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 * [Donate to TravianZ](https://liberapay.com/martinambrus/donate)
 
 **Minimum requirements:**
-* [PHP](http://php.net/) 5.6.32+
+* [PHP](http://php.net/) 7.0.0+
 * [MySQL Community Server](https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/) 5.5+
   * or alternatively, [MariaDB](https://downloads.mariadb.org/) 5.5+
   * please see also the compatibility notes on [this Wiki page](https://github.com/Shadowss/TravianZ/wiki/Known-Bugs)