§System Requirements.

To run Pivot, basically all you need is a webserver that runs PHP. The most common platform on which Pivot is used is Apache (1.3.x or 2.x) with PHP 4.0.6 or higher (PHP 4.2.x slightly preferred)..

That's not a firm requirement though.. Pivot also runs fine on IIS servers, and also on Xitami and Zeus, although getting it to run might be slightly trickier on those last two platforms.

If you do not know what kind of server you have, nor what version of PHP it runs (or even if it runs PHP at all) there are two ways to find out:

The easy, less precise one: Go to netcraft.com and use their 'what's that site running'-feature. It will most likely tell the type of the webserver and most often if it has PHP compiled with the server.

The almost as easy, exact option: Upload a phpinfo file, and inspect its output.. See here for more information: Phpinfo is your friend.

So, Pivot has been verified to run on a wide range of brands of webservers, as long as it runs PHP 4.0.6 or higher. It's a lot easier to get Pivot running if your server is not in safe_mode, though.. for more information: see Dealing with safe_mode.