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<span id="require"></span><h1>Requirements<a class="headerlink" href="#requirements" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<h2>Web server<a class="headerlink" href="#web-server" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Since phpMyAdmin’s interface is based entirely in your browser, you’ll need a
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<h2>PHP<a class="headerlink" href="#php" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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<li>You need PHP 5.5.0 or newer, with <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">session</span></code> support, the Standard PHP Library
(SPL) extension, JSON support, and the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">mbstring</span></code> extension.</li>
<li>To support uploading of ZIP files, you need the PHP <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">zip</span></code> extension.</li>
<li>You need GD2 support in PHP to display inline thumbnails of JPEGs
(“image/jpeg: inline”) with their original aspect ratio.</li>
<li>When using the cookie authentication (the default), the <a class="reference external" href="https://www.php.net/openssl">openssl</a> extension is strongly suggested.</li>
<li>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>.</li>
<li>To support XML and Open Document Spreadsheet importing, you need the
<a class="reference external" href="https://www.php.net/libxml">libxml</a> extension.</li>
<li>To support reCAPTCHA on the login page, you need the
<a class="reference external" href="https://www.php.net/openssl">openssl</a> extension.</li>
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<code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">allow_url_open</span></code> in your <code class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">php.ini</span></code> or to have the
<a class="reference external" href="https://www.php.net/curl">curl</a> extension.</li>
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<p class="last"><a class="reference internal" href="faq.html#faq1-31"><span class="std std-ref">1.31 Does phpMyAdmin support PHP 5?</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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<h2>Database<a class="headerlink" href="#database" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>phpMyAdmin supports MySQL-compatible databases.</p>
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<li>MySQL 5.5 or newer</li>
<li>MariaDB 5.5 or newer</li>
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<p class="last"><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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