Magento Server Check

If you’re wondering if your current web server supports a Magento Site, there’s a PHP script you can run which tells you exactly what requirements your server meets and doesn’t meet. Thanks to folks from the official Magento forum, you can find out within seconds, and without looking at your phpinfo(); data. In brief, it scans you php.ini file and various other settings and prints out the results in a simple-as-you-like list.

The code is below. Just paste into a .php file and upload to your server.

<?
extension_check(array(
'curl',
'dom',
'gd',
'hash',
'iconv',
'mcrypt',
'pcre',
'pdo',
'pdo_mysql',
'simplexml'
));

function extension_check($extensions) {
$fail = '';
$pass = '';

if(version_compare(phpversion(), '5.2.0', '<')) {
$fail .= '<li>You need<strong> PHP 5.2.0</strong> (or greater)</li>';
}
else {
$pass .='<li>You have<strong> PHP 5.2.0</strong> (or greater)</li>';
}

if(!ini_get('safe_mode')) {
$pass .='<li>Safe Mode is <strong>off</strong></li>';
preg_match('/[0-9]\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/', shell_exec('mysql -V'), $version);

if(version_compare($version[0], '4.1.20', '<')) {
$fail .= '<li>You need<strong> MySQL 4.1.20</strong> (or greater)</li>';
}
else {
$pass .='<li>You have<strong> MySQL 4.1.20</strong> (or greater)</li>';
}
}
else { $fail .= '<li>Safe Mode is <strong>on</strong></li>';  }

foreach($extensions as $extension) {
if(!extension_loaded($extension)) {
$fail .= '<li> You are missing the <strong>'.$extension.'</strong> extension</li>';
}
else{    $pass .= '<li>You have the <strong>'.$extension.'</strong> extension</li>';
}
}

if($fail) {
echo '<p><strong>Your server does not meet the following requirements in order to install Magento.</strong>';
echo '<br>The following requirements failed, please contact your hosting provider in order to receive assistance with meeting the system requirements for Magento:';
echo '<ul>'.$fail.'</ul></p>';
echo 'The following requirements were successfully met:';
echo '<ul>'.$pass.'</ul>';
} else {
echo '<p><strong>Congratulations!</strong> Your server meets the requirements for Magento.</p>';
echo '<ul>'.$pass.'</ul>';

}
}
?>

If successful, you should see this: