Merge pull request #4889 from dhensby/pulls/docs-version

DOCS Explicitly noting lack of PHP 7 support
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Ingo Schommer 2016-03-02 07:58:06 +13:00
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## Web server software requirements
* PHP 5.3.2+
* PHP 5.3.2+, <7
* We recommend using a PHP accelerator or opcode cache, such as [xcache](http://xcache.lighttpd.net/) or [WinCache](http://www.iis.net/download/wincacheforphp).
* Allocate at least 48MB of memory to each PHP process. (SilverStripe can be resource hungry for some intensive operations.)
* Required modules: dom, gd2, fileinfo, hash, iconv, mbstring, mysqli (or other database driver), session, simplexml, tokenizer, xml.
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* Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Vista, Windows 7, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2
* Mac OS X 10.4+
### Why doesn't SilverStripe 3 work with PHP 7?
Unfortunately, SilverStripe has classes named the same as PHP reserved words, such as "Int" and "Float". This means that
we are unable to make SilverStripe 3 support PHP 7 without breaking backward compatibility. SilverStripe 4 will work
with PHP 7 and will be released in 2016. Until then, we recommend that you use PHP 5.6.
## Web server hardware requirements
Hardware requirements vary widely depending on the traffic to your website, the complexity of its logic (i.e., PHP), and