"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...
| will appear. It is common in this case to use w as the folder name and |
| /wiki/ as the virtual article path where your articles pretend to be. |
| |
- | See: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL |
+ | See: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Short_URL |
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Hop into your browser and surf into the wiki directory. It'll direct you into
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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