php my Admin Documentation chapter 2
2.3 Database
Requirements
2.1 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.
2.2 PHP
• You need PHP 5.5.0 or newer, with session support, the Standard PHP Library (SPL) extension, hash, ctype,
and JSON support.
• The mbstring extension (see mbstring) is strongly recommended for performance reasons.
• 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 2.9 Seeing an upload progress bar.
• 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.
See also:
1.31 Which PHP versions does phpMyAdmin support?, Using authentication modes
