The following software packages are *required* for this software to
run correctly.
-- PHP 5.3+ For newer versions, some functions that are used may be
+- PHP 5.3.2+ For newer versions, some functions that are used may be
disabled by default, such as the pcntl_* family. See the
section on 'Queues and daemons' for more information.
- MariaDB 5.x GNU Social uses, by default, a MariaDB server for data
- Curl Fetching files by HTTP.
- XMLWriter For formatting XML and HTML output.
-- mysqlnd The native driver for PHP5 MySQL/MariaDB connections.
+- mysqlnd The native driver for PHP5 MariaDB connections. If you
+ use MySQL, 'mysql' or 'mysqli' may work.
- GD Image manipulation (scaling).
- mbstring For handling Unicode (UTF-8) encoded strings.
- bcmath or gmp For Salmon signatures (part of OStatus)