phpMyFAQ runs on any PHP web host with a database. This is what it needs.
PHP
- PHP 8.3 or later, 8.5 or later recommended
- Extensions: PDO, cURL, GD or ImageMagick, mbstring
- Optional: LDAP, XML, ZIP, Fileinfo
- Memory limit: 128 MB minimum, 256 MB recommended
Web server
- Apache 2.4 or later with mod_rewrite
- Nginx 1.18 or later
- IIS 10 or later with the URL Rewrite module
- HTTPS
Database
- MySQL 8.0 or later or MariaDB 10.6 or later
- PostgreSQL 13 or later
- SQLite 3.38 or later for small installations
- Microsoft SQL Server 2019 or later or Azure SQL
Optional
- Elasticsearch 7 or OpenSearch 2 for advanced search
- LDAP or Active Directory for user authentication
- SMTP server for email notifications
- Redis for configuration caching
Ready to go? Download phpMyFAQ or try the live demo first. The documentation covers installation step by step.