# Technical Requirements

Please make sure that your server matches the minimal technical requirements of the current Joomla! version:

**NorrCompetition version 2.x**

| Minimum                                         | Recommended for optimal performance             |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| PHP 7.4+                                        | PHP 8.3+                                        |
| MySQL 5.7+ or MariaDB 10.4+ with InnoDB support | MySQL 8.0+ or MariaDB 10.9+ with InnoDB support |

**NorrCompetition version 1.x (obsolete)**

* PHP 5.3.10+ (we recommend 7.4+). For multilingual support 5.4 is the minimal required version.
* MySQL 5.0+ with InnoDB support. For optimal performance, we recommend 5.5+.

### PHP settings

* max\_execution\_time >= 30
* memory\_limit >= 16M (we recommend >= 64M because of images processing)
* safe\_mode = off
* upload\_max\_filesize >= 8M
* JSON and Multibyte String support
* GD or ImageMagick extension

### Joomla Compatibility

\* NorrCompetition 2.0.2+ -> Joomla 5.x

\* NorrCompetition 2.0.0-2.0.8 -> Joomla 4.2.x - 4.4.x

\* NorrCompetition 1.7.3+ -> Joomla 3.7.0 - 3.10.x

### Other requirements

**NorrCompetition version 2.x**

No jQuery is required.

**NorrCompetition version 1.x (obsolete)**

NorrCompetition requires jQuery (version 1.11.2 or higher) which is included in Joomla 3 core by default. If you optimize your website and disable unnecessary scripts, please make sure that jQuery is not disabled. MooTools is not needed.


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