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- A web-host providing the following:
- PHP 5.1.3 2 or later.
- MySQL 5.0 or later.
- Better if: Unix hosting, Apache Web Server 1.3 or later, at least 32 Mb of RAM.
- Access codes to your FTP server and your MySQL database (provided by your web-host).
- A text editor.
- A FTP client.
- A Web browser.
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PrestaShop can work with PHP 5.1.3 or later, but versions inferior to 5.2 have bugs that might prevent some functionalities to work as expected (such as invalid date timezone).
PrestaShop can also work with Microsoft's IIS Web server 6.0 or later, and nginx 1.0 or later.
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