System Requirements

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.