What you need for this book

Drupal 7 requires PHP 5.2.5 or higher to run the Drupal code. You will also need one of the following databases to run Drupal 7:

  • MySQL version 5.0.15 or 5.1.30 or higher
  • PostgreSQL 8.3 or later
  • SQLite 3.4.2 or later

You can use Apache HTTP, Nginx, or Microsoft IIS for the web server.

We recommend you to use a GNU/Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP setup, also known as LAMP, for best performance and community support.

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