What are the Requirements for phpbb

phpBB3 has a few requirements which must be met before you are able to install and use it.

  • A webserver or web hosting account running on any major Operating System with support for PHP
  • A SQL database system, one of:
    • MySQL 3.23 or above (MySQLi supported)
    • PostgreSQL 7.3+
    • SQLite 2.8.2+
    • Firebird 2.0+
    • MS SQL Server 2000 or above (directly or via ODBC)
    • Oracle
  • PHP 4.3.3+ (>=4.3.3, >4.4.x, >5.x.x, >6.0-dev (compatible)) with support for the database you intend to use.
  • getimagesize() function need to be enabled.
  • These optional presence of the following modules within PHP will provide access to additional features, but they are not required.
    • zlib Compression support
    • Remote FTP support
    • XML support
    • Imagemagick support
    • GD Support

If your server or hosting account does not meet the requirements above we are afraid phpBB3 is not for you.

Gishore James

Manager Technology at Quikr
I am a highly successful, competent team member with a background of extensive hands-on project implementation experience. My success has been both internal to the companies to which I’ve contributed and external to clients and customers.Having the knowledge of setting up efficient & cost effective technology solutions, internet innovations, large scale IT implementations, helps me to find out the unique one in the way of my career.



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