9 Since, phpMyAdmin's interface is based entirely in your browser, you'll need a
10 web server (such as Apache, nginx, :term:`IIS`) to install phpMyAdmin's files into.
15 * You need PHP 5.3.0 or newer, with ``session`` support, the Standard PHP Library
16 (SPL) extension, JSON support, and the ``mbstring`` extension.
18 * To support uploading of ZIP files, you need the PHP ``zip`` extension.
20 * You need GD2 support in PHP to display inline thumbnails of JPEGs
21 ("image/jpeg: inline") with their original aspect ratio.
23 * When using the cookie authentication (the default), the `mcrypt
24 <http://www.php.net/mcrypt>`_ extension is strongly suggested.
26 * To support upload progress bars, see :ref:`faq2_9`.
28 * To support XML and Open Document Spreadsheet importing, you need the
29 `libxml <http://www.php.net/libxml>`_ extension.
31 * Performance suggestion: install the ``ctype`` extension.
33 .. seealso:: :ref:`faq1_31`, :ref:`authentication_modes`
38 phpMyAdmin supports MySQL-compatible databases.
41 * MariaDB 5.5 or newer
44 .. seealso:: :ref:`faq1_17`
49 To access phpMyAdmin you need a web browser with cookies and javascript