phpmyadmin/doc/require.rst

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 5.3.0 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 faq2_9.
• To support XML and Open Document Spreadsheet importing, you need the libxml 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
• Drizzle

faq1_17

Web browser

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