Requirements

Web server

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

PHP

You need PHP 5.5.0 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 openssl extension is strongly suggested.
To support upload progress bars, see faq2_9.
To support XML and Open Document Spreadsheet importing, you need the libxml extension.
To support reCAPTCHA on the login page, you need the openssl extension.
To support displaying phpMyAdmin's latest version, you need to enable allow_url_open in your php.ini or to have the curl extension.
Performance suggestion: install the ctype extension.

faq1_31, authentication_modes

Database

phpMyAdmin supports MySQL-compatible databases.

MySQL 5.5 or newer
MariaDB 5.5 or newer

faq1_17

Web browser

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

You need browser which is supported by jQuery 2.0, see <https://jquery.com/browser-support/>.

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Requirements

Web server

PHP

Database

Web browser

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