== Compatibility ==
MediaWiki 1.32 requires PHP 7.0.0 or later. Although HHVM 3.18.5 or later is
supported, it is generally advised to use PHP 7.0.0 or later for long term
-support.
+support. MediaWiki requires that the mbstring, xml, ctype, json, iconv and
+fileinfo PHP extensions are loaded to work.
MySQL/MariaDB is the recommended DBMS. PostgreSQL or SQLite can also be used,
but support for them is somewhat less mature. There is experimental support for
"composer/semver": "1.4.2",
"cssjanus/cssjanus": "1.2.0",
"ext-ctype": "*",
+ "ext-fileinfo": "*",
"ext-iconv": "*",
"ext-json": "*",
"ext-mbstring": "*",
"suggest": {
"ext-apcu": "Local data cache for greatly improved performance",
"ext-curl": "Improved http communication abilities",
- "ext-fileinfo": "Improved mime magic detection",
"ext-intl": "ICU integration",
"ext-wikidiff2": "Diff accelerator",
"monolog/monolog": "Flexible debug logging system",