Craft requires the following:
- PHP 7.0+
- MySQL 5.5+ (with InnoDB) or PostgreSQL 9.5+
- A web server (Apache, Nginx, IIS)
- A minimum of 32MB of memory allocated to PHP
- A minimum of 200MB of free disk space
- A minimum of 1MB of free database space
Craft requires the following PHP extensions to be enabled:
- PCRE
- PDO
- PDO MySQL Driver or PDO PostgreSQL Driver
- GD or ImageMagick
- OpenSSL
- Multibyte String
- JSON
- cURL
- crypt (with BLOWFISH_CRYPT enabled)
- iconv – Adds support for more character encodings than PHP’s built-in mb_convert_encoding() function, which Craft will take advantage of when converting GET and POST request parameters to UTF-8.
- Intl – Adds rich internationalization support.
{tip} If you are unsure if your server meets the requirements, you can upload the Craft Server Check script to quickly find out.
The database user you tell Craft to connect with must have the following privileges:
SELECT
INSERT
DELETE
UPDATE
CREATE
ALTER
INDEX
DROP
REFERENCES
SELECT
INSERT
DELETE
UPDATE
CREATE
DELETE
REFERENCES
CONNECT
Craft’s control panel requires a modern browser:
- Chrome 29 or later
- Firefox 28 or later
- Safari 9.0 or later
- Internet Explorer 11 or later
- Microsoft Edge
- iOS: Safari 9.1 or later
- Android: Chrome 4.4 or later
{tip} Craft’s CP browser requirements have nothing to do with your actual website. If you’re a glutton for punishment and want your website to look flawless on IE 6, that’s your choice.