Requirements — phpMyAdmin 4.6.6 documentation

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.

See also

1.31 Does phpMyAdmin support PHP 5?, Using authentication modes

phpMyAdmin supports MySQL-compatible databases.

See also

1.17 Which Database versions does phpMyAdmin support?

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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  • 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 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.
  • MySQL 5.5 or newer
  • MariaDB 5.5 or newer

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