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Here is a quick list of what you need to get started with the installation of PrestaShop 1.7. Should you not feel comfortable with the lack of details, you will find detailed instructions in the sections following this one.

  • System requirements:
    • PHP 57.4 1 or later.
      • Useful settings (in the php.ini file): 
        • allow_url_fopen set to On, 
        • register_globals set to Off,
        • upload_max_filesize set to "16M" (or more).
      • Must-have PHP extensions (in the php.ini file): PDO_MySQL CURL, cURLDOM, SimpleXMLFileinfo, mcrypt, GD, OpenSSLIntl, DOMMbstring, SOAP, Zip, fileinfoJSON, Iconv.
      • Useful server tools: cron/crontab, Memcached.
    • MySQL 5.0 6 or later.
    • Better if: 
      • Unix/Linux hosting.
      • Apache Web Server 2.0 or 2 or later or nginx Web Server.
        • Apache module settings: 
          • mod_rewrite enabled, 
          • mod_security disabled,
          • mod_auth_basic disabled.
      • At least 128 256 Mb of RAM dedicated to PHP. The more the better.
  • Access codes to your FTP server, your MySQL database
    • These should be provided by your web host if you are not doing a local installation.
  • Any text editor.
  • Any FTP client.
  • Any modern Web browser (if using Internet Explorer: at least IE9).

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When choosing your host, remember one crucial requirement: it must provide you with support for PHP 5PHP 7.4 1(or more recent), the programming language with which PrestaShop is written, and MySQL 5.6 (or more recent), the database system where PrestaShop stores all its data. There are more requirements: see the "Technical requirements" section below.

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  • System: Unix, Linux or Windows. Unix is highly recommended.
  • Web server: Apache Web server 2.0 2 or later.
  • PHP 5PHP 7.4 1 or later. You may have to activate PHP 5 (ask your hosting provider).
  • MySQL 5.0 6 or later.
  • At least 128 256 Mb of RAM on your server.

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