Configuring the Server

Since TYPO3 is written in the PHP scripting language, you will need a webserver like Apache with PHP (version 5.2 or 5.3) support, for your TYPO3 development. Additionally TYPO3 requires a SQL database for data storage. If you don't have a local development server yet, we recommend the XAMPP package (http://www.apachefriends.org/xampp.html). It will install Apache, PHP, MySQL and other useful tools on all established operating systems (Linux, Windows, Mac OS X). Now you can install TYPO3 on your test system.

For production systems you are advised to enable the PHP Opcode Cache.