System requirements

Please read the system requirements below and make sure that your webhosting package or server meets them. Note that TYPOlight will not work with PHP 4 or any version prior to 5.2.0.

Category Requirements
Operating system Unix (e.g. Linux)
Mac
Windows
Server Apache
IIS
Scripting language PHP from version 5.2.0
Supported databases MySQL from version 4.1
MySQLi from version 4.1
Required PHP extensions GDLib (images and graphics)
Optional PHP extensions mcrypt (data encryption)
mbstring (multibyte character handling)
Web browsers Firefox from version 1.0
Mozilla from version 1.7
Netscape from version 7
Internet Explorer from version 5.5
Opera from version 7

System check tool

Download the system check tool to find out whether your server is ready for TYPOlight. Upload the file to your TYPOlight root folder, open it in your browser and follow the instructions.

System check tool