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==Sub-requirements for Joomla! 3.x== <!--T:47-->
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This page lists out ''optional'' technical requirements which aren't required to actually install and run Joomla! but are required for some dependencies running different internal APIs.</translate>

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| colspan=2 style="background-color:#e1e1e1;" | '''<translate><!--T:4-->
Application</translate>'''
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|JApplicationDaemon
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/pcntl</tt> and <tt>ext/posix</tt></translate>
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Archive</translate>'''
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|BZ2
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/bz2</tt></translate>
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|GZip
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/zlib</tt></translate>
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|Zip
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/zip</tt> or <tt>ext/zlib</tt></translate>
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| colspan=2 style="background-color:#e1e1e1;" | '''<translate><!--T:10-->
Cache</translate>'''
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|APC
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/apc</tt> on PHP 5.3 or 5.4, <tt>ext/apcu</tt> on PHP 5.5 or 5.6, unsupported on PHP 7.x (Note: THIS NEED TO BE CHECKED)</translate>
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|APCu
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Requires PHP's ext/apcu on PHP 5.3+</translate>
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|CacheLite
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Requires the PEAR Cache_Lite package (tested on 1.7.16, will work with 1.8)</translate>
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|Memcache
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/memcache</tt> and a Memcache server (Note: The Memcache extension is not compatible with PHP 7.x)</translate>
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|Memcached
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/memcached</tt> and a Memcached server</translate>
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|Redis
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/redis</tt> and a Redis server</translate>
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|Wincache
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/wincache</tt> (Windows only)</translate>
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|XCache
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/xcache</tt></translate>
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Client adapters</translate>'''
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|LDAP
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/ldap</tt></translate>
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|HTTP/Curl
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/curl</tt></translate>
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|HTTP/Socket
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Requires PHP's <tt>fsockopen()</tt> function be enabled</translate>
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|HTTP/Stream
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Requires PHP's <tt>fopen()</tt> function and <tt>allow_url_fopen</tt> enabled</translate>
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Cryptography</translate>'''
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|JCrypt
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/mcrypt</tt> for all ciphers except the SodiumCipher which requires <tt>ext/sodium</tt></translate>
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|JKeychain
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/openssl</tt></translate>
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Database</translate>'''
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|Microsoft SQL Azure
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/sqlsrv</tt> (the PHP 5.x extension only supports Windows, a Linux compatible version of the extension is available for PHP 7.x)</translate>
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|Microsoft SQL Server
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/sqlsrv</tt> (the PHP 5.x extension only supports Windows, a Linux compatible version of the extension is available for PHP 7.x)</translate>
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|MySQL
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/mysql</tt> (unsupported on PHP 7.x)</translate>
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|MySQLi
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/mysqli</tt></translate>
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|Oracle
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/pdo</tt> with Oracle support (available for 3PD only; the CMS won't run with it)</translate>
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|PDO MySQL
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/pdo</tt> with MySQL support</translate>
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|PostgreSQL
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/pgsql</tt></translate>
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|SQLite
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/pdo</tt> with SQLite support (available for 3PD only; the CMS won't run with it)</translate>
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Image</translate>'''
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/gd</tt></translate>
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Session</translate>'''
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|APC
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/apc</tt> on PHP 5.3 or 5.4, <tt>ext/apcu</tt> on PHP 5.5 or 5.6, unsupported on PHP 7.x (Note: THIS NEEDS TO BE CHECKED)</translate>
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|Memcache
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/memcache</tt> and a Memcache server (Note: The Memcache extension is not compatible with PHP 7.x)</translate>
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|Memcached
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/memcached</tt> and a Memcached server</translate>
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|Wincache
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/wincache</tt> (Windows only)</translate>
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|XCache
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Requires PHP's <tt>ext/xcache</tt></translate>
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| colspan=2 style="background-color:#c1c1c1;text-align:center" | '''<translate><!--T:44-->
OPTIONAL IMPROVEMENTS</translate>'''
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String</translate>'''
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Enable PHP's <tt>ext/mbstring</tt> for the phputf8 library to use native functions</translate>
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