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* Note: the last stable release doesn't contain all bug fixes to the stable branch: you can try [<tvar|link>https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki/archive/{{MW stable release git}}.tar.gz</> its last snapshot], but almost surely not all the fixes for the known bugs in the stable release have yet been included in such snapshot.

* Note: the last stable release doesn't contain all bug fixes to the stable branch: you can try [<tvar|link>https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki/archive/{{MW stable release git}}.tar.gz its last snapshot], but almost surely not all the fixes for the known bugs in the stable release have yet been included in such snapshot.

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==== System Requirements ====  

==== System Requirements ====  

MediaWiki requires PHP {{MW stable php requirement}}+ and either <tvar|mysql>{{ll|Manual:MySQL|MySQL}} {{MW_stable_mysql_requirement}}+</>, MariaDB, or one of the other two possible stores. For more information, please read the pages on [[<tvar|req>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Installation requirements</>|system requirements]] and [[<tvar|compat>Special:MyLanguage/compatibility</>|compatibility]].

MediaWiki requires PHP {{MW stable php requirement}}+ and either <tvar|mysql>{{ll|Manual:MySQL|MySQL}} {{MW_stable_mysql_requirement}}+, MariaDB, or one of the other two possible stores. For more information, please read the pages on [[<tvar|req>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Installation requirements|system requirements]] and [[<tvar|compat>Special:MyLanguage/compatibility|compatibility]].