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</p>
</div>
</section> <!-- End zenTeamMessage //-->

<font color="red"><b>PLEASE NOTE: 2.0.0 has not yet been released, and this document is a work in progress.</b></font>

<section id="aboutPHPVersions">
<div>
<h1>
About PHP versions
</h1>
<p>
Zen Cart v2.0.0 is designed for PHP 7.3 to 8.2, with MySQL 5.7.8+ (or MariaDB 10.2.7+) and Apache 2.2/2.4
Zen Cart v2.0.0 is designed for PHP 7.3 to 8.2, with MySQL 5.7.8+ (or MariaDB 10.2.7+) and Apache 2.2/2.4.
</p>
</div>
</section> <!-- End aboutPHPVersions //-->
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<h1>
What's New ... Changes from prior versions
</h1>
<font color="red"><b>
PLEASE NOTE: 2.0.0 has not yet been released, and this document is a work in progress.
</b></font>

<font color="red"><b>PLEASE NOTE: 2.0.0 has not yet been released, and this document is a work in progress.</b></font>

<h2>
The fixes/changes in v2.0.0 since v1.5.8a include:
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- If you have issued a gift certificate, possibly via the Mail Gift Certificate menu function, you can release the certificate as having been issued.
- Click on the line entry (if there is more than one pending gift certificate) to cause the right arrow to appear in the action column.
- You can click on the Order button to bring up a listing of the actual order this gift certificate is from if you have to do any processing to the order (such as issue a packing list for items to be shipped, or actually mail a physical certificate). Use the back button on that form to return here.
- Click on the release gift button.
- Click on the Release Gift button.
- You will be shown the time stamp and the amount again, and be asked to confirm this certificate. Click on the red confirm button to release the certificate, or click on the cancel button to leave the certificate unreleased.

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on which you are running Zen Cart.

The information at the top of the page gives you a quick snapshot of the most
critical values:
critical server configuration items:

- (a) PHP Version: Version of PHP you are using.
- (b) Database Engine: Version of MySQL you are using.
- (c) PHP Memory Limit: The amount of memory a script is allowed to allocate, per the [PHP Documentation on this setting](https://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.memory-limit). Read more about choosing an initial value for memory limit in [PHP memory limit and Zen Cart](/user/first_steps/server_requirements/#php-memory-recommendations), and checking and updating the value in [PHP memory_limit](/user/running/memory_limit/).
- (a) PHP Version: Version of PHP you are using
- (b) Database Engine: Version of MySQL you are using
- (c) PHP Memory Limit: The amount of memory a script is allowed to allocate, per the [PHP Documentation on this setting](https://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.memory-limit). Read more about choosing an initial value for memory limit in [PHP memory limit and Zen Cart](/user/first_steps/server_requirements/#php-memory-recommendations), and checking and updating the value in [PHP memory_limit](/user/running/memory_limit/)
- (d) Database: (Since Zen Cart 1.5.6) the name of the database from your `admin/includes/configure.php` file

Below this is the history of your database (e).
Next is information about Zen Cart itself:
- (e) history of your database
- (f) your Zen Cart version

Below (a) is the output of [`phpinfo()`](https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.phpinfo.php).
Note: The best practice is to be running the [latest Zen Cart version](/user/first_steps/get_zen_cart/).

Next, below (a) is the output of [`phpinfo()`](https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.phpinfo.php).

<img src="/images/version_info_zc_156.png" alt="Zen Cart Version information" />
<br>

Be sure the version of PHP you are running is a
[supported version](https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php).
Running an older unsupported version leaves you vulnerable to attack
by bad guys. Stay up to date!
by bad guys. Note that updating PHP sometimes means [upgrading your Zen Cart software](/user/upgrading) so that you're running the [latest Zen Cart version](/user/first_steps/get_zen_cart/).

If your Database Engine value shows *MariaDB*,
then, if needed, you can see the
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weight: 10
---

### Current Version
## Current Version
[Click here to download the latest Zen Cart software](https://github.com/zencart/zencart/releases). Be sure to choose the one that says "Latest," not a Pre-release of the upcoming version.

## Pre-Releases of the next version
### Pre-Releases of the next version
If you want to see the progress of the next version of Zen Cart, you can download the project from the [Zen Cart Github page](https://github.com/zencart/zencart). As the release gets closer, a pre-release copy may be put on the download site noted above under Current Version.

### Older Versions
SourceForge retains an archive of [older versions of Zen Cart](https://sourceforge.net/projects/zencart/files/). Note that depending on the age of the desired version, you may have to navigate to the older files using the menus provided.

### More Information

- [Release history of Zen Cart](/user/about_us/release_history/)
- [Determining your Zen Cart Version](/user/first_steps/version/)
- [Release Notes](/release/)

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## Zen Cart specifications - Server Requirements

_(Last change to requirements: October 2022)_

*Minimum* server requirements:

* Zen Cart operates on a standard "LAMP" stack: PHP, Apache, MySQL and should be hosted on a Linux server
* Zen Cart operates on a standard "LAMP" stack: PHP, Apache, MySQL.
* Zen Cart is designed to be run on a Linux server.
* See the detailed version-compatibility details in the sections below.
* Keep in mind that for security compliance, you should always use a PCI Compliant version of each of these required software components, including using a Zen Cart version that's compatible with those software component versions too!
* Keep in mind that for security compliance, you should always use a PCI Compliant version of each of these required software components, including using a Zen Cart version that's compatible with those software component versions.

Topics on this page:
- [PHP](#php-version)
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