9 Since, phpMyAdmin's interface is based entirely in your browser, you'll need a
10 web server (such as Apache, :term:`IIS`) to install phpMyAdmin's files into.
15 * You need PHP 5.2.0 or newer, with ``session`` support, the Standard PHP Library
16 (SPL) extension and JSON support.
18 * To support uploading of ZIP files, you need the PHP ``zip`` extension.
20 * For proper support of multibyte strings (eg. UTF-8, which is currently
21 the default), you should install the ``mbstring`` and ``ctype`` extensions.
23 * You need GD2 support in PHP to display inline thumbnails of JPEGs
24 ("image/jpeg: inline") with their original aspect ratio.
26 * When using the cookie authentication (the default), the `mcrypt
27 <http://www.php.net/mcrypt>`_ extension is strongly suggested for most
28 users and is **required** for 64–bit machines. Not using mcrypt will
29 cause phpMyAdmin to load pages significantly slower.
31 * To support upload progress bars, see :ref:`faq2_9`.
33 * To support XML and Open Document Spreadsheet importing, you need PHP
34 5.2.17 or newer and the `libxml <http://www.php.net/libxml>`_
37 .. seealso:: :ref:`faq1_31`, :ref:`authentication_modes`
42 phpMyAdmin support MySQL compatible databases.
45 * MariaDB 5.0 or newer
48 .. seealso:: :ref:`faq1_17`
53 To access phpMyAdmin you need a web browser with cookies and javascript