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 5.5.0 or newer, with ``session`` support, the Standard PHP Library
16 (SPL) extension, hash, ctype, and JSON support.
18 * The ``mbstring`` extension (see :term:`mbstring`) is strongly recommended
19 for performance reasons.
21 * To support uploading of ZIP files, you need the PHP ``zip`` extension.
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 `openssl
27 <https://secure.php.net/openssl>`_ extension is strongly suggested.
29 * To support upload progress bars, see :ref:`faq2_9`.
31 * To support XML and Open Document Spreadsheet importing, you need the
32 `libxml <https://secure.php.net/libxml>`_ extension.
34 * To support reCAPTCHA on the login page, you need the
35 `openssl <https://secure.php.net/openssl>`_ extension.
37 * To support displaying phpMyAdmin's latest version, you need to enable
38 ``allow_url_open`` in your :file:`php.ini` or to have the
39 `curl <https://secure.php.net/curl>`_ extension.
41 .. seealso:: :ref:`faq1_31`, :ref:`authentication_modes`
46 phpMyAdmin supports MySQL-compatible databases.
49 * MariaDB 5.5 or newer
51 .. seealso:: :ref:`faq1_17`
56 To access phpMyAdmin you need a web browser with cookies and JavaScript
59 You need browser which is supported by jQuery 2.0, see
60 <https://jquery.com/browser-support/>.