Is there something that I'm missing that allows me to turn off the MySQL requirement for Trongate? I've created a basic website that has no need of a database, but I can't deploy it because it breaks without having the trongate database. Is MySQL required to run a basic Trongate PHP framework? If not then it should be called an AMP stack framework. From my experience, so far, it doesn't work on IIS and requires a MySQL database. If it requires MySQL then it's not purely a PHP framework. Where's the turn off database requirement switch?

Yes, there is. Have you looked in model.php or the flow of which Trongate loads? You can choose to remove the database from database.php in a freshly installed instance of Trongate. however, suppose you want to use any of the core features like the admin panel (administrators, comments, tokens, user_levels & users), modules generated by the desktop app, module relations, image/ files uploaders, API explorer, the query builder, the properties builder, import modules with a database table from the Module Market and many more features, a database is required. Currently, MySQL is the only supported database, but this will change as time goes on. Using Trongate without a database is possible, but you are severely underutilising it.

Excellent! For my personal website I'd like to use git to clone the framework and make changes with VS Code. If I need data then I can use a json file, while not having to pay for a MySQL host. At work I'm developing an Intranet with Trongate and MySQL. It's been a joy to use compared to some clunker like WordPress. Thank you DaFa!