Requirements

phpMyFAQ needs to be installed on a web server. FAQ administrators and users have to use a web browser to access a web-based GUI to read and add FAQs. phpMyFAQ administrators require access to the files on the server to update templates and perform upgrades or maintenance.

• PHP 8.1+
  • We recommend using PHP 8.2 or PHP 8.3
  • We recommend using a PHP accelerator or Opcode cache like Zend OpCache
  • Allocate at least 64MB of memory to each PHP process
  • Required extensions: GD, JSON, Session, MBString, Filter, XMLWriter, SPL
  • Recommended configuration:

    memory_limit = 128M

• Database server, e.g.
  • MySQL 8.x or later with ext/mysqli extension
  • PostgreSQL 10.x or later
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2019 or later
  • SQLite3
  • MariaDB 8.x with ext/mysqli extension
  • additionally Elasticsearch (6.x and later)
• Webserver, e.g.
  • Apache 2.4.x with mod_rewrite and "AllowOverride All" set
  • IIS 7.0+
  • nginx 1.0+

  We recommend enabling content compression to speed up the delivery of HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

  If you're running Apache von Windows, you may have to increase of the Apache's stack size:

  <IfModule mpm_winnt_module>
      ThreadStackSize 8388608
  </IfModule>

  You should add the code to the httpd-mpm.conf file and enable that file in

  Include conf/extra/httpd-mpm.conf

• Operating system support
  • GNU/Linux
  • Microsoft Windows
  • OS X
  • FreeBSD
  • HP-UX
  • Solaris
  • AIX
  • Netware
• Browser support
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Google Chrome
  • Apple Safari
  • Opera
  • Microsoft Edge

In case PHP runs as module of the Apache, you will have to be able to do a chown on the files before installation. The files and directories have to be owned by the Apache user.