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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, IIS) to install phpMyAdmin’s files into.

## PHP

- You need PHP 5.3.0 or newer, with `session` support, the Standard PHP Library (SPL) extension, JSON support, and the `mbstring` extension.
- To support uploading of ZIP files, you need the PHP `zip` extension.
- You need GD2 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 mcrypt extension is strongly suggested.
- To support upload progress bars, see 2.9 Seeing an upload progress bar.
- To support XML and Open Document Spreadsheet importing, you need the libxml extension.
- Performance suggestion: install the `ctype` extension.

See also

1.31 Does phpMyAdmin support PHP 5?, Using authentication modes

## Database

phpMyAdmin supports MySQL-compatible databases.

- MySQL 5.5 or newer
- MariaDB 5.5 or newer
- Drizzle

See also

1.17 Which MySQL versions does phpMyAdmin support?

## Web browser

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

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