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System Information

Here we tell you how to quickly view a summary of the System Information for your Joomla! website installation.

The information displayed includes version of Joomla! CMS, PHP and MySQL (called Database Version) currently used by your website.

You will see a warning at the top of your website's control panel if your website's Joomla! CMS is out of date.

You won't however if the server hosting your website is not using the latest available releases of PHP and MySQL. ¹

For this reason, we recommend you frequently check the System Information screen.

¹ This guide assumes your website is being hosted on a Linux server.

SYSTEM INFORMATION SCREEN

To view this screen after signing into your website control panel:

Select System,
then select System Information.

from the menu at the top of the screen.

The image below highlights the key information to note.

A Useful Glossary of Terms

PHP Built on

Provides details of the principle operating system which the web server that Joomla is running on.

Database Version

Provides the current version of the MySQL database being used by the installation of Joomla.

Database Collation

How the MySQL database is structured for the information used by Joomla!.

PHP Version

Provides the current version of PHP server side script that is being used for this installation of Joomla.

Web Server

Provides the current type and version of web server which the installation of Joomla! is running on.

Web Server to PHP Interface

The script that permits interaction between the web server (in most cases, Apache) and the PHP scripting language.

Joomla! Version

Provides the current version of Joomla!. It is recommended that it is always up-to-date and using the current stable release.

Joomla! Platform Version

Provides the current version of the Joomla! Framework. It is recommended that it is always up-to-date and using the current stable release.

User Agent

The summary of the current user's local machine's operating system and browser information which is used to create an unique session ID for access and functionality within the Joomla! website.

Source: Official Joomla! Documentation.

Next Steps

Compare the listed version of Joomla! CMS, PHP and MySQL ¹ with the known latest available release.

Joomla! CMS

PHP

MySQL

¹ This guide assumes you are hosting your website on a Linux server.

System Information

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