This chart covers X-Cart 5.4 and earlier versions. For the current requirements for X-Cart 5.5 and later, see the Requirements pages in the developer documentation:
X-Cart 5 Versions | PHP Version | MySQL vs. MariaDB |
5.0.0 - 5.2.22 | PHP 5.6 | MySQL 5.7 and lower; MariaDB 10.2 |
5.3.0 - 5.3.2 | PHP 7.0 | MySQL 5.7 and lower; MariaDB 10.2/10.3 |
5.3.3.0 - 5.3.6.x | PHP 7.1 | MySQL 5.7 and lower; MariaDB 10.2/10.3 |
5.3.4.5+ | PHP 7.2 | MySQL 5.7 and lower; MariaDB 10.2/10.3 |
5.4.0+ | PHP 7.3 | MySQL 5.7 or higher; MariaDB 10.2/10.3 |
5.4.1+ | PHP 7.4 | MySQL 5.7.7 or higher; MariaDB 10.2.4 or higher. |