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<span id="require"></span><h1>Requirements<a class="headerlink" href="#requirements" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
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<h2>Web server<a class="headerlink" href="#web-server" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>Since phpMyAdmin’s interface is based entirely in your browser, you’ll need a
web server (such as Apache, nginx, <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-IIS"><span class="xref std std-term">IIS</span></a>) to install phpMyAdmin’s files into.</p>
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<h2>PHP<a class="headerlink" href="#php" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
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<li><p>You need PHP 7.2.5 or newer, with <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">session</span></code> support, the Standard PHP Library
(SPL) extension, hash, ctype, and JSON support.</p></li>
<li><p>The <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">mbstring</span></code> extension (see <a class="reference internal" href="glossary.html#term-mbstring"><span class="xref std std-term">mbstring</span></a>) is strongly recommended
for performance reasons.</p></li>
<li><p>To support uploading of ZIP files, you need the PHP <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">zip</span></code> extension.</p></li>
<li><p>You need GD2 support in PHP to display inline thumbnails of JPEGs
(“image/jpeg: inline”) with their original aspect ratio.</p></li>
<li><p>When using the cookie authentication (the default), the <a class="reference external" href="https://www.php.net/openssl">openssl</a> extension is strongly suggested.</p></li>
<li><p>To support upload progress bars, see <a class="reference internal" href="faq.html#faq2-9"><span class="std std-ref">2.9 Seeing an upload progress bar</span></a>.</p></li>
<li><p>To support XML and Open Document Spreadsheet importing, you need the
<a class="reference external" href="https://www.php.net/libxml">libxml</a> extension.</p></li>
<li><p>To support reCAPTCHA on the login page, you need the
<a class="reference external" href="https://www.php.net/openssl">openssl</a> extension.</p></li>
<li><p>To support displaying phpMyAdmin’s latest version, you need to enable
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">allow_url_open</span></code> in your <code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">php.ini</span></code> or to have the
<a class="reference external" href="https://www.php.net/curl">curl</a> extension.</p></li>
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<p><a class="reference internal" href="faq.html#faq1-31"><span class="std std-ref">1.31 Which PHP versions does phpMyAdmin support?</span></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="setup.html#authentication-modes"><span class="std std-ref">Using authentication modes</span></a></p>
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<section id="database">
<h2>Database<a class="headerlink" href="#database" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>phpMyAdmin supports MySQL-compatible databases.</p>
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<li><p>MySQL 5.5 or newer</p></li>
<li><p>MariaDB 5.5 or newer</p></li>
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<p class="admonition-title">See also</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="faq.html#faq1-17"><span class="std std-ref">1.17 Which Database versions does phpMyAdmin support?</span></a></p>
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