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 8.2.0 or newer.
You need the following PHP extensions (php -m or phpinfo() will indicate the enabled ones):
- normally bundled into PHP and enabled by default:
  - json provides JSON functions
  - session provides session storage
  - pcre provides regular expression functions
  - hash provides basic hashing functions
  - spl the Standard PHP Library (SPL) extension
  - sodium a modern cryptography library
- manual installation required:
  - mysqli To connect to MySQL/MariaDB databases
  - ctype To check the type of strings
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.

Database

phpMyAdmin supports MySQL-compatible databases.

MySQL 5.5 or newer
MariaDB 5.5 or newer

Web browser

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

You need a browser which is supported by Bootstrap 4.5, see <https://getbootstrap.com/docs/4.5/getting-started/browsers-devices/>.

Changed in version 5.2.0: You need a browser which is supported by Bootstrap 5.0, see <https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.0/getting-started/browsers-devices/>.