"in-place", as long as you have the necessary prerequisites available.
Required software:
-* Web server with PHP 5.5.9 or higher.
+* Web server with PHP 7.0.0 or HHVM 3.18.5 or higher.
* A SQL server, the following types are supported
** MySQL 5.5.8 or higher
** PostgreSQL 9.2 or higher
MediaWiki is developed and tested mainly on Unix/Linux platforms, but should
work on Windows as well.
-If your PHP is configured as a CGI plug-in rather than an Apache module you may
-experience problems, as this configuration is not well tested.
-
-Support for rendering mathematical formulas requires installing the Math extension,
-see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Math
+Support for specialised content requires installing the relevant extension. For
+formulæ, see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Math
Don't forget to check the RELEASE-NOTES file...
way (yet) to get it after you exit the installer. Place it in the main wiki
directory, and the wiki should now be working.
-Once the wiki is set up, you should remove the mw-config directory (though it will
-refuse to config again if the wiki is set up).
+Once the wiki is set up, you should remove the mw-config directory (though it
+will refuse to config again if the wiki is set up).
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