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## PHP

- PHP 8.3 - 8.4
- PHP 8.3 - 8.5
- PHP extensions: `ctype`, `dom`, `fileinfo`, `hash`, `intl`, `mbstring`, `session`, `simplexml`, `tokenizer`, `xml`
- PHP configuration: `memory_limit` with at least `48M`
- PHP extension for image manipulation: Either `gd` or `imagick`
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| Silverstripe CMS Version | PHP Version |
| ------------------------ | ----------- |
| 6.0 + | 8.3 - 8.4 |
| 6.2 + | 8.3 - 8.5 |
| 6.0 - 6.1 | 8.3 - 8.4 |
| 5.2 + | 8.1 - 8.3 |
| 5.0 - 5.1 | 8.1 - 8.2 |

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## Server requirements

Silverstripe requires PHP 8.3 or PHP 8.4. It runs on many webservers and databases, but is most commonly served using
Silverstripe CMS requires PHP 8.3, PHP 8.4 or PHP 8.5. It runs on many webservers and databases, but is most commonly served using
Apache and MySQL/MariaDB.

If you are setting up your own environment, you'll need to consider a few configuration settings such as URL rewriting
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- [Features and enhancements](#features-and-enhancements)
- [Accessibility improvements](#accessibility-improvements)
- [Unsaved changes indicator](#unsaved-changes-indicator)
- [PHP 8.5 support](#php-8-5-support)
- [Pass arbitrary attributes with requirements API](#requirements-attributes)
- [Filter archived records](#filter-archived-records)
- [Filter campaigns](#filter-campaigns)
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See [Unsaved changes indicator](/developer_guides/customising_the_admin_interface/unsaved-changes-indicator/) instructions on how to configure the indicator.

### PHP 8.5 support {#php-8-5-support}

All [supported modules](/project_governance/supported_modules/) have been updated to support PHP 8.5, this means that Silverstripe CMS 6.2.0 can be run on PHP 8.5 without issues.

Note that some third-party modules may not yet support PHP 8.5, so PHP deprecation warnings may still show for those if your PHP error reporting is set to report all deprecations.

### Pass arbitrary attributes with requirements API {#requirements-attributes}

When using [`Requirements_Backend`](api:SilverStripe\View\Requirements_Backend) as your requirements API backend (which is the default), you can now pass arbitrary attributes for JavaScript and CSS (`<script>` and `<link>` tags) using the `$options` argument in various methods.
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