System Requirements

Before installing Mentor LMS, ensure your server meets the following requirements for optimal performance and functionality.

Server Requirements

PHP Version

• PHP >= 8.2 (PHP 8.3 recommended for best performance)

PHP Extensions

The following PHP extensions must be enabled on your server:

• BCMath PHP Extension - For arbitrary precision mathematics
• Ctype PHP Extension - For character type checking
• cURL PHP Extension - For handling URL requests
• DOM PHP Extension - For handling XML and HTML documents
• Fileinfo PHP Extension - For file type detection
• JSON PHP Extension - For JSON handling
• Mbstring PHP Extension - For handling UTF-8 strings
• OpenSSL PHP Extension - For secure connections and encryption
• PCRE PHP Extension - For regular expression support
• PDO PHP Extension - For database connections
• Tokenizer PHP Extension - For processing PHP code
• XML PHP Extension - For XML processing
• symlink() function - For public access of storage files

Important

symlink() function - Required for creating secure file storage links and managing public file access. Enable it from disable_functions = "" of your php settings section or contact with your hosting provider.

Server Configuration

PHP Settings

Recommended PHP configuration for handling large video uploads:

• memory_limit: 512MB (minimum)
• upload_max_filesize: 512MB (recommended)
• post_max_size: 512MB (recommended)
• max_execution_time: 600 (recommended)
• max_input_time: 600 (recommended)
• upload_tmp_dir: Path to a directory with sufficient space
• file_uploads: On

Once you've confirmed your server meets these requirements, you're ready to proceed with installation.