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Matthew Walsh April 28, 2003 CMSC 485-04 Shawn Sivy. PhpMyAdmin. What is phpMyAdmin?. PhpMyAdmin is a Web-based front end for managing mySQL databases. It has GUI screen for many common functions in mySQL. Makes mySQL more user friendly. About phpMyAdmin. Project started in 1998
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Matthew Walsh April 28, 2003 CMSC 485-04 Shawn Sivy PhpMyAdmin
What is phpMyAdmin? • PhpMyAdmin is a Web-based front end for managing mySQL databases. • It has GUI screen for many common functions in mySQL. • Makes mySQL more user friendly.
About phpMyAdmin • Project started in 1998 • Uses GNU General Public License • Easy to install • Platform independant • http://www.phpmyadmin.net
What can phpMyAdmin do? • Create and drop databases and tables. • Work with multiple MySQL servers. • Manage users and privileges. • Export table data. • Execute any SQL statement. • 42 different languages. • And more.
Installing phpMyAdmin • Requirements • PHP3 >= 3.0.8, or PHP4. • PHP must be compiled with MySQL support • MySQL 3.21.x – 3.23.x or 4.0.x
Installing phpMyAdmin • Download phpMyAdmin. • Unzip it somewher in the document root of your web server. • Create a control user in MySQL. • Edit config.inc.php. • http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/#config
The Future • phpMyAdmin development is ongoing. • Their next goal is to add support for the new features in MySQL4.
Questions • PhpMyAdmin uses what two other open source applications? • What is the config file for phpMyAdmin?