Server Requirements

Before you get started with the software installation you should check whether your web server spec meets the X-Cart system requirements.

• System Requirements
• Hardware Requirements

System Requirements

Here is the system requirements list:

• X-Cart v5.3.4.5 and later : PHP 5.4 - 7.2 / MySQL 5.1.31 or higher

  X-Cart v5.4.0.x and later : PHP 7.2 or higher / MySQL 5.7.7 or higher

  You can also use MySQL-compatible database engine MariaDB.

• PDO extension with MySQL driver
• Phar extension
• mbstring extension is highly recommended (though X-Cart has a polyfill for it, native extension will speed up string processing)
• 200-300Mb of disk space
• libCURL module support (minimum required CURL version is 7.39.0; version 7.43.0 is recommended)
• ini_set enabled
• safe_mode disabled
• file_uploads  enabled
• post_max_size set to 2M+ and larger than the upload_max_filesize value (critical for installation)
• upload_max_filesize set to 2M or higher
• magic_quotes_runtime disabled (for PHP versions prior to 5.4.x)
• memory_limit set to 128M or higher (if you are using 64-bit processors in your server environment, the memory_limit value must be 256M or higher)
• GDLib 2.0 or ImageMagick (recommended for proper image resizing routines)
• PHP time limit properly set according to your server config
• mod_rewrite-like components to enable proper work of SEO-friendly URLs
• if xdebug is enabled, xdebug.max_nesting_level must be set to 300

• if OPcache is enabled, the following settings must be applied:

  opcache.use_cwd=1
  opcache.revalidate_path=1
  opcache.validate_timestamps=1
  opcache.revalidate_freq=0
  opcache.save_comments=1
  opcache.load_comments=1
  

  Any other cachers should not strip comments from the code too.

• Suhosin PHP extension might interfere proper work of X-Cart 5, so you should disable it.
• Phar extension v.2.0.1 or later (required to get upgrades and install modules, otherwise these features may not work properly).

Hardware Requirements