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# Technical Requirements

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

**NorrCompetition version 3.x and related extensions**

| Minimum    | Recommended |
| ---------- | ----------- |
| Joomla 5.4 | Joomla 6.x  |
| PHP 8.2    | PHP 8.5     |

**NorrCompetition version 2.x and related extensions**

(End of Life 31.05.2026, security fixes only)

| Minimum                                     | Recommended |
| ------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| Joomla 5.0 for NorrCompetition 2.0.2-2.0.11 | Joomla 5.4  |
| Joomla 4.2 for NorrCompetition 2.0.0-2.0.8  | Joomla 4.4  |
| PHP 7.4                                     | PHP 8.3     |

**NorrCompetition version 1.x and related extensions**

(End of Life 17.08.2023, security fixes only)

| Minimum      | Recommended |
| ------------ | ----------- |
| Joomla 3.7.0 | Joomla 3.10 |
| PHP 7.4      | PHP 8.3     |

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

### 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

### Other requirements

**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.