Merge vichan PHP8 fixes, configure composer, fix outstanding incompatibilities

README.md

@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ We highly recommend you read the [vichan GitHub wiki](http://github.com/vichan-d
 
 Requirements
 ------------
-1.	PHP >= 5.4. PHP 7.0 is explicitly supported. There is a PHP 8 capable branch.
+1.	PHP >= 5.4 (we do not actively check if this is still supported)
+		PHP 8.0 is explicitly supported. PHP 7.x should be compatable.
 2.	MySQL/MariaDB server >= 5.5.3
-3.	[mbstring](http://www.php.net/manual/en/mbstring.installation.php) 
-4.	[PHP GD](http://www.php.net/manual/en/intro.image.php)
-5.	[PHP PDO](http://www.php.net/manual/en/intro.pdo.php)
+3.	[Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) (To install various packages)
+4.	[mbstring](http://www.php.net/manual/en/mbstring.installation.php) 
+5.	[PHP GD](http://www.php.net/manual/en/intro.image.php)
+6.	[PHP PDO](http://www.php.net/manual/en/intro.pdo.php)
 
 This should be compatible with all major web servers and
 operating systems. This code does not include an Apache ```.htaccess``` file nor does
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ it need one.
 ### Recommended
 1.	ImageMagick (command-line ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick preferred).
 2.	[APC (Alternative PHP Cache)](http://php.net/manual/en/book.apc.php),
+    Redis,
 	[XCache](http://xcache.lighttpd.net/) or
 	[Memcached](http://www.php.net/manual/en/intro.memcached.php)
 
@@ -42,9 +45,10 @@ Installation
 
         git clone git://git.leftypol.org/leftypol/leftypol.git
 	
-2.	Navigate to ```install.php``` in your web browser and follow the
+2.	run ```composer install``` inside the directory
+3.	Navigate to ```install.php``` in your web browser and follow the
 	prompts.
-3.	leftypol should now be installed. Log in to ```mod.php``` with the
+4.	leftypol should now be installed. Log in to ```mod.php``` with the
 	default username and password combination: **admin / password**.
 
 Please remember to change the administrator account password.