Technical Changes in v4 & v5
Changed Code Base
Watch My Domains SED v5 has had major portions of it's user interface code completely rewritten.
Requires PHP 7.3 or above
Watch My Domains SED v5 requires PHP 7.3 and above. The professional edition also supports PHP v8+. If you are not able to meet this requirement please use an older version like v4 or v3.
Many third party libraries removed
We have removed dependencies on many third party libraries and tools like Bootstrap, Split, etc. in version 5.
Some Additional Dependencies
Version 5 adds support for webpage screenshots and cookie monitoring (only in Professional Edition). This requires
nodejs and Puppeteer.
Supports databases other than MySQL
Watch My Domains SED v4 and v5 can use MySQL / MariaDB, SQLite, MS SQL Server or Oracle Database as the storage medium. The standard, basic and managed editions support only MySQL or SQLite. Please get the professional edition if you want to use SQL Server or Oracle.
Cron Job
Version 3 and below used a script named runq.php that you had to add to the Cron job list.
In version 4 and 5 this has been renamed to cron.php
Version 3 also had a script named makeq.php that was used to schedule lookups. This has been
completely eliminated. You can schedule lookups from within the user interface in version 4 and v5.
The user interface in Version 4+ also supports scheduling reports. This means that you no longer have to add cron jobs for emailing daily, weekly or monthly emails.
Comprehensive API Support
Version 4 & 5 supports a comprehensive Application programming Interface (API) that will allow you to integrate data from the application database into your site or software. You can also develop your own applications to interact with Watch My Domains SED.
Please see
New Features in V5
Please see