| Derek Jones | 8ede1a2 | 2011-10-05 13:34:52 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | ################### |
| 2 | Server Requirements |
| 3 | ################### |
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| Andrey Andreev | bcfe461 | 2016-07-26 20:34:30 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | `PHP <http://php.net/>`_ version 5.6 or newer is recommended. |
| Connor Tumbleson | e16b926 | 2014-01-14 07:40:50 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | |
| Andrey Andreev | bcfe461 | 2016-07-26 20:34:30 +0300 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | It should work on 5.3.7 as well, but we strongly advise you NOT to run |
| Andrey Andreev | 934d6d9 | 2015-01-12 15:03:10 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 8 | such old versions of PHP, because of potential security and performance |
| 9 | issues, as well as missing features. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | A database is required for most web application programming. |
| 12 | Currently supported databases are: |
| 13 | |
| Connor Tumbleson | e16b926 | 2014-01-14 07:40:50 -0600 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | - MySQL (5.1+) via the *mysql* (deprecated), *mysqli* and *pdo* drivers |
| 15 | - Oracle via the *oci8* and *pdo* drivers |
| 16 | - PostgreSQL via the *postgre* and *pdo* drivers |
| 17 | - MS SQL via the *mssql*, *sqlsrv* (version 2005 and above only) and *pdo* drivers |
| 18 | - SQLite via the *sqlite* (version 2), *sqlite3* (version 3) and *pdo* drivers |
| 19 | - CUBRID via the *cubrid* and *pdo* drivers |
| 20 | - Interbase/Firebird via the *ibase* and *pdo* drivers |
| 21 | - ODBC via the *odbc* and *pdo* drivers (you should know that ODBC is actually an abstraction layer) |