package.
Keep GIB and Commercial installations and release packages separate.

Requirements: PHP 8.3+; PDO MySQL, cURL, OpenSSL, Fileinfo, mbstring, ZIP, DOM/XML, XMLWriter, GD, iconv and ctype; MySQL 8 or MariaDB 10.6+; HTTPS; Apache with .htaccess and mod_rewrite enabled.

Upload and extract all files, including hidden .htaccess files. Use folders 755 and files 644. The hosting account must be able to write config/ and storage/. Open the installation URL and follow the installer to configure licensing, the database, agency timezone and Administrator account. Use a new empty database; do not reinstall over a live system.

After installation configure Agency Setup, SMTP, payment providers, cloud storage and scheduled jobs as applicable. Verify scheduled execution and retain recovery credentials and backups securely. Optional integrations require your own credentials.

The GIB edition includes private GIB branding. The Commercial edition starts without GIB branding, company records or customer data; configure the agency information during setup.

Future releases: two separate cumulative update packages, one restricted to GIB and one restricted to Commercial. Updates preserve configuration, licensing and stored data. SHA-256 verification applies to cumulative updates only. Version 1.0.0 is the production update baseline.
