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Requirements

Web server

Since phpMyAdmin's interface is based entirely in your browser, you'll need a web server (such as Apache, nginx, :term:IIS) to install phpMyAdmin's files into.

PHP

• You need PHP 8.2.0 or newer.

• You need the following PHP extensions (php -m or phpinfo() will indicate the enabled ones):

  • normally bundled into PHP and enabled by default:

    • json <https://www.php.net/json>_ provides JSON functions
    • session <https://www.php.net/session>_ provides session storage
    • pcre <https://www.php.net/pcre>_ provides regular expression functions
    • hash <https://www.php.net/hash>_ provides basic hashing functions
    • spl <https://www.php.net/spl>_ the Standard PHP Library (SPL) extension
    • sodium <https://www.php.net/sodium>_ a modern cryptography library

  • manual installation required:

    • mysqli <https://www.php.net/mysqli>_ To connect to MySQL/MariaDB databases
    • ctype <https://www.php.net/ctype>_ To check the type of strings

• The mbstring <https://www.php.net/mbstring>_ extension (see :term:mbstring) is strongly recommended for performance reasons.

• To support uploading of ZIP files, you need the PHP zip <https://www.php.net/zip>_ extension.

• You need GD2 <https://www.php.net/gd>_ support in PHP to display inline thumbnails of JPEGs ("image/jpeg: inline") with their original aspect ratio.

• When using the cookie authentication (the default), the openssl <https://www.php.net/openssl>_ extension is strongly suggested.

• To support upload progress bars, see :ref:faq2_9.

• To support XML and Open Document Spreadsheet importing, you need the libxml <https://www.php.net/libxml>_ extension.

• To support reCAPTCHA on the login page, you need the openssl <https://www.php.net/openssl>_ extension.

• To support displaying phpMyAdmin's latest version, you need to enable allow_url_open in your :file:php.ini or to have the curl <https://www.php.net/curl>_ extension.

.. seealso:: :ref:faq1_31, :ref:authentication_modes

Database

phpMyAdmin supports MySQL-compatible databases.

• MySQL 5.5 or newer
• MariaDB 5.5 or newer

.. seealso:: :ref:faq1_17

Web browser

To access phpMyAdmin you need a web browser with cookies and JavaScript enabled.

You need a browser which is supported by Bootstrap 4.5, see https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.5/getting-started/browsers-devices/.

.. versionchanged:: 5.2.0

You need a browser which is supported by Bootstrap 5.0, see
<https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.0/getting-started/browsers-devices/>.