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Hey folks,

Out of curiosity, I would like to know regarding the database version used in Forma LMS. Given that many Learning Management Systems, such as Moodle(4.0 onwards) are using MySQL 8.0 or higher, I am interested in understanding why Forma LMS 4.0.11 public stable version continues to use MySQL 5.7 version.

I just wanted to understand if there is a specific reason for this or if it is primarily due to backward compatibility issue.


I would greatly appreciate any insights you can provide.

Hello, for Forma 4.x mysql 5.7 is a minimum requirement, works fine also with Mysql 8

Hello,
works fine also with MariaDb 10.9

Hello Alberto,

I first tried installing Forma LMS with MySQL 8, but it didn’t work. I asked about it on the forum and found out that Forma LMS isn’t compatible with MySQL 8. Then, I checked the requirements documentation, saw that MySQL 5.7 is supported, and after switching to it, everything worked fine.