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What are the requirements for the CiviCRM core?
Required for CiviCRM Core ¶ 1 PHP BCMath – required for calculating financial values in CiviCRM Core. 2 PHP Curl – required for many payment processors, the extension manager, and the CiviCRM News dashlet. 3 PHP DOM XML – required by CiviCase. 4 PHP Multibyte – required for internationalisation and proper encoding of fields.
What kind of Cms do I need for CiviCRM?
A CMS, or Content Management System, is a type of application which controls and manages the content of a website. CiviCRM must be installed within one of these compatible CMS platforms. See the page on choosing a CMS for more information about the advantages and disadvantages of each compatible CMS platform.
What is the minimum version of MySQL for CiviCRM?
Other database servers (such as PostgreSQL) are not compatible with CiviCRM. Your MySQL version should be 5.7.5 or greater or MariaDB 10.0.2 or greater. As of version 5.28 the minimum install version for CiviCRM is 5.6 users on versions before that are advised to upgrade their MySQL instance to a recommended version.
Do you need UTF8 locale for CiviCRM installation?
If you plan to have multiple languages used in your CiviCRM installation it is strongly recommended that you ensure that locale is set to a UTF8 locale and also ensure that you set utf8 as the standard encoding for MySQL. To alter locale you can configure as per Ubuntu instructions, Debian, CentOS.
Can you install CiviCRM on a separate database?
It is also possible to install CiviCRM on a separate database. As a rule of thumb: A shared database works well for small deployments (eg a few thousand records and a single administrator or developer). Separate databases work well for large deployments (eg a million records and multiple administrators/developers).
Can you install CiviCRM on a shared database?
By default, new installations of CiviCRM will copy the MySQL connection details from the CMS, creating a shared database. It is also possible to install CiviCRM on a separate database. As a rule of thumb: A shared database works well for small deployments (eg a few thousand records and a single administrator or developer).
Can you use CiviCRM on PHP 7.2 upgrade?
7.2 upgrade warning – 7.2 does not support MCrypt and if MCrypt is not installed the SMTP password (if entered) will need to be re-saved once you update your PHP version to 7.2. CiviCRM will incorrectly attempt to decrypt the SMTP password using the MCrypt library when executed using PHP 7.1.
What kind of operating system do I need for CiviCRM?
There are no explicit operating system requirements. However, it’s worth noting that CiviCRM is far more widely deployed and tested on UNIX-based operating systems, in particular Linux (e.g. Ubuntu, Debian, etc.), than with Microsoft Windows. You can still use CiviCRM fine from Windows desktops when the hosting environment runs Linux.
What kind of PHP is needed for CiviCRM?
PHP BCMath – required for calculating financial values in CiviCRM Core. PHP Curl – required for many payment processors, the extension manager, and the CiviCRM News dashlet. PHP DOM XML – required by CiviCase. PHP Multibyte – required for internationalisation and proper encoding of fields.
Which is the best server environment for CiviCRM?
A recommended server environment should typically meet these guidelines: PHP: 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 — with configuration and extension requirements. Php 8 is supported from 5.40. MySQL: MySQL 5.7.5+ or MariaDB 10.0.0.2+ — with configuration requirements
What kind of web server do I need for CiviCRM?
Backdrop 1.0 or newer is required. Joomla 3.x.x is required. WordPress 4.9 or newer is required. The PHP version used on the command line is important and should match the version used by the web server. Using PHP 7.1 (or lower) on the command line and using PHP 7.2 (or higher) on the web server can cause issues.