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8 phpMyAdmin 2.4.0-dev Documentation
10 * Sourceforge phpMyAdmin project page [ http://www.phpmyadmin.net/
13 + Version history: ChangeLog
14 + General notes: README
16 * Documentation version: $Id: Documentation.html,v 1.381 2003/01/30
21 * PHP3 or PHP4: phpMyAdmin widely uses the 'str_replace()' php
22 function that was added in PHP 3.0.6, but was buggy up until
23 PHP 3.0.8. Then you should not run this script with PHP3 < 3.0.8.
24 PHP also needs to be compiled with MySQL support;
25 * MySQL (tested with 3.21.x, 3.22.x, 3.23.x and 4.0.x);
26 Note: Because of a major change in the definition syntax of string
27 field types, this version of phpMyAdmin probably won't work
28 correctly with MySQL >= 4.1.0!
29 * a web-browser (doh!).
33 phpMyAdmin can manage a whole MySQL-server (needs a super-user) but
34 also a single database. To accomplish the latter you'll need a
35 properly set up MySQL-user who can read/write only the desired
36 database. It's up to you to look up the appropriate part in the MySQL
37 manual. Currently phpMyAdmin can:
38 * create and drop databases
39 * create, copy, drop, rename and alter tables
40 * do table maintenance
41 * delete, edit and add fields
42 * execute any SQL-statement, even batch-queries
43 * manage keys on fields
44 * load text files into tables
45 * create (*) and read dumps of tables
46 * export (*) data to CSV, XML and Latex formats
47 * administer multiple servers
48 * check referential integrity
49 * using Query-by-example (QBE), create complex queries automatically
50 connecting required tables
51 * create PDF graphics of your Database layout
52 * search globally in a database or a subset of it
53 * communicate in 43 different languages
55 (*) phpMyAdmin can compress (Zip, GZip -RFC 1952- or Bzip2 formats)
56 dumps and CSV exports if you use PHP4 >= 4.0.4 with Zlib support
57 (--with-zlib) and/or Bzip2 support (--with-bz2).
61 NOTE: phpMyAdmin does not apply any special security methods to the
62 MySQL database server. It is still the sysadmin's job to grant
63 permissions on the MySQL databases properly. phpMyAdmin's "Users" page
66 Warning for Mac users:if you are on a MacOS version before OS X,
67 Stuffit unstuffs with Mac formats.
68 So you'll have to resave as in Bbedit to unix style ALL phpMyAdmin
69 scripts before uploading them to your server, as PHP seems not to like
70 Mac-style end of lines character ("\r").
72 Documentation warning: when you see in this document a .php3 file
73 extension, please transpose to .php if you are using a kit with files
74 having this extension.
77 1. Choose and download a distribution kit with the files having the
78 extension (.php3 or .php) depending on the way your web/PHP server
79 interprets those extensions.
80 2. Untar or unzip the distribution (be sure to unzip the
81 subdirectories): tar xzvf phpMyAdmin_x.x.x.tar.gz in your
82 webserver's document root. If you don't have direct access to your
83 document root, put the files in a directory on your local machine,
84 and, after step 3, transfer the directory on your web server
85 using, for example, ftp.
86 3. Open the file config.inc.php3 in your favourite editor and change
87 the values for host, user, password and authentication mode to fit
88 your environment. Also insert the correct value for
89 $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri']. Have a look at Configuration section for
90 an explanation of all values.
91 4. It is recommended that you protect the directory in which you
92 installed phpMyAdmin (unless it's on a closed intranet, or you
93 wish to use http or cookie authentication), for example with
94 HTTP-AUTH (in a .htaccess file). See the FAQ section for
95 additional information.
96 5. Open the file <www.your-host.com>/<your-install-dir>/index.php3 in
97 your browser. phpMyAdmin should now display a welcome screen and
98 your databases, or a login dialog if using http or cookie
101 Upgrading from an older version:
102 * Please do not copy your older config.inc.php3 over the new one: it
103 may offer new configuration variables, and the new version may
104 depend on these for normal behavior. It is suggested instead to
105 insert your site values in the new one.
107 Using authentication modes:
108 * Http and cookie authentication modes are recommended in a
109 multi-user environment where you want to give users access to
110 their own database and don't want them to play around with others.
111 Nevertheless be aware that MS Internet Explorer seems to be really
112 buggy about cookies, at least till version 6. And php 4.1.1 is
113 also a bit buggy in this area!
114 Even in a single-user environment, you might prefer to use http or
115 cookie mode so that your user/password pair are not in clear in
116 the configuration file.
117 * Http and cookie authentication modes are more secure: the MySQL
118 password does not need to be set in the phpMyAdmin configuration
119 file (except for the "controluser" -see the Configuration
121 However, keep in mind that the password travels in plain text,
122 unless you are using the https protocol.
123 In cookie mode, we send the password in a temporary cookie, so
124 most browsers should not store the password in their cookie file.
125 * For 'http' and 'cookie' modes, phpMyAdmin needs a controluser that
126 has only the SELECT privilege on the mysql.user (all columns
127 except "Password"), mysql.db (all columns) & mysql.tables_priv
128 (all columns except "Grantor" & "Timestamp") tables.
129 You must specify the details for the controluser in the
130 config.inc.php3 file under the $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser']&
131 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] settings.
132 This example assumes you want to use pma as the controluser and
133 pmapass as the controlpass, but this is only an example: use
134 something else in your file:
136 GRANT USAGE ON mysql.* TO 'pma'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'pmapass';
137 GRANT SELECT (Host, User, Select_priv, Insert_priv, Update_priv, Delete_priv, Create_priv,
138 Drop_priv, Reload_priv, Shutdown_priv, Process_priv, File_priv,
139 Grant_priv, References_priv, Index_priv, Alter_priv)
140 ON mysql.user TO 'pma'@'localhost';
141 GRANT SELECT ON mysql.db TO 'pma'@'localhost';
142 GRANT SELECT (Host, Db, User, Table_name, Table_priv, Column_priv)
143 ON mysql.tables_priv TO 'pma'@'localhost';
145 ... and if you want to use the many new relation and bookmark
148 GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON <pma_db> TO 'pma'@'localhost';
150 (this of course requires you to have a special DB for phpMyAdmin,
151 the contents will be explained later)
152 * Then each of the true users should be granted a set of privileges
153 on a set of particular databases. Normally you shouldn't give
154 global privileges to an ordinary user, unless you understand the
155 impact of those privileges (for example, you are creating a
157 For example, to grant the user real_user with all privileges on
158 the database user_base:
159 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON user_base.* TO 'real_user'@localhost
160 IDENTIFIED BY 'real_password';
161 What the user may now do is controlled entirely by the MySQL user
163 With http or cookie auth mode, you don't need to fill the
164 user/password fields inside the $cfg['Servers'] array.
166 'http' authentication mode:
167 * Was called 'advanced' in versions before 2.2.3.
168 * Introduced in 1.3.0, it uses Basic HTTP authentication method and
169 allows you to login as any valid MySQL user.
170 * Is only supported with PHP running as an Apache module, not with
173 'cookie' authentication mode:
174 * You can use this method as a replacement for the http
175 authentication (for example, if you're running IIS).
176 * Obviously, the user must enable cookies in the browser.
177 * With this mode, the use can truly logout of phpMyAdmin and login
178 back with the same username.
180 'config' authentication mode:
181 * This mode is the less secure one because it requires you to fill
182 the $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] and
183 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] fields.
184 But you don't need to setup a "controluser" here: using the
185 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['only_db'] might be enough.
186 * In the ISP FAQ section, there is an entry explaining how to
187 protect your configuration file.
188 * For additional security in this mode, you may wish to consider the
189 Host authentication $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['order'] and
190 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules'] configuration
195 Warning for Mac users: php seems not to like Mac end of lines
196 character ("\r"). So ensure you choose the option that allows to use
197 the *nix end of line character ("\n") in your text editor before
198 registering a script you have modified.
200 All configurable data is placed in config.inc.php3.
202 $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] string
203 Sets here the complete url (with full path) to your phpMyAdmin
205 http://www.your_web.net/path_to_your_phpMyAdmin_directory/.
206 phpMyAdmin needs this setting, because of requirements of the
207 HTTP protocol, explained in RFC2616, section 14.30.
208 Don't forget the slash at the end of your url. The url must
209 contain characters that are valid for a url, and on some
210 servers, the path is case-sensitive.
211 Starting with version 2.3.0, you can try to leave this
212 parameter empty, because the program tries to auto-detect its
213 proper value. Additional details are in the configuration file.
214 Alternatively, this setting can be dynamically completed. For
215 example, you can try to use such a kind of code:
217 $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] = (!empty($_SERVER['HTTPS']) ? 'https' : 'http') . '://'
218 . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']
219 . (!empty($_SERVER['SERVER_PORT']) ? ':' . $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] : '')
220 . substr($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], 0, strrpos($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'], '/')+1);
224 $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] = (!empty($_SERVER['HTTPS']) ? 'https' : 'http') . '://'
225 . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']
226 . (!empty($_SERVER['SERVER_PORT']) ? ':' . $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] : '')
227 . substr($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'], 0, strrpos($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
230 Please note that the $_SERVER array doesn't exist in
231 PHP < 4.1.0. Try to replace $_SERVER by $HTTP_SERVER_VARS or
232 $GLOBALS in this case.
234 $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri_DisableWarning'] boolean
235 By default, when you leave $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] empty, and
236 the system detects your absolute URI automatically, we display
237 a warning to remind you. If you have tested the automatic
238 detection, and it works perfectly for your setup, then you can
239 set this variable to squelch the warning.
241 $cfg['PmaNoRelation_DisableWarning'] boolean
242 Starting with version 2.3.0 phpMyAdmin offers a lot of features
243 to work with master / foreign - tables (see
244 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']).
245 If you tried to set this up and it does not work for you, have
246 a look on the "Structure" page of one database where you would
247 like to use it. You will find a link that will analyze why
248 those features have been disabled.
249 If you do not want to use those features set this variable to
250 TRUE to stop this message from appearing.
252 $cfg['Servers'] array
253 Since version 1.4.2, phpMyAdmin supports the administration of
254 multiple MySQL servers. Therefore, a $cfg['Servers']-array has
255 been added which contains the login information for the
256 different servers. The first $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']
257 contains the hostname of the first server, the second
258 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] the hostname of the second server,
259 etc. If you have only one server to administer, simply leave
260 free the hostname of the other $cfg['Server']-entries.
262 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] string
263 The hostname of your $i-th MySQL-server. E.g. localhost.
265 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['port'] string
266 The port-number of your $i-th MySQL-server. Default is 3306
269 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] string
270 The path to the socket to use. Leave blank for default.
271 To use the socket feature you must run php 3.0.10 or more.
273 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] string
274 What type connection to use with the MySQL server. Your options
275 are 'socket' & 'tcp'. It defaults to 'tcp' as that is nearly
276 guarenteed to be available on all MySQL servers, while sockets
277 are not supported on some platforms.
278 To use the socket mode, your MySQL server must be on the same
279 machine as the Web server.
281 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['compress'] boolean
282 Wheather to use a compressed protocol for the MySQL server
283 connection or not (experimental).
284 This feature requires PHP >= 4.3.0.
286 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] string
287 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] string
288 When using http or cookie authentication modes (or 'config'
289 authentication mode since phpMyAdmin 2.2.1), you need to supply
290 the details of a MySQL account that has SELECT privilege on the
291 mysql.user (all columns except "Password"), mysql.db (all
292 columns) & mysql.tables_priv (all columns except "Grantor" &
293 "Timestamp") tables. This account is used to check what
294 databases the user will see at login.
295 Please see the install section on "Using http authentication"
296 for more information.
297 Note that if you try login to phpMyAdmin with this
298 "controluser", you could get some errors, depending the exact
299 privileges you gave to the "controluser". phpMyAdmin does not
300 support a direct login with the "controluser".
301 In versions before 2.2.5, those were called "stduser/stdpass".
303 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] string ['http'|'cookie'|'config']
304 Whether config or cookie or http authentication should be used
307 + 'config' authentication ($auth_type = 'config') is the plain
308 old way: username and password are stored in config.inc.php3.
309 + 'cookie' authentication mode ($auth_type = 'cookie') as
310 introduced in 2.2.3 allows you to log in as any valid MySQL
311 user with the help of... cookies. Log name and password are
312 stored in cookies during the session and password is deleted
314 + 'http' authentication (was called 'advanced' in older
315 versions) ($auth_type = 'http') as introduced in 1.3.0 allows
316 you to log in as any valid MySQL user via HTTP-Auth.
318 Please see the install section on "Using authentication modes"
319 for more information.
321 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] string
322 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] string
323 The user/password-pair which phpMyAdmin will use to connect to
324 this MySQL-server. This user/password pair is not needed when
325 http or cookie authentication is used, and should be empty.
327 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['only_db'] string or array
328 If set to a(an array of) database name(s), only this(these)
329 database(s) will be shown to the user. Since phpMyAdmin 2.2.1,
330 this/these database(s) name(s) may contain MySQL wilcards
331 characters ("_" and "%"): if you want to use literal instances
332 of these characters, escape them (ie use 'my\_db' and not
334 This setting is an efficient way to lower the server charge
335 since the latter does not need to send MySQL requests to build
336 the available database list. But it does not replace the
337 privileges rules of the MySQL database server. If set, it just
338 means only these databases will be displayed but not at all
339 other databases can't be used.
341 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose'] string
342 Only useful when using phpMyAdmin with multiple server entries.
343 If set, this string will be displayed instead of the hostname
344 in the pulldown menu on the main page. This can be useful if
345 you want to show only certain databases on your system, for
348 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] string
349 Starting with version 2.3.0 phpMyAdmin offers a lot of features
350 to work with master / foreign - tables. To use those as well as
351 the bookmark feature you need special tables with a predefined
352 structure, which we explain below.
353 If you are the only user of this phpMyAdmin installation, you
354 can use your current database to store those special tables; in
355 this case, just put your current database name in
356 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'].
357 If you are setting up a multi-user phpMyAdmin installation, you
358 will need to create a new db and setup special privileges, so,
361 + create a new database for phpmyadmin:
362 CREATE DATABASE phpmyadmin;
363 Note that "controluser" must have SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE and
364 DELETE privileges on this database. Here is a query to set up
365 those privileges (using "phpmyadmin" as the database name,
366 and "pma" as the controluser):
367 GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE ON phpmyadmin.* to
369 do not give any other user rights on this database.
370 + enter the databasename in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']
372 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['bookmarktable'] string
373 Since release 2.2.0 phpMyAdmin allows to bookmark queries. This
374 can be useful for queries you often run.
375 To allow the usage of this functionality you have to:
377 + set up "pmadb" as described above
378 + within this database create a table following this scheme:
379 CREATE TABLE `PMA_bookmark` (
380 id int(11) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL auto_increment,
381 dbase varchar(255) NOT NULL,
382 user varchar(255) NOT NULL,
383 label varchar(255) NOT NULL,
386 ) TYPE=MyISAM COMMENT='Bookmarks';
387 + enter the tablename in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['bookmarktable']
389 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['relation'] string
390 Since release 2.2.4 you can describe, in a special 'relation'
391 table, which field is a key in another table (a foreign key).
392 phpMyAdmin currently uses this to
394 + make clickable, when you browse the master table, the data
395 values that point to the foreign table;
396 + display in an optional tooltip the "display field" when
397 browsing the master table, if you move the mouse to a column
398 containing a foreign key (use also the 'table_info' table);
399 + display links on the table properties page, to check
400 referential integrity (display missing foreign keys) for each
402 + in query-by-example, create automatic joins (see an example
403 in the FAQ, section "Using phpMyAdmin");
404 + enable you to get a PDF schema of your database (also uses
405 the table_coords table).
407 The keys can be numeric or character.
408 To allow the usage of this functionality the superuser has to:
410 + set up "pmadb" as described above
411 + within this database create a table following this scheme:
412 CREATE TABLE `PMA_relation` (
413 `master_db` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
414 `master_table` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
415 `master_field` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
416 `foreign_db` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
417 `foreign_table` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
418 `foreign_field` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
419 PRIMARY KEY (`master_db`, `master_table`,
421 KEY foreign_field (foreign_db, foreign_table)
422 ) TYPE=MyISAM COMMENT='Relation table';
423 + put the relation table name in
424 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['relation']
425 + now as normal user open phpMyAdmin and for each one of your
426 tables where you want to use this feature, click
427 "Structure/Relation view/" and choose foreign fields.
429 Please note that in the current (2.3.0) version, master_db must
430 be the same as foreign_db. Those fields have been put in future
431 development of the cross-db relations.
433 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_info'] string
434 Since release 2.3.0 you can describe, in a special 'table_info'
435 table, which field is to be displayed as a tooltip when moving
436 the cursor over the corresponding key.
437 This configuration variable will hold the name of this special
438 table. To allow the usage of this functionality the superuser
441 + set up "pmadb" as described above
442 + within this database create a table following this scheme:
443 CREATE TABLE `PMA_table_info` (
444 `db_name` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
445 `table_name` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
446 `display_field` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
447 PRIMARY KEY (`db_name`, `table_name`)
448 ) TYPE=MyISAM COMMENT='Table information for
450 + put the table name in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_info']
451 + then for each table where you want to use this feature, click
452 "Structure/Relation view/Choose field to display" to choose
455 Usage tip: Display field.
457 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_coords'] string
458 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages'] string
459 Since release 2.3.0 you can have phpMyAdmin create PDF pages
460 showing the relations between your tables. To do this it needs
461 two tables "pdf_pages" (storing information about the available
462 pdf pages) and "table_coords" (storing coordinates where each
463 table will be placed on a PDF schema output).
464 You must be using the "relation" feature and have a table of
465 PDF pages (see $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages']) to create PDF
467 To allow the usage of this functionality the superuser has to:
469 + set up "pmadb" as described above
470 + within this database create a table following this scheme:
471 CREATE TABLE `PMA_table_coords` (
472 `db_name` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
473 `table_name` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
474 `pdf_page_number` int NOT NULL default '0',
475 `x` float unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
476 `y` float unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
477 PRIMARY KEY (`db_name`, `table_name`,
479 ) TYPE=MyISAM COMMENT='Table coordinates for phpMyAdmin
481 + also within this database create:
482 CREATE TABLE `PMA_pdf_pages` (
483 `db_name` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
484 `page_nr` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
485 `page_descr` varchar(50) NOT NULL default '',
486 PRIMARY KEY (page_nr),
488 ) TYPE=MyISAM COMMENT='PDF Relationpages for PMA';
489 + put the first table name in
490 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_coords'] and the second table name
491 in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages']
493 Usage tips: PDF output.
495 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['column_comments'] string
496 Since release 2.3.0 you can store comments to describe each
497 column for each table. These will then be shown on the
499 To allow the usage of this functionality the superuser has to:
501 + set up "pmadb" as described above
502 + within this database create a table following this scheme:
503 CREATE TABLE `PMA_column_comments` (
504 id int(5) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
505 db_name varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
506 table_name varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
507 column_name varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
508 comment varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
510 UNIQUE KEY db_name (db_name, table_name, column_name)
511 ) TYPE=MyISAM COMMENT='Comments for Columns';
512 + put the table name in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['column_comments']
514 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['order'] string
515 If your rule order is empty, then IP authentication is
517 If your rule order is set to 'deny,allow' then the system
518 applies all deny rules followed by allow rules. Access is
519 allowed by default. Any client which does not match a Deny
520 command or does match an Allow command will be allowed access
522 If your rule order is set to 'allow,deny' then the system
523 applies all allow rules followed by deny rules. Access is
524 denied by default. Any client which does not match an Allow
525 directive or does match a Deny directive will be denied access
527 If your rule order is set to 'explicit', the authentication is
528 performed in a similar fashion to rule order 'deny,allow', with
529 the added restriction that your host/username combination must
530 be listed in the allow rules, and not listed in the deny rules.
531 This is the most secure means of using Allow/Deny rules, and
532 was available in Apache by specifying allow and deny rules
533 without setting any order.
535 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules'] array of strings
536 The general format for the rules is as such:
537 <'allow' | 'deny'> <username> [from] <ipmask>
538 If you wish to match all users, it is possible to use a '%' as
539 a wildcard in the username field.
540 There are a few shortcuts you can use in the ipmask field as
543 'localhost' -> 127.0.0.1/8
544 Having an empty rule list is equivalent to either using 'allow
545 % from all' if your rule order is set to 'deny,allow' or 'deny
546 % from all' if your rule order is set to 'allow,deny' or
548 For the IP matching system, the following work:
549 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (an exact IP address)
550 xxx.xxx.xxx.[yyy-zzz] (an IP address range)
551 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/nn (CIDR, Classless Inter-Domain Routing type
553 But the following does not work:
554 xxx.xxx.xxx.xx[yyy-zzz] (partial IP address range)
556 $cfg['ServerDefault'] integer
557 If you have more than one server configured, you can set
558 $cfg['ServerDefault'] to any one of them to autoconnect to that
559 server when phpMyAdmin is started, or set it to 0 to be given a
560 list of servers without logging in.
561 If you have only one server configured, $cfg['ServerDefault']
562 MUST be set to that server.
564 $cfg['OBGzip'] boolean
565 Defines whether to use gzip output buffering for increased
566 speed in HTTP transfers.
568 $cfg['PersistentConnections'] boolean
569 Whether persistent connections should be used or not
570 (mysql_connect or mysql_pconnect).
572 $cfg['ExecTimeLimit'] integer [number of seconds]
573 Set the number of seconds a script is allowed to run. If
574 seconds is set to zero, no time limit is imposed.
575 This setting is used while importing/exporting dump files but
576 has no effect when PHP is running in safe mode.
578 $cfg['SkipLockedTables'] boolean
579 Mark used tables and make it possible to show databases with
580 locked tables (since 3.23.30).
582 $cfg['ShowSQL'] boolean
583 Defines whether sql-queries generated by phpMyAdmin should be
586 $cfg['AllowUserDropDatabase'] boolean
587 Defines whether normal users (non-administrator) are allowed to
588 delete their own database or not. If set as FALSE, the link
589 "Drop Database" will not be shown, and even a "DROP DATABASE
590 mydatabase" will be rejected. Quite practical for ISP's with
593 $cfg['Confirm'] boolean
594 Whether a warning ("Are your really sure..") should be
595 displayed when you're about to loose data.
597 $cfg['LoginCookieRecall'] boolean
598 Define whether the previous login should be recalled or not in
599 cookie authentication mode.
601 $cfg['UseDbSearch'] boolean
602 Define whether the "search string inside database" is enabled
605 $cfg['LeftFrameLight'] boolean
606 Defines whether to use select-based menu and display only the
607 current tables in the left frame (smaller page).
609 $cfg['ShowTooltip'] boolean
610 Defines whether to display table comment as tooltip in left
613 $cfg['ShowStats'] boolean
614 Defines whether to display space usage and statistics about
615 databases and tables or not.
616 Note that statistics requires at least MySQL 3.23.3 and that,
617 at this date, MySQL doesn't return such information for
620 $cfg['ShowMysqlInfo'] boolean
621 $cfg['ShowMysqlVars'] boolean
622 $cfg['ShowPhpInfo'] boolean
623 $cfg['ShowChgPassword'] boolean
624 Defines whether to display the "MySQL runtime information",
625 "MySQL system variables", "PHP information" and "Change
626 password " links or not for simple users at the starting main
627 (right) frame. This setting does not check MySQL commands
629 Please note that to block the usage of phpinfo() in scripts,
630 you have to put this in your php.ini:
631 disable_functions = phpinfo()
632 Also note that enabling the "Change password " link has no
633 effect with "config" authentication mode: because of the hard
634 coded password value in the configuration file, end users can't
635 be allowed to change their passwords.
637 $cfg['SuggestDBName'] boolean
638 Defines whether to suggest a database name on the "Create
639 Database" form or to keep the textfield empty.
641 $cfg['ShowBlob'] boolean
642 Defines whether BLOB fields are shown when browsing a table's
645 $cfg['NavigationBarIconic'] boolean
646 Defines whether navigation bar buttons contain text or symbols
649 $cfg['ShowAll'] boolean
650 Defines whether an user should be displayed a "show all
651 (records)" button in browse mode or not.
653 $cfg['MaxRows'] integer
654 Number of rows displayed when browsing a resultset. If the
655 resultset contains more rows, Previous/Next links will be
658 $cfg['Order'] string [DESC|ASC|SMART]
659 Defines whether fields are displayed in ascending (ASC) order,
660 in descending (DESC) order or in a "smart" (SMART) order -ie
661 descending order for fields of type TIME, DATE, DATETIME &
662 TIMESTAMP, ascending order else- by default.
664 $cfg['ProtectBinary'] boolean or string
665 Defines whether BLOB or BINARY fields are protected from
666 edition when browsing a table's content or not. Valid values
668 - FALSE to allow edition of all fields;
669 - blob to allow edition of all fields except BLOBS;
670 - all to disallow edition of all BINARY or BLOB fields.
672 $cfg['ShowFunctionFields'] boolean
673 Defines whether MySQL functions fields should be displayed or
674 not in edit/insert mode.
676 $cfg['CharEditing'] string
677 Defines which type of editing controls should be used for CHAR
678 and VARCHAR fields. Possible values are:
680 + input - this allows to limit size of text to size of field in
681 MySQL, but has problems with newlines in fields
682 + textarea - no problems with newlines in fields, but also no
685 Default is old behavior so input.
687 $cfg['ZipDump'] boolean
688 $cfg['GZipDump'] boolean
689 $cfg['BZipDump'] boolean
690 Defines whether to allow the use of zip/gzip/bzip compression
691 when creating a dump file or not.
693 $cfg['DefaultTabDatabase'] string
694 Defines the tab displayed by default on database view. Possible
695 values: "db_details_structure.php3", "db_details.php3" or
698 $cfg['DefaultTabTable'] string
699 Defines the tab displayed by default on table view. Possible
700 values: "tbl_properties_structure.php3", "tbl_properties.php3",
701 "tbl_select.php3" or "tbl_change.php3".
703 $cfg['MySQLManualBase'] string
704 If set to an URL which points to the MySQL documentation (type
705 depends on $cfg['MySQLManualType']), appropriate help links are
707 See MySQL Documentation page for more information about MySQL
708 manuals and their types.
710 $cfg['MySQLManualType'] string
711 Type of MySQL documentation:
713 + old - old style used in phpMyAdmin 2.3.0 and sooner
714 + searchable - "Searchable, with user comments"
715 + chapters - "HTML, one page per chapter"
716 + big - "HTML, all on one page"
717 + none - do not show documentation links
719 $cfg['DefaultLang'] string
720 Defines the default language to use, if not browser-defined or
722 See the select_lang.inc.php3 script to know the valid values
726 Force: always use this language (must be defined in the
727 select_lang.inc.php3 script).
729 $cfg['DefaultCharset'] string
730 Default charset to use for recoding of MySQL queries. This must
731 be enabled and it's described by $cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding']
733 You can give here any charset which is in
734 $cfg['AvailableCharsets'] array and this is just default
735 choice, user can select any of them.
737 $cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding'] boolean
738 Allow charset recoding of MySQL queries. You need recode or
739 iconv support (compiled in or module) in php to allow MySQL
740 queries recoding and used language file must have it enabled
741 (by default only these which are in unicode, just to avoid
742 losing some characters).
744 $cfg['RecodingEngine'] string
745 You can select here which functions will be used for charset
746 conversion. Possible values are:
748 + auto - automatically use available one (first is tested
750 + iconv - use iconv or libiconv functions
751 + recode - use recode_string function
755 $cfg['AvailableCharsets'] array
756 Available charsets for MySQL conversion. You can add your own
757 (any of supported by recode/iconv) or remove these which you
758 don't use. Charsets will be shown in same order as here listed,
759 so if you frequently use some of these move them to the top.
761 $cfg['LeftWidth'] integer
762 Left frame width in pixel.
764 $cfg['LeftBgColor'] string [HTML color]
765 $cfg['RightBgColor'] string [HTML color]
766 The background colors (HTML) used for both the frames.
768 $cfg['RightBgImage'] string
769 The URI of the background image used for the right frame. It
770 can be absolute as well as relative from your phpMyAdmin
773 $cfg['LeftPointerColor'] string [HTML color]
774 The color (HTML) used for the pointer in the left frame (does
777 $cfg['Border'] integer
778 The size of a table's border.
780 $cfg['ThBgcolor'] string [HTML color]
781 The color (HTML) used for table headers.
783 $cfg['BgcolorOne'] string [HTML color]
784 The color (HTML) #1 for table rows.
786 $cfg['BgcolorTwo'] string [HTML color]
787 The color (HTML) #2 for table rows.
789 $cfg['BrowsePointerColor'] string [HTML color]
790 $cfg['BrowseMarkerColor'] string [HTML color]
791 The colors (HTML) uses for the pointer and the marker in browse
792 mode (does not work with NS4).
793 The former feature highlights the row over which your mouse is
794 passing and the latter lets you visually mark/unmark rows by
796 You can disable both of these features by emptying the
797 respective directive.
799 $cfg['TextareaCols'] integer
800 $cfg['TextareaRows'] integer
801 $cfg['CharTextareaCols'] integer
802 $cfg['CharTextareaRows'] integer
803 Number of columns and rows for the textareas.
804 This value will be emphasized (*2) for sql query textareas.
805 The Char* values are used for CHAR and VARCHAR editing (if
806 configured via $cfg['CharEditing']).
808 $cfg['TextareaAutoSelect'] boolean
809 Defines if the whole textarea of the query box will be selected
812 $cfg['LimitChars'] integer
813 Maximal number of Chars showed in a TEXT OR a BLOB field on
814 browse view. Can be turned off by a toggle button on the browse
817 $cfg['ModifyDeleteAtLeft'] boolean
818 $cfg['ModifyDeleteAtRight'] boolean
819 Defines the place where modify and delete links would be put
820 when tables contents are displayed (you may have them displayed
821 both at the left and at the right). "Left" and "right" are
822 parsed as "top" and "bottom" with vertical display mode.
824 $cfg['DefaultDisplay'] string
825 There are 2 display modes: horizontal and vertical. Define
826 which one is displayed by default.
828 $cfg['UploadDir'] string
829 The name of the directory, ending with a slash, where SQL files
830 have been uploaded by other means than phpMyAdmin (for example,
831 ftp). Those files are available under a drop-down box when you
832 click the database name, then the SQL tab.
833 Please note that the file names must have the suffix ".sql".
834 This feature is useful when your file is too big to be uploaded
835 via HTTP, or when file uploads are disabled in PHP.
836 Please note that if PHP is running in safe mode, this directory
837 must be owned by the same user as the owner of the phpMyAdmin
840 $cfg['RepeatCells'] integer
841 Repeat the headers every X cells, or 0 to deactivate.
843 $cfg['SQP']['enable'] boolean
844 As of phpMyAdmin 2.3.0, we now have a fully functional SQL
845 Parser system. It is enabled by default, as it is used to
846 format the SQL queries.
847 As of 2.3.1, it will become an integral part of phpMyAdmin, as
848 it will analyze certain queries to improve the behavior of
849 phpMyAdmin. But as it is very new, and not yet heavily used, we
850 offer you an option to turn it off.
852 $cfg['SQP']['fmtType'] string [html|none]
853 The main use of the new SQL Parser is to pretty-print SQL
854 queries. By default we use HTML to format the query, but you
855 can disable this by setting this varible to 'none'
857 $cfg['SQP']['fmtInd'] float
858 $cfg['SQP']['fmtIndUnit'] string [em|px|pt|ex]
859 For the pretty-printing of SQL queries, under some cases the
860 part of a query inside a bracket is indented. By changing
861 $cfg['SQP']['fmtInd'] you can change the amount of this indent.
862 Related in purpose is $cfg['SQP']['fmtIndUnit'] which specifies
863 the units of the indent amount that you specified. This is used
866 $cfg['SQP']['fmtColor'] array of string tuples
867 This array is used to define the colours for each type of
868 element of the pretty-printed SQL queries. The tuple format is
869 class => [HTML colour code | empty string]
870 If you specify an empty string for the color of a class, it is
871 ignored in creating the stylesheet. You should not alter the
872 class names, only the colour strings.
875 + comment Applies to all comment sub-classes
876 + comment_mysql Comments as "#...\n"
877 + comment_ansi Comments as "-- ...\n"
878 + comment_c Comments as "/*...*/"
879 + digit Applies to all digit sub-classes
880 + digit_hex Hexadecimal numbers
881 + digit_integer Integer numbers
882 + digit_float Floating point numbers
883 + punct Applies to all punctuation sub-classes
884 + punct_bracket_open_round Opening brackets"("
885 + punct_bracket_close_round Closing brackets ")"
886 + punct_listsep List item seperator ","
887 + punct_qualifier Table/Column Qualifer "."
888 + punct_queryend End of query marker ";"
889 + alpha Applies to all alphabetic classes
890 + alpha_columnType Identifers matching a column type
891 + alpha_columnAttrib Identifers matching a
892 database/table/column attribute
893 + alpha_functionName Identifiers matching a MySQL function name
894 + alpha_reservedWord Identifiers matching any other reserved
896 + alpha_variable Identifers matching a SQL variable "@foo"
897 + alpha_identifier All other identifiers
898 + quote Applies to all quotation mark classes
899 + quote_double Double quotes "
900 + quote_single Single quotes '
901 + quote_backtick Backtick quotes `
903 $cfg['SQLValidator']['use'] boolean
904 phpMyAdmin now supports use of the Mimer SQL Validator service,
905 as originally published on Slashdot.
906 For help in setting up your system to use the service, see the
909 $cfg['SQLValidator']['username'] string
910 $cfg['SQLValidator']['password'] string
911 The SOAP service allows you to login with anonymous and any
912 password, so we use those by default.. Instead, if you have an
913 account with them, you can put your login details here, and it
914 will be used in place of the anonymous login.
916 $cfg['ColumnTypes'] array
917 All possible types of a MySQL column. In most cases you don't
920 $cfg['AttributeTypes'] array
921 Possible attributes for fields. In most cases you don't need to
924 $cfg['Functions'] array
925 A list of functions MySQL supports. In most cases you don't
928 FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
930 Server - Configuration - Limitations - Multi-user - Browsers
931 - Usage tips - Project
935 [1.1] I'm running php 4+ and my server is crashing each time a specific
936 action is required or phpMyAdmin sends a blank page or a page full of
937 cryptic characters to my browser, what can I do
939 There are some known php bugs with output buffering and compression.
940 Try to set the $cfg['OBGzip'] directive to FALSE in your
941 config.inc.php or .php3 file and the zlib.output_compression directive
942 to Off in your php configuration file.
943 Furthermore, we know about such problems connected to the release
944 candidates of php 4.2.0 (tested with php 4.2.0 RC1 to RC4) together
945 with MS Internet Explorer. Please upgrade to the release version php
948 [1.2] My Apache server crashes when using phpMyAdmin
950 You should first try the latest versions of Apache (and possibly
952 See also the other FAQ entry about php bugs with output buffering.
953 If your server keeps crashing, please ask for help in the various
954 Apache support groups.
956 [1.3] I'm running phpMyAdmin with "cookie" authentication mode under PHP
957 4.2.0 or 4.2.1 loaded as an Apache 2+ module but can't enter the script:
958 I'm always displayed the login screen
960 This is a known PHP bug (see this bug report) from the official php
961 bug database. It means there is and won't be any phpMyAdmin fix
962 against it because there is no way to code a fix.
964 [1.4] Using phpMyAdmin on IIS, I'm displayed the error message: "The
965 specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set of
968 You just forgot to read the install.txt file from the php
969 distribution. Have a look at the last message in this bug report from
970 the official php bug database.
972 [1.5] Using phpMyAdmin on IIS, I'm facing crashes and/or many error
973 messages with the http or advanced authentication mode
975 This is a known problem with the php ISAPI filter: it's not so stable.
976 For some more information and complete testings see the messages
977 posted by André B. aka "djdeluxe76" in this thread from the phpWizard
979 Please use instead the cookie authentication mode.
981 [1.6] I can't use phpMyAdmin on PWS: nothing is displayed!
983 This seems to be a PWS bug. Filippo Simoncini found a workaroud (at
984 this time there is no better fix): remove or comment the DOCTYPE
985 declarations (2 lines) from the scripts header.inc.php3,
986 header_printview.inc.php3, index.php3, left.php3 and
987 libraries/common.lib.php3.
989 [1.7] How can I GZip or Bzip a dump or a CSV export. It seems to not work
991 These features are based on the gzencode() and bzcompress() php
992 functions to be more independent of the platform (Unix/Windows, Safe
993 Mode or not, and so on). So, you must have PHP4 >= 4.0.4 and
994 Zlib/Bzip2 support (--with-zlib and --with-bz2).
995 We faced php crashes when trying to download a dump with MS Internet
996 Explorer when phpMyAdmin is run with a release candidate of php 4.2.0.
997 In this case you should switch to the release version of php 4.2.0.
999 [1.8] I cannot insert a text file in a table, and I get an error about safe
1000 mode being in effect
1002 Your uploaded file is saved by PHP in the "upload dir", as defined in
1003 php.ini by the variable upload_tmp_dir (usually the system default is
1005 We recommend the following setup for Apache servers running in safe
1006 mode, to enable uploads of files while being reasonably secure:
1007 * create a separate directory for uploads: mkdir /tmp/php
1008 * give ownership to the Apache server's user.group: chown
1009 apache.apache /tmp/php
1010 * give proper permission: chmod 600 /tmp/php
1011 * put upload_tmp_dir = /tmp/php in php.ini
1014 [1.9] I'm having troubles when uploading files. In general file uploads
1015 don't work on my system and uploaded files have a Content-Type: header in
1018 It's not really phpMyAdmin related but RedHat 7.0. You have a RedHat
1019 7.0 and you updated your php rpm to php-4.0.4pl1-3.i386.rpm, didn't
1021 So the problem is that this package has a serious bug that was
1022 corrected ages ago in php (2001-01-28: see php's bug tracking system
1023 for more details). The problem is that the bugged package is still
1024 available though it was corrected (see redhat's bugzilla for more
1026 So please download the fixed package (4.0.4pl1-9) and the problem
1028 And that fixes the \r\n problem with file uploads!
1030 [1.10] I'm having troubles when uploading files with phpMyAdmin running on
1031 a secure server. My browser is Internet Explorer and I'm using the Apache
1034 As suggested by "Rob M" in the phpWizard forum, add this line to your
1036 SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown
1037 It seems to clear up many problems between IE and SSL.
1039 [1.11] I get an 'open_basedir restriction' while uploading a file from the
1042 Since version 2.2.4, phpMyAdmin supports servers with open_basedir
1043 restrictions. Assuming that the restriction allows you to open files
1044 in the current directory ('.'), all you have to do is create a 'tmp'
1045 directory under the phpMyAdmin install directory, with permissions 777
1046 and the same owner as the owner of your phpMyAdmin directory. The
1047 uploaded files will be moved there, and after execution of your SQL
1050 [1.12] I have lost my MySQL root password, what can I do
1052 The MySql manual explains how to reset the permissions.
1054 [1.13] I get an error 'No SQL query' when trying to execute a bookmark
1056 If PHP does not have read/write access to its upload_tmp_dir, it
1057 cannot access the uploaded query.
1059 [1.14] I get an error 'No SQL query' when trying to submit a query from the
1060 convenient text area
1062 Check the post_max_size directive from your php configuration file and
1065 [1.15] I have problems with mysql.user field names
1067 In older MySQL versions, the User and Password fields were named user
1068 and password. Please modify your field names to align with current
1071 [1.16] I cannot upload big dump files
1073 The first things to check (or ask your host provider to check) are the
1074 values of upload_max_filesize, memory_limit and post_max_size in the
1075 php.ini configuration file.
1076 All of these three settings limit the maximum size of data that can be
1077 submitted and handled by php. One user also said that post_max_size
1078 and memory_limit need to be larger than upload_max_filesize.
1080 [1.17] Does phpMyAdmin support MySQL 4
1082 MySQL 4 is not yet fully supported by phpMyAdmin.
1083 Because of MySQL 4's backwards compatibility you can use phpMyAdmin
1084 for administering MySQL 4 servers, but phpMyAdmin does not yet support
1085 its new features. Please notice that in this case it is recommended to
1086 use php >= 4.1 since older versions of php are not compatible to
1088 Furthermore, several users reported problems with phpMyAdmin related
1089 to bugs in MySQL 4. MySQL 4 is still a beta release and should be used
1090 for test purposes only! Because of a major change in the definition
1091 syntax of string field types, this version of phpMyAdmin probably
1092 won't work correctly with MySQL >= 4.1.0! We will work on the support
1093 as soon as MySQL 4.1.0 is released.
1095 [1.18] I'm running MySQL <= 4.0.1 having lower_case_table_names set to 1.
1096 If I create a new table with a capital letter in its name it is changed to
1097 lowercase as it should. But if I try to DROP this table MySQL is unable to
1098 find the corresponding file
1100 This is a bug of MySQL <= 4.0.1. Please upgrade to at least
1101 MySQL 4.0.2 or turn off your lower_case_table_names directive.
1103 [1.19] I can't run the "display relations" feature because the script seems
1104 not to know the font face I'm using!
1106 The "FPDF" library we're using for this feature requires some special
1107 files to use font faces.
1108 Please refers to the FPDF manual to build these files.
1110 [1.20] I receive the error "cannot load MySQL extension, please check PHP
1113 To connect to a MySQL server, PHP needs a set of MySQL functions
1114 called "MySQL extension". This extension may be part of the PHP server
1115 (compiled-in), otherwise it needs to be loaded dynamically. Its name
1116 is probably mysql.so or mysql.dll. phpMyAdmin tried to load the
1117 extension but failed.
1118 Usually, the problem is solved by installing a software package called
1119 "PHP-MySQL" or something similar.
1121 [1.21] I am running the CGI version of PHP under Unix, and I cannot login
1124 In php.ini, set mysql.max_links higher than 1.
1126 [1.22] I don't see the "Location of text file" field, so I cannot upload
1128 This is most likely because in php.ini, your file_uploads parameter is
1131 [1.23] I'm running MySQL on a Win32 machine. Each time I create a new table
1132 the table and field names are changed to lowercase!
1134 This happens because the MySQL directive lower_case_table_names
1135 defaults to 1 (ON) in the Win32 version of MySQL. You can change this
1136 behavior by simply changing the directive to 0 (OFF):
1137 Just edit you my.ini file that should be located in your Windows
1138 directory and add the following line:
1139 lower-case-table-names=0
1140 Next, save the file and restart the MySQL service. You can always
1141 check the value of this directive using the query
1142 SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'lower_case_table_names';
1144 [1.24] Some characters are being truncated in my queries, or I get
1145 characters randomly added. I am running PHP 4.2.3
1147 This is a PHP 4.2.3 bug.
1149 [1.25] I am running Apache with mod_gzip-1.3.26.1a on Windows XP, and I get
1150 problems, such as undefined variables when I run a SQL query
1152 A tip from Jose Fandos: put a comment on the following two lines in
1153 httpd.conf, like this:
1154 # mod_gzip_item_include file \.php$
1155 # mod_gzip_item_include mime "application/x-httpd-php.*"
1156 as this version of mod_gzip on Apache (Windows) has problems handling
1157 php scripts. Of course you have to restart Apache.
1159 [1.26] I just installed phpMyAdmin in my document root of IIS but I get the
1160 error "No input file specified" when trying to run phpMyAdmin.
1162 This is a permission problem. Right-click on the phpmyadmin folder and
1163 choose properties. Under the tab Security, click on "Add" and select
1164 the user "IUSER_machine" from the list. Now set his permissions and it
1167 [1.27] I get empty page when I want to view huge page (eg.
1168 db_details_structure.php3 with plenty of dabases)
1170 This is a PHP bug that occur when GZIP output buffering enabled. If
1171 you turn off it (by $cfg['OBGzip'] = FALSE in config.inc.php3), it
1172 should work. This bug will be fixed in PHP 5.0.0.
1176 [2.1] The error message "Warning: Cannot add header information - headers
1177 already sent by ..." is displayed, what's the problem
1179 Edit your config.inc.php or .php3 file and ensure there is nothing (ie
1180 no blank lines, no spaces, no characters...) neither before the <?php
1181 tag at the beginning, neither after the ?> tag at the end.
1183 [2.2] phpMyAdmin can't connect to MySQL. What's wrong
1185 Either there is an error with your PHP setup or your username/password
1186 is wrong. Try to make a small script which uses mysql_connect and see
1187 if it works. If it doesn't, it may be you haven't even compiled MySQL
1190 [2.3] The error message "Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Can't connect to
1191 local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (111)..." is displayed.
1194 For RedHat users, Harald Legner suggests this on the mailing list:
1195 On my RedHat-Box the socket of mysql is /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock. In
1196 your php.ini you will find a line
1197 mysql.default_socket = /tmp/mysql.sock
1199 mysql.default_socket = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
1200 Then restart apache and it will work.
1201 Here is a fix suggested by Brad Ummer in the phpwizard forum:
1202 * First, you need to determine what socket is being used by MySQL.
1203 To do this, telnet to your server and go to the MySQL bin
1204 directory. In this directory there should be a file named
1205 mysqladmin. Type ./mysqladmin variables, and this should give you
1206 a bunch of info about your MySQL server, including the socket
1207 (/tmp/mysql.sock, for example).
1208 * Then, you need to tell PHP to use this socket.
1209 Assuming you are using PHP 3.0.10 or better, you can specify the
1210 socket to use when you open the connection. To do this in
1211 phpMyAdmin, you need to complete the socket information in the
1213 For example: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] = '/tmp/mysql.sock';
1215 Have also a look at the corresponding section of the MySQL
1218 [2.4] Nothing is displayed by my browser when I try to run phpMyAdmin, what
1221 Try to set the $cfg['OBGZip'] directive to FALSE in the phpMyAdmin
1222 configuration file. It helps sometime.
1223 Also have a look at your php version number: if it contains "4.0b..."
1224 it means you're running a beta version of PHP. That's not a so good
1225 idea, please upgrade to a plain revision.
1227 [2.5] Each time I want to insert or change a record or drop a database or a
1228 table, an error 404 (page not found) is displayed or, with http or cookie
1229 authentication, I'm asked to login again. What's wrong
1231 Check the value you set for the $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] directive in
1232 the phpMyAdmin configuration file.
1234 [3. Known limitations]
1236 [3.1] When using http authentication, an user who logged out can not relog
1237 in with the same nick
1239 This is related to the authentication mechanism (protocol) used by
1240 phpMyAdmin. We plan to change it as soon as we may find enough free
1241 time to do it, but you can bypass this problem: just close all the
1242 opened browser windows and then go back to phpMyAdmin. You should be
1243 able to logs in again.
1245 [3.2] When dumping a large table in compressed mode, I get a memory limit
1246 error or a time limit error
1248 As of version 2.2.4, we build the compressed dump in memory, so large
1249 tables dumps may hang. The only alternative we can think about (using
1250 system calls to mysqldump then gzip or bzip2) would not be applicable
1251 in environments where PHP is in safe mode: access to system programs
1252 is is limited by the system administrator, and time limit is enforced.
1254 [3.3] With InnoDB tables, I lose foreign key relationships when I rename or
1257 This seems to be a InnoDB bug (fixed in MySQL 3.23.50?). However, keep
1258 in mind that phpMyAdmin as of version 2.3.0 does not support InnoDB.
1260 [3.4] I am unable to import dumps I created with the mysqldump tool bundled
1261 with the MySQL server distribution
1263 The problem is that mysqldump creates invalid comments like this:
1266 -- Host: localhost Database: database
1267 ---------------------------------------------------------
1268 -- Server version 3.23.54
1270 The invalid part of the code is the horizontal line made of dashes
1271 that appears once in every dump created with mysqldump. If you want to
1272 run your dump you have to turn it into valid MySQL. This means, you
1273 have to add a whitespace after the first to dashes of the line or add
1275 -- -------------------------------------------------------
1277 #---------------------------------------------------------
1279 [4. ISPs, multi-user installations ]
1281 [4.1] I'm an ISP. Can I setup one central copy of phpMyAdmin or do I need
1282 to install it for each customer
1284 Since version 2.0.3, you can setup a central copy of phpMyAdmin for
1285 all your users. The development of this feature was kindly sponsored
1286 by NetCologne GmbH. This requires a properly setup MySQL user
1287 management and phpMyAdmin http or cookie authentication. See the
1288 install section on "Using http authentication".
1290 [4.2] What's the preferred way of making phpMyAdmin secure against evil
1293 This depends on your system.
1294 If you're running a server which cannot be accessed by other people,
1295 it's sufficient to use the directory protection bundled with your
1296 webserver (with Apache you can use .htaccess files, for example).
1297 If other people have telnet access to your server, you should use
1298 phpMyAdmin's http authentication feature.
1300 * Your config.inc.php3 file should be chmod 660.
1301 * All your phpMyAdmin files should be chown phpmy.apache, where
1302 phpmy is a user whose password is only known to you, and apache is
1303 the group under which Apache runs.
1304 * You should use PHP safe mode, to protect from other users that try
1305 to include your config.inc.php3 in their scripts.
1307 [4.3] I get errors about not being able to include a file in /lang or in
1310 Check php.ini, or ask your sysadmin to check it. The include_path must
1311 contain "." somewhere in it, and open_basedir, if used, must contain
1312 "." and "./lang" to allow normal operation of phpMyAdmin.
1314 [4.4] phpMyAdmin always gives "Access denied" when using http
1317 This could happen for several reasons:
1318 * $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] and/or
1319 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] are wrong.
1320 * The username/password you specify in the login-dialog are invalid.
1321 * You have already setup a security mechanism for the
1322 phpMyAdmin-directory, eg. a .htaccess file. This would interfere
1323 with phpMyAdmin's authentication, so remove it.
1325 [4.5] Is it possible to let users create their own databases
1327 Starting with 2.2.5, in the user management page, you can enter a
1328 wildcard database name for a user, and put the privileges you want.
1329 For example, adding SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP,
1330 INDEX, ALTER would let a user create/manage his/her database(s).
1332 [4.6] How can I use the Host-based authentication additions
1334 If you have existing rules from an old .htaccess file, you can take
1335 them and add a username between the 'deny'/'allow' and 'from' strings.
1336 Using the username wildcard of '%' would be a major benefit here if
1337 your installation is suited to using it. Then you can just add those
1338 updated lines into the $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules']
1340 If you want a pre-made sample, you can try this fragment. It stops the
1341 'root' user from logging in from any networks other than the private
1343 //block root from logging in except from the private networks
1344 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['order'] = 'deny,allow';
1345 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules'] = array(
1346 'deny root from all',
1347 'allow root from localhost',
1348 'allow root from 10.0.0.0/8',
1349 'allow root from 192.168.0.0/16',
1350 'allow root from 172.16.0.0/12',
1353 [5. Browsers or client OS]
1355 [5.1] I get an out of memory error, and my controls are non-functional,
1356 when trying to create a table with more than 14 fields
1358 We could reproduce this problem only under Win98/98SE. Testing under
1359 WinNT4 or Win2K, we could easily create more than 60 fields.
1360 A workaround is to create a smaller number of fields, then come back
1361 to your table properties and add the other fields.
1363 [5.2] With Xitami 2.5b4, phpMyAdmin won't process form fields
1365 This is not a phpMyAdmin problem but a Xitami known bug: you'll face
1366 it with each script/website that use forms.
1367 Upgrade or downgrade your Xitami server.
1369 [5.3] I have problems dumping tables with Konqueror (phpMyAdmin 2.2.2)
1371 With Konqueror 2.1.1: plain dumps, zip and gzip dumps work ok, except
1372 that the proposed file name for the dump is always 'tbl_dump.php'.
1373 Bzip2 dumps don't seem to work.
1374 With Konqueror 2.2.1: plain dumps work; zip dumps are placed into the
1375 user's temporary directory, so they must be moved before closing
1376 Konqueror, or else they disappear. Gzip dumps give an error message.
1377 Testing needs to be done for Konqueror 2.2.2.
1379 [5.4] I can't use the cookie authentication mode because Internet Explorer
1380 never stores the cookies
1382 MS Internet Explorer seems to be really buggy about cookies, at least
1383 till version 6. And thanks to Andrew Zivolup we've traced also a php
1384 4.1.1 bug in this area!
1385 Then, if you're running php 4.1.1, try to upgrade or downgrade... it
1388 [5.5] In Internet Explorer 5.0, I get Javascript errors when browsing my
1391 Upgrade to at least Internet Explorer 5.5SP2.
1393 [5.6] In Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5 or 6.0, I get an error when trying to
1394 modify a row in a table with many fields, or with a text field
1396 Your table neither have a primary key nor an unique one, so we must
1397 use a long URL to identify this row. There is a limit on the lenght of
1398 the URL in those browsers, and this not happen in Netscape, for
1399 example. The workaround is to create a primary or unique key, or use
1402 [5.7] I refresh (reload) my browser, and come back to the welcome page
1404 Some browsers support right-clicking into the frame you want to
1405 refresh, just do this in the right frame.
1407 [5.8] With Mozilla 0.9.7 I have problems sending a query modified in the
1410 Looks like a Mozilla bug: 0.9.6 was ok. We will keep an eye on future
1413 [5.9] With Mozilla 0.9.? to 1.0 and Netscape 7.0-PR1 I can't type a
1414 whitespace in the SQL-Query edit area: the page scrolls down
1416 This is a Mozilla bug (see bug #26882 at Bugzilla).
1418 [5.10] With Netscape 4.75 I get empty rows between each row of data in a
1421 This is a known Netscape 4.75 bug: it adds some line feeds when
1422 exporting data in octet-stream mode. Since we can't detect the
1423 specific Netscape version, we cannot workaround this bug.
1425 [5.11] Extended-ASCII characters like German umlauts are displayed wrong
1427 Please ensure that you have set your browser's charset to the one of
1428 the language file you have selected on phpMyAdmin's start page.
1429 Alternatively, you can try the auto detection mode that is supported
1430 by the recent versions of the most browsers.
1432 [5.12] Apple OS X: Safari browser changes special characters to "?"
1434 This issue has been reported by a OS X user, who adds that Chimera,
1435 Netscape and Mozilla do not have this problem.
1437 [6. Using phpMyAdmin]
1439 [6.1] I can't insert new rows into a table / I can't create a table - MySQL
1440 brings up a SQL-error
1442 Examine the SQL error with care. Often the problem is caused by
1443 specifying a wrong field-type.
1444 Common errors include:
1445 * Using VARCHAR without a size argument
1446 * Using TEXT or BLOB with a size argument
1448 Also, look at the syntax chapter in the MySQL manual to confirm that
1449 your syntax is correct.
1451 [6.2] When I create a table, I click the Index checkbox for 2 fields and
1452 phpMyAdmin generates only one index with those 2 fields
1454 In phpMyAdmin 2.2.0 and 2.2.1, this is the way to create a
1455 multi-fields index. If you want two indexes, create the first one when
1456 creating the table, save, then display the table properties and click
1457 the Index link to create the other index.
1459 [6.3] How can I insert a null value into my table
1461 Since version 2.2.3, you have a checkbox for each field that can be
1462 null. Before 2.2.3, you had to enter "null", without the quotes, as
1465 [6.4] How can I backup my database or table
1467 Click on a database or table name in the left frame, the properties
1468 will be displayed. Then on the menu, click "Export", you can dump the
1469 structure, the data, or both. This will generate standard SQL
1470 statements that can be used to recreate your database/table.
1471 You will need to choose "Save as file", so that phpMyAdmin can
1472 transmit the resulting dump to your station. Depending on your PHP
1473 configuration, you will see options to compress the dump. See also the
1474 $cfg['ExecTimeLimit'] configuration variable.
1475 For additional help on this subject, look for the word "dump" in this
1478 [6.5] How can I restore (upload) my database or table using a dump? How can
1481 Click on a database name in the left frame, the properties will be
1482 local displayed. Then in the "Run SQL query" section, type in your
1483 dump filename, or use the Browse button. Then click Go.
1484 For additional help on this subject, look for the word "upload" in
1487 [6.6] How can I use the relation table in Query-by-example
1489 Here is an example with the tables persons, towns and countries, all
1490 located in the database mydb. If you don't have a PMA_relation table,
1491 create it as explained in the configuration section. Then create the
1493 CREATE TABLE REL_countries (
1494 country_code char(1) NOT NULL default '',
1495 description varchar(10) NOT NULL default '',
1496 PRIMARY KEY (country_code)
1498 INSERT INTO REL_countries VALUES ('C', 'Canada');
1499 CREATE TABLE REL_persons (
1500 id tinyint(4) NOT NULL auto_increment,
1501 person_name varchar(32) NOT NULL default '',
1502 town_code varchar(5) default '0',
1503 country_code char(1) NOT NULL default '',
1506 INSERT INTO REL_persons VALUES (11, 'Marc', 'S', '');
1507 INSERT INTO REL_persons VALUES (15, 'Paul', 'S', 'C');
1508 CREATE TABLE REL_towns (
1509 town_code varchar(5) NOT NULL default '0',
1510 description varchar(30) NOT NULL default '',
1511 PRIMARY KEY (town_code)
1513 INSERT INTO REL_towns VALUES ('S', 'Sherbrooke');
1514 INSERT INTO REL_towns VALUES ('M', 'Montréal');
1515 To setup appropriate links and display information:
1516 * on table "REL_persons" click Structure, then Relation view
1517 * in Links, for "town_code" choose "REL_towns->code"
1518 * in Links, for "country_code" choose "REL_countries->country_code"
1519 * on table "REL_towns" click Structure, then Relation view
1520 * in "Choose field to display", choose "description"
1521 * repeat the two previous steps for table "REL_countries"
1523 Then test like this:
1524 * Click on your db name in the left frame
1526 * Use tables: persons, towns, countries
1527 * Click "Update query"
1528 * In the fields row, choose persons.person_name and click the "Show"
1530 * Do the same for towns.description and countries.descriptions in
1532 * Click "Update query" and you will see in the query box that the
1533 correct joins have been generated
1534 * Click "Submit query"
1536 [6.7] How can I use the "display field" feature
1538 Starting from the previous example, create the PMA_table_info as
1539 explained in the configuration section, then browse your persons
1540 table, and move the mouse over a town code or country code.
1542 [6.8] How can I produce a PDF schema of my database
1544 First you have to fill the "relation", "table_coords" and "pdf_pages"
1545 configuration variables.
1546 Then, think about your schema layout: which tables will go on which
1548 * Click on your db name in the left frame
1549 * Choose "Structure" in the navigation on top
1550 * Choose "Edit PDF Pages" which should be somewhere at the bottom of
1552 * Enter the name for a first pdf page and submit
1553 * Choose this page to edit
1554 * Now add a table you want to show on this page and it's coordinates
1556 First you will have to guess this coordinates of course, so just
1557 expect to have an area of about 297 * 210 and put the tables
1558 coordinates somewhere in there, you will be able to have a look at
1559 what happened and change them later.
1560 For example, x=100 and y=200 means that the table will be at 200
1561 mm down and 100 mm right from the upper left corner.
1562 Actually if you have a width of more than 300 or a height of more
1563 than 200 than it will automatically be scaled but 300*100 is a
1564 good start to have an idea of what coordinates to use.
1565 * After every table you submitted you will have the possibility to
1567 * When you have entered enough tables Click on your db name in the
1569 * Now, again at the bottom of the page you should be able to choose
1570 "Display PDF schema"
1571 For testing it might be useful to show the grid as well, so you
1572 can see the coordinates used.
1573 Maybe also choose color and submit.
1574 * Save the file he will offer you to something like Schema.pdf
1575 (Internet Explorer has some bug there which might make it offer it
1576 without an extension. Under Windows it is important to have the
1577 extension ".pdf", under other OSes you should be fine just saving
1578 the file under the name it offers).
1580 [6.9] phpMyAdmin is changing the type of one of my columns!
1582 No, it's MySQL that is doing silent column type changing.
1584 [6.10] My database has an underscore in it's name, and when I grant
1585 privileges to a user for this database, a backslash is added before the
1588 This is normal and means that the grant is done only for this
1589 database. If there was no backslash, this would be a wildcard grant,
1590 and the underscore would mean "any character". So, if the database
1591 name is "john_db", the user would get rights to john1db, john2db...
1592 instead of just john_db.
1593 If you really want to grant using a wildcard, there is a dialog box "
1594 Database (wildcards allowed)" for this.
1596 [6.11] What is the curious symbol ø in the table statistics
1600 [6.12] I want to understand some Export options
1602 "Complete inserts" adds the column names on every INSERT command, for
1603 better documentation (but resulting file is bigger).
1604 "Extended inserts" provides a shorter dump file by using only once the
1605 INSERT verb and the table name.
1606 "Enclose table and field names with backquotes" ensures that field and
1607 table names formed with special characters are protected.
1609 [6.13] I would like to create a database with a dot in its name
1611 This is a bad idea, because in MySQL the syntax "database.table" is
1612 the normal way to reference a database and table name. Worse, MySQL
1613 will usually let you create a database with a dot, but then you cannot
1614 work with it, nor delete it.
1616 [6.14] How do I set up the SQL validator
1618 To use it, you need a very recent version of PHP, 4.3.0 recommended,
1619 with XML, PCRE and PEAR support. On your system command line, run
1620 "pear install Net_Socket Net_URL HTTP_Request Mail_Mime Net_DIME SOAP"
1621 to get the nessecary PEAR modules for usage.
1622 If you use it, you should be aware that any SQL statement you submit
1623 will be stored anonymously (database/table/column names, strings,
1624 numbers replaced with generic values). The Mimer SQL Validator itself,
1625 is © 2001 Upright Database Technology. We utilize it as free SOAP
1628 [6.15] I want to add a BLOB field and put an index on it, but MySQL says
1629 "BLOB column '...' used in key specification without a key length"
1631 The right way to do this, is to create the field without any indexes,
1632 then display the table structure and use the "Create an index" dialog.
1633 On this page, you will be able to choose your BLOB field, and set a
1634 size to the index, which is the condition to create an index on a BLOB
1637 [6.16] How can I simply move in page with plenty editing fields
1639 You can use Ctrl+arrows for moving on most pages with plenty editing
1640 fields (table structure changes, row editing, etc.).
1642 [7. phpMyAdmin project]
1644 [7.1] I have found a bug. How do I inform developers
1646 Our Bug Tracker is located at
1647 http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ under the Bugs section.
1648 But please first discuss your bug with other users:
1649 http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ (and choose Forums)
1651 [7.2] I want to translate the messages to a new language or upgrade an
1652 existing language, where do I start
1654 Always use the current cvs version of your language file. For a new
1655 language, start from english-iso-8859-1.inc.php3. If you don't know
1656 how to get the cvs version, please ask one of the developers.
1657 Please note that we try not to use html entities like é in the
1658 translations, since we define the right character set in the file.
1659 With html entities, the text on buttons would not display correctly.
1660 You can then put your translations, as a zip file to avoid losing
1661 special characters, on the sourceforge.net translation tracker.
1662 It would be a good idea to subscribe to the phpmyadmin-translators
1663 mailing list, because this is where we ask for translations of new
1666 [7.3] I would like to help out with the development of phpMyAdmin. How
1669 The following method is preferred for new developers:
1670 * fetch the current CVS tree over anonymous CVS:
1672 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.phpmyadmin.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/phpmy
1674 [Password: simply press the Enter key]
1676 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.phpmyadmin.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/phpmy
1677 admin checkout phpMyAdmin
1678 [This will create a new sub-directory named phpMyAdmin]
1680 * put the modified files (tar'ed and gzip'ed) inside the patch
1681 tracker of the phpMyAdmin SourceForge account.
1683 Write access to the CVS tree is granted only to experienced developers
1684 who have already contributed something useful to phpMyAdmin.
1685 Also, have a look at the Developers section.
1687 Developers Information
1689 phpMyAdmin is Open Source, so you're invited to contribute to it. Many
1690 great features have been written by other people and you too can help
1691 to make phpMyAdmin a useful tool.
1693 If you're planning to contribute source, please read the following
1695 * All files include header.inc.php3 (layout),
1696 libraries/common.lib.php3 (common functions) and config.inc.php3.
1697 All configuration data belongs in config.inc.php3. Please keep it
1698 free from other code.
1699 Commonly used functions should be added to
1700 libraries/common.lib.php3 and more specific ones may be added
1701 within a library stored into the libraries sub-directory.
1702 * Obviously, you're free to use whatever coding style you want. But
1703 please try to keep your code as simple as possible: beginners are
1704 using phpMyAdmin as an example application.
1705 As far as possible, we want the scripts to be XHTML1.0 and CSS2
1706 compliant on one hand, they fit PEAR coding standards on the other
1707 hand. Please pay attention to this.
1708 * Please try to keep up the file-naming conventions. Table-related
1709 stuff goes to tbl_*.php3, db-related code to db_*.php3,
1710 server-related tools to server_*.php3 and so on.
1711 * Please don't use verbose strings in your code, instead add the
1712 string (at least) to english-iso-8859-1.inc.php3 and print() it
1714 * If you want to be really helpful, write an entry for the
1717 IMPORTANT: With 1.4.1, development has switched to CVS. The following
1718 method is preferred for new developers:
1719 * fetch the current CVS tree over anonymous CVS:
1721 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.phpmyadmin.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/phpmy
1723 [Password: simply press the Enter key]
1725 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.phpmyadmin.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/phpmy
1726 admin checkout phpMyAdmin
1727 [This will create a new sub-directory named phpMyAdmin]
1729 * put the modified files (tar'ed and gzip'ed) inside the patch
1730 tracker of the phpMyAdmin SourceForge account
1731 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/)
1733 Write access to the CVS tree is granted only to developers who have
1734 already contributed something useful to phpMyAdmin. If you're
1735 interested in that, please contact us using the phpmyadmin-devel
1741 phpMyAdmin - Credits
1742 ====================
1744 CREDITS, in chronological order
1745 -------------------------------
1747 - Tobias Ratschiller <tobias.ratschiller_at_maguma.com>
1748 * creator of the phpmyadmin project
1749 * maintainer from 1998 to summer 2000
1751 - Marc Delisle <DelislMa_at_CollegeSherbrooke.qc.ca>
1752 * multi-language version
1753 * various fixes and improvements
1754 * project co-administrator
1756 - Olivier Müller <om_at_omnis.ch>
1757 * started SourceForge phpMyAdmin project in March 2001
1758 * sync'ed different existing CVS trees with new features and bugfixes
1759 * multi-language improvements, dynamic language selection
1760 * current project maintainer
1761 * many bugfixes and improvements
1763 - Loïc Chapeaux <lolo_at_phpheaven.net>
1764 * rewrote and optimized javascript, DHTML and DOM stuff
1765 * rewrote the scripts so they fit the PEAR coding standards and
1766 generate XHTML1.0 and CSS2 compliant codes
1767 * improved the language detection system
1768 * many bugfixes and improvements
1770 - Robin Johnson <robbat2_at_users.sourceforge.net>
1771 * database maintence controls
1773 * Host authentication IP Allow/Deny
1774 * DB-based configuration (Not completed)
1777 * many bugfixes and improvements
1779 - Armel Fauveau <armel.fauveau_at_globalis-ms.com>
1781 * multiple dump feature
1785 - Geert Lund <glund_at_silversoft.dk>
1787 * moderator of the phpMyAdmin users forum at phpwizard.net
1789 - Korakot Chaovavanich <korakot_at_iname.com>
1790 * "insert as new row" feature
1792 - Pete Kelly <webmaster_at_trafficg.com>
1793 * rewrote and fix dump code
1796 - Steve Alberty <alberty_at_neptunlabs.de>
1797 * rewrote dump code for PHP4
1798 * mySQL table statistics
1801 - Benjamin Gandon <gandon_at_isia.cma.fr>
1802 * main author of the version 2.1.0.1
1805 - Alexander M. Turek <rabus_at_bugfixes.info>
1807 * MySQL 4 related features
1808 * various small features and fixes
1809 * German language file updates
1811 - Mike Beck <mike.beck_at_ibmiller.de>
1812 * automatic joins in QBE
1813 * links column in printview
1816 - Michal Cihar <nijel_at_users.sourceforge.net>
1817 * enhanced index creation/display feature
1818 * feature to use a different charset for HTML than for MySQL
1819 * Czech language file updates
1821 - Christophe Gesché from the "MySQL Form Generator for PHPMyAdmin"
1822 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmysqlformgen/)
1823 * suggested the patch for multiple table printviews
1825 - Garvin Hicking <hicking_at_faktor-e.de>
1826 * built the patch for vertical display of table rows
1828 - Yukihiro Kawada <kawada_at_den.fujifilm.co.jp>
1829 * japanese kanji encoding conversion feature
1831 - Piotr Roszatycki <d3xter_at_users.sourceforge.net> and Dan Wilson
1832 * the Cookie authentication mode
1834 - Axel Sander <n8falke_at_users.sourceforge.net>
1835 * table relation-links feature
1837 - Maxime Delorme <delorme.maxime_at_free.fr>
1838 * PDF schema output, thanks also to Olivier Plathey for the
1839 "FPDF" library (see http://www.fpdf.org/).
1841 - Olof Edlund <olof.edlund_at_upright.se>
1842 * SQL validator server
1844 - Ivan R. Lanin <ivanlanin_at_users.sourceforfe.net>
1847 And also to the following people who have contributed minor changes,
1848 enhancements, bugfixes or support for a new language since version 2.1.0:
1850 Bora Alioglu, Ricardo ?, Sven-Erik Andersen, Alessandro Astarita,
1851 Péter Bakondy, Borges Botelho, Olivier Bussier, Neil Darlow,
1852 Mats Engstrom, Ian Davidson, Laurent Dhima, Kristof Hamann, Thomas Kläger,
1853 Lubos Klokner, Martin Marconcini, Girish Nair, David Nordenberg, Andreas Pauley,
1854 Bernard M. Piller, Laurent Haas, "Sakamoto", Yuval Sarna,
1855 www.securereality.com.au, Alvar Soome, Siu Sun, Peter Svec, Michael Tacelosky,
1856 Rachim Tamsjadi, Kositer Uros, Luís V., Martijn W. van der Lee,
1857 Algis Vainauskas, Daniel Villanueva, Vinay, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams, Chee Wai,
1858 Jakub Wilk, Thomas Michael Winningham, Vilius Zigmantas.
1861 Original Credits of Version 2.1.0
1862 ---------------------------------
1864 This work is based on Peter Kuppelwieser's MySQL-Webadmin. It was his idea
1865 to create a web-based interface to MySQL using PHP3. Although I have not
1866 used any of his source-code, there are some concepts I've borrowed from
1867 him. phpMyAdmin was created because Peter told me he wasn't going to
1868 further develop his (great) tool.
1870 - Amalesh Kempf <ak-lsml_at_living-source.com> who contributed the
1871 code for the check when dropping a table or database. He also suggested
1872 that you should be able to specify the primary key on tbl_create.php3. To
1873 version 1.1.1 he contributed the ldi_*.php3-set (Import text-files) as
1874 well as a bug-report. Plus many smaller improvements.
1875 - Jan Legenhausen <jan_at_nrw.net>: He made many of the changes that
1876 were introduced in 1.3.0 (including quite significant ones like the
1877 authentication). For 1.4.1 he enhanced the table-dump feature. Plus
1879 - Marc Delisle <DelislMa_at_CollegeSherbrooke.qc.ca> made phpMyAdmin
1880 language-independent by outsourcing the strings to a separate file. He
1881 also contributed the French translation.
1882 - Alexandr Bravo <abravo_at_hq.admiral.ru> who contributed
1883 tbl_select.php3, a feature to display only some fields from a table.
1884 - Chris Jackson <chrisj_at_ctel.net> added support for MySQL
1885 functions in tbl_change.php3. He also added the
1886 "Query by Example" feature in 2.0.
1887 - Dave Walton <walton_at_nordicdms.com> added support for multiple
1888 servers and is a regular contributor for bug-fixes.
1889 - Gabriel Ash <ga244_at_is8.nyu.edu> contributed the random access
1891 The following people have contributed minor changes, enhancements, bugfixes
1892 or support for a new language:
1893 Jim Kraai, Jordi Bruguera, Miquel Obrador, Geert Lund, Thomas Kleemann,
1894 Alexander Leidinger, Kiko Albiol, Daniel C. Chao, Pavel Piankov,
1895 Sascha Kettler, Joe Pruett, Renato Lins, Mark Kronsbein, Jannis Hermanns,
1898 And thanks to everyone else who sent me email with suggestions, bug-reports
1899 and or just some feedback.
1901 Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!