diff --git a/lib/debug.lib.php b/lib/debug.lib.php
index f96c9ffa..d3fa035b 100644
--- a/lib/debug.lib.php
+++ b/lib/debug.lib.php
@@ -26,22 +26,11 @@
  * sure that it's good enough
  */
 function check_php_ver($level=0) {
-
     if (floatval(phpversion()) < 5.3) {
         return false;
     }
-
-    // Make sure that they have the sha256() algo installed
-    if (!function_exists('hash_algos')) { return false; }
-    $algos = hash_algos();
-
-    if (!in_array('sha256',$algos)) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
     return true;
-
-} // check_php_ver
+}
 
 /**
  * check_php_session
@@ -58,21 +47,6 @@ function check_php_session() {
 
 } // check_php_session
 
-/**
- * check_php_pcre
- * This makes sure they have pcre (preg_???) support
- * compiled into PHP this is required!
- */
-function check_php_pcre() {
-
-    if (!function_exists('preg_match')) {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    return true;
-
-} // check_php_pcre
-
 /**
  * check_pdo
  *
diff --git a/lib/init.php b/lib/init.php
index 8b8248f0..672f945e 100644
--- a/lib/init.php
+++ b/lib/init.php
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ else {
 
 // Verify that a few important but commonly disabled PHP functions exist and
 // that we're on a usable version
-if (!function_exists('hash') || !function_exists('inet_pton') || (floatval(phpversion()) < 5.3) || !class_exists('PDO')) {
+if (!function_exists('json_encode') ||
+    !function_exists('hash') ||
+    (floatval(phpversion()) < 5.3) ||
+    !class_exists('PDO')) {
     $link = $path . '/test.php';
 }
 
diff --git a/templates/show_test_table.inc.php b/templates/show_test_table.inc.php
index 6bcc5b03..ba22e717 100644
--- a/templates/show_test_table.inc.php
+++ b/templates/show_test_table.inc.php
@@ -23,27 +23,37 @@
 <tr>
     <td valign="top"><?php echo T_('PHP version'); ?></td>
     <td valign="top">[
-    <?php
-        if (!check_php_ver()) {
-            echo debug_result('',false);
-            if (function_exists('hash_algos')) { $algos = hash_algos(); }
-            $string = "<strong>" .  phpversion() . " " . T_('Hash Function Exists') . " " . print_bool(function_exists('hash_algos')) . " " . T_('SHA256 Support') . " " . print_bool(in_array('sha256',$algos)) . "</strong>";
-        }
-        else {
-            echo debug_result('',true);
-        }
-    ?>
+    <?php echo debug_result('', check_php_ver()); ?>
     ]
     </td>
     <td>
     <?php echo T_('This tests whether you are running at least the minimum version of PHP required by Ampache.'); ?>
-    <?php echo $string; ?>
+    </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td valign="top"><?php echo T_('Hash extension'); ?></td>
+    <td valign="top">[
+    <?php echo debug_result('', function_exists('hash_algos')); ?>
+    ]
+    </td>
+    <td>
+    <?php echo T_('This tests whether you have the hash extension enabled. This extension is required by Ampache.'); ?>
+    </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td valign="top"><?php echo T_('SHA256 Hash'); ?></td>
+    <td valign="top">[
+    <?php echo debug_result('', function_exists('hash_algos') ? in_array('sha256', hash_algos()) : false); ?>
+    ]
+    </td>
+    <td>
+    <?php echo T_('This tests whether the hash extension supports SHA256. This algorithm is required by Ampache.'); ?>
     </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
     <td valign="top"><?php echo T_('PHP PDO'); ?></td>
     <td valign="top">[
-    <?php   echo debug_result('', check_pdo()); ?>
+    <?php echo debug_result('', check_pdo()); ?>
     ]
     </td>
     <td>
@@ -53,14 +63,7 @@
 <tr>
     <td valign="top"><?php echo T_('PHP session extension'); ?></td>
     <td valign="top">[
-    <?php
-        if (!check_php_session()) {
-            echo debug_result('',false);
-        }
-        else {
-            echo debug_result('',true);
-        }
-    ?>
+    <?php echo debug_result('', check_php_session()); ?>
     ]
     </td>
     <td>
@@ -83,6 +86,16 @@
     <?php echo T_('This tests whether you have the iconv extension enabled. This extension is required by Ampache.'); ?>
     </td>
 </tr>
+<tr>
+    <td valign="top"><?php echo T_('JSON extension'); ?></td>
+    <td valign="top">[
+    <?php echo debug_result('', function_exists('json_encode')); ?>
+    ]
+    </td>
+    <td>
+    <?php echo T_('This tests whether you have the JSON extension enabled. This extension is required by Ampache.'); ?>
+    </td>
+</tr>
 <tr>
     <td valign="top"><?php echo T_('PHP safe mode disabled'); ?></td>
     <td valign="top">[