PHP ¶

• You need PHP 7.1.3 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.