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A TastyIgniter v4 extension that enables users to install, update, and manage extensions and themes purchased from the TI PowerUp marketplace directly from the TI admin panel.

Features

• Hybrid Installation — Auto-detects hosting environment and selects the best install method
• Direct Extraction — Downloads ZIPs and extracts via PHP ZipArchive (works on shared hosting)
• Composer Installation — Uses composer require via Symfony\Process (VPS/dedicated)
• Batch Installation — Install multiple packages with dependency-aware ordering
• Background Update Checks — Periodically checks for updates and notifies admins
• Health Checks — Validates PHP version, extensions, storage permissions, and API connectivity
• Install Logging — Tracks all install/update/uninstall actions with environment metadata
• Backup & Restore — Creates backups before updates, auto-restores on failure

Requirements

• PHP ^8.3
• TastyIgniter ^v4.0
• PHP extensions: zip, curl, mbstring
• Writable storage/ directory

Installation

composer require tipowerup/ti-ext-installer

Configuration

1. Navigate to Tools > TI PowerUp Installer in the TI admin panel
2. Enter your TI PowerUp API key (obtained from tipowerup.com)
3. The installer will auto-detect your hosting environment and recommend an installation method

Installation Methods

Direct (Shared Hosting)

• Downloads package ZIP from the PowerUp API
• Verifies checksum integrity
• Extracts to storage/app/tipowerup/extensions/ or storage/app/tipowerup/themes/
• Registers with TastyIgniter's extension/theme system
• No CLI access required

Composer (VPS/Dedicated)

• Configures the TI PowerUp private Composer repository
• Runs composer require with authenticated access
• Packages installed to vendor/ like standard Composer packages

Additional requirements for Composer method:

• proc_open and proc_close PHP functions enabled (not disabled in php.ini)
• 128MB+ PHP memory limit
• Shell access (exec or proc_open not blocked by hosting provider)
• Composer installed globally or auto-downloaded as composer.phar

License

MIT