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21 3.4.0-dev
22 Documentation
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26 <!-- TOP MENU -->
35 <li><a href="Documentation.html#faq"><abbr title="Frequently Asked Questions"> FAQ</abbr></a></li>
41 </ul>
46 phpMyAdmin homepage</a></li>
48 SourceForge phpMyAdmin project page</a></li>
50 Official phpMyAdmin wiki</a></li>
51 <li>Local documents:
54 </ul>
55 </li>
58 </li>
59 </ul>
61 <!-- REQUIREMENTS -->
68 and the Standard PHP Library (SPL) extension.
69 </li>
72 currently default), you should install mbstring and ctype
73 extensions.
74 </li>
75 <li>You need GD2 support in PHP to display inline
77 original aspect ratio</li>
83 load pages significantly slower.
84 </li>
87 </ul>
88 </li>
91 </ul>
93 <!-- INTRODUCTION -->
96 <p> phpMyAdmin can manage a whole MySQL server (needs a super-user) as well as
97 a single database. To accomplish the latter you'll need a properly set up
98 MySQL user who can read/write only the desired database. It's up to you to
99 look up the appropriate part in the MySQL manual.
100 </p>
105 <li>create, copy, drop, rename and alter databases, tables, columns and
106 indexes</li>
107 <li>maintenance server, databases and tables, with proposals on server
108 configuration</li>
109 <li>execute, edit and bookmark any
111 batch-queries</li>
114 </li>
121 OpenDocument Text and Spreadsheet,
123 <abbr title="Microsoft Excel 97-2003 and Excel 2007">Excel</abbr> and L<sup>A</sup>T<sub><big>E</big></sub>X formats
124 </li>
125 <li>import data and MySQL structures from <abbr title="Microsoft Excel 97-2003 and Excel 2007">Microsoft Excel</abbr> and OpenDocument spreadsheets, as well as <abbr title="Extensible Markup Language">XML</abbr>, <abbr title="Comma Separated Values">CSV</abbr>, and <abbr title="Server Query Language">SQL</abbr> files</li>
129 <li>using Query-by-example (QBE), create complex queries automatically
130 connecting required tables</li>
132 your Database layout</li>
134 <li>transform stored data into any format using a set of predefined
135 functions, like displaying BLOB-data as image or download-link
136 </li>
143 </li>
144 <li>synchronize two databases residing on the same as well as remote servers
146 </li>
148 </ul>
151 <p> Many people have difficulty
152 understanding the concept of user management with regards to phpMyAdmin. When
153 a user logs in to phpMyAdmin, that username and password are passed directly
154 to MySQL. phpMyAdmin does no account management on its own (other than
155 allowing one to manipulate the MySQL user account information); all users
156 must be valid MySQL users.</p>
165 <!-- INSTALLATION -->
173 </ol>
176 phpMyAdmin does not apply any special security methods to the MySQL database
177 server. It is still the system administrator's job to grant permissions on
179 be used for this.
180 </p>
188 So you'll have to resave as in BBEdit to Unix style ALL phpMyAdmin scripts
189 before uploading them to your server, as PHP seems not to like
194 <ol><li>Choose an appropriate distribution kit from the phpmyadmin.net
195 Downloads page. Some kits contain only the English messages,
196 others contain all languages in UTF-8 format (this should be fine
197 in most situations), others contain all
198 languages and all character sets. We'll assume you chose a kit whose
200 </li>
201 <li>Untar or unzip the distribution (be sure to unzip the subdirectories):
203 document root. If you don't have direct access to your document root,
204 put the files in a directory on your local machine, and, after step 4,
205 transfer the directory on your web server using, for example, ftp.</li>
206 <li>Ensure that all the scripts have the appropriate owner (if PHP is
207 running in safe mode, having some scripts with an owner different
208 from the owner of other scripts will be a
213 <li>Now you must configure your installation. There are two methods that
214 can be used. Traditionally, users have hand-edited a copy of
216 provided for those who prefer a graphical installation. Creating a
217 <tt>config.inc.php</tt> is still a quick way to get started and needed for some advanced features.
218 <ul><li>To manually create the file, simply use your text editor to
221 file) in the main (top-level) phpMyAdmin directory (the one
225 default value is okay for a particular setting, there is no
227 few directives to get going, a simple configuration may look
228 like this:
229 <pre>
230 <?php
231 $cfg['blowfish_secret'] = 'ba17c1ec07d65003'; // use here a value of your choice
233 $i=0;
234 $i++;
235 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';
236 ?>
237 </pre>
238 Or, if you prefer to not be prompted every time you log in:
239 <pre>
240 <?php
242 $i=0;
243 $i++;
244 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
245 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'cbb74bc'; // use here your password
246 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';
247 ?>
248 </pre>
249 For a full explanation of possible configuration values, see the
255 directory. This is a security measure. On a Linux/Unix system you
256 can use the following commands:
257 <pre>
258 cd phpMyAdmin
259 mkdir config # create directory for saving
260 chmod o+rw config # give it world writable permissions
261 </pre>
262 And to edit an existing configuration, copy it over first:
263 <pre>
264 cp config.inc.php config/ # copy current configuration for editing
265 chmod o+w config/config.inc.php # give it world writable permissions
266 </pre>
267 On other platforms, simply create the folder and ensure that your
276 the webserver does not have the proper permissions you may see the
278 config/</tt> directory exists and has the proper permissions -
280 and upload (via FTP or some similar means) to the proper location.<br /><br />
282 Once the file has been saved, it must be moved out of the <tt>
283 config/</tt> directory and the permissions must be reset, again
284 as a security measure:
285 <pre>
286 mv config/config.inc.php . # move file to current directory
287 chmod o-rw config.inc.php # remove world read and write permissions
288 rm -rf config # remove not needed directory
289 </pre>
290 Now the file is ready to be used. You can choose to review or edit
291 the file with your favorite editor, if you prefer to set some
292 advanced options which the setup script does not provide.</li></ul></li>
293 <li>If you are using the
295 protect the phpMyAdmin installation directory because using
296 config does not require a user to
297 enter a password to access the phpMyAdmin installation. Use of an alternate
298 authentication method is recommended, for example with
306 in your browser. phpMyAdmin should now display a welcome screen
307 and your databases, or a login dialog if using
309 authentication mode.</li>
312 Apache you can use supplied .htaccess file in that folder, for other
313 webservers, you should configure this yourself. Such configuration
314 prevents from possible path exposure and cross side scripting
315 vulnerabilities that might happen to be found in that code.</li>
316 <li>
317 It is generally good idea to protect public phpMyAdmin installation
318 against access by robots as they usually can not do anything good
320 your webserver or limit access by web server configuration. You can
323 </li>
324 </ol>
328 <p> For a whole set of new features (bookmarks, comments,
330 tracking mechanism,
332 transformation, etc.) you need to create a set of special tables. Those
333 tables can be located in your own database, or in a central database for a
334 multi-user installation (this database would then be accessed by the
335 controluser, so no other user should have rights to it).</p>
345 <p> You can use your phpMyAdmin to create the tables for you. Please be aware
346 that you may need special (administrator) privileges to create the database
347 and tables, and that the script may need some tuning, depending on the
348 database name.</p>
353 section</a>. You will also need to have a controluser with the proper rights
360 unpacked one. Configuration files from old versions may
361 require some tweaking as some options have been changed or removed; in
363 so you better remove it from your file and just use the default one.
365 statement that you might find near the end of your configuration file.</p>
369 is version-specific.</p>
372 version 4.1.2 or newer and if you use the pmadb/linked table infrastructure,
373 you should run the SQL script found in
380 where you want to give users access to their own database and don't want
381 them to play around with others.<br />
382 Nevertheless be aware that MS Internet Explorer seems to be really buggy
384 in this area!<br />
387 that your user/password pair are not in clear in the configuration file.
388 </li>
391 authentication modes are more secure: the MySQL login information does
392 not need to be set in the phpMyAdmin configuration file (except possibly
394 However, keep in mind that the password travels in plain text, unless
395 you are using the HTTPS protocol.<br />
396 In cookie mode, the password is stored, encrypted with the blowfish
397 algorithm, in a temporary cookie.</li>
409 file under the
411 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser']</a></tt> and
416 only an example: use something else in your file!</b> Input these
417 statements from the phpMyAdmin SQL Query window or mysql command–line
418 client.<br />
420 if it's not the same as the MySQL server's one.
422 <pre>
423 GRANT USAGE ON mysql.* TO 'pma'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'pmapass';
424 GRANT SELECT (
425 Host, User, Select_priv, Insert_priv, Update_priv, Delete_priv,
426 Create_priv, Drop_priv, Reload_priv, Shutdown_priv, Process_priv,
427 File_priv, Grant_priv, References_priv, Index_priv, Alter_priv,
428 Show_db_priv, Super_priv, Create_tmp_table_priv, Lock_tables_priv,
429 Execute_priv, Repl_slave_priv, Repl_client_priv
430 ) ON mysql.user TO 'pma'@'localhost';
431 GRANT SELECT ON mysql.db TO 'pma'@'localhost';
432 GRANT SELECT ON mysql.host TO 'pma'@'localhost';
433 GRANT SELECT (Host, Db, User, Table_name, Table_priv, Column_priv)
434 ON mysql.tables_priv TO 'pma'@'localhost';</pre>
436 If you want to use the many new relation and bookmark features:
438 <pre>
440 </pre>
446 on a set of particular databases. Normally you shouldn't give global
447 privileges to an ordinary user, unless you understand the impact of those
448 privileges (for example, you are creating a superuser).<br />
452 <pre>
453 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON user_base.* TO 'real_user'@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'real_password';
454 </pre>
456 What the user may now do is controlled entirely by the MySQL user
457 management system.<br />
459 authentication mode, you don't need to fill the user/password fields
461 array.</li>
462 </ul>
467 method and allows you to log in as any valid MySQL user.</li>
468 <li>Is supported with most PHP configurations. For
481 mode.</li>
482 </ul>
486 <ul><li>You can use this method as a replacement for the
488 (for example, if you're running
490 <li>Obviously, the user must enable cookies in the browser, but this is
491 now a requirement for all authentication modes.</li>
492 <li>With this mode, the user can truly log out of phpMyAdmin and log in back
493 with the same username.</li>
494 <li>If you want to log in to arbitrary server see
499 not required.</li>
500 </ul>
504 <ul><li>This mode is a convenient way of using credentials from another
505 application to authenticate to phpMyAdmin.</li>
506 <li>The other application has to store login information into
507 session data.</li>
509 section.</li>
510 </ul>
513 <ul><li>This mode is the less secure one because it requires you to fill the
515 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user']</a> and
517 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password']</a> fields (and as a result, anyone who
518 can read your config.inc.php can discover your username and password).
519 <br />
526 is an entry explaining how to protect your configuration file.</li>
527 <li>For additional security in this mode, you may wish to consider the Host
528 authentication
530 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['order']</a> and
532 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules']</a> configuration
533 directives.</li>
534 <li>Unlike cookie and http, does not require a user to log in when first
535 loading the phpMyAdmin site. This is by design but could allow any
536 user to access your installation. Use of some restriction method is
538 HTTP-AUTH directive or disallowing incoming HTTP requests at
539 one’s router or firewall will suffice (both of which
540 are beyond the scope of this manual but easily searchable with Google).</li>
541 </ul>
543 <p>
544 The Swekey is a low cost authentication USB key that can be used in
545 web applications.<br /><br />
546 When Swekey authentication is activated, phpMyAdmin requires the
547 users's Swekey to be plugged before entering the login page (currently
548 supported for cookie authentication mode only). Swekey Authentication is
549 disabled by default.<br /><br />
551 </p>
552 <pre>
553 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_swekey_config'] = '/etc/swekey.conf';
554 </pre>
555 <p>
557 each user with their Swekey Id. It is important to place this file outside
558 of your web server's document root (in the example, it is located in <tt>/etc</tt>). A self documented sample file is provided
560 users' information.<br /><br />
561 If you want to purchase a Swekey please visit
563 since this link provides funding for phpMyAdmin.
564 </p>
565 <!-- CONFIGURATION -->
569 users:</span> PHP does not seem to like
573 before saving a script you have modified.</p>
578 section to create one. This file only needs to contain the parameters you want to
579 change from their corresponding default value in
582 <p> The parameters which relate to design (like colors) are placed in
585 your site specific code to be included on start and end of each page.</p>
589 (with full path) to your phpMyAdmin installation's directory.
592 some web servers are case–sensitive.
595 Starting with version 2.3.0, it is advisable to try leaving this
596 blank. In most cases phpMyAdmin automatically detects the proper
597 setting. Users of port forwarding will need to set PmaAbsoluteUri (<a
598 href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1340187&group_id=23067&atid=377409">more info</a>).
599 A good test is to browse a table, edit a row and save it. There should
600 be an error message if phpMyAdmin is having trouble auto–detecting
601 the correct value. If you get an error that this must be set or if
602 the autodetect code fails to detect your path, please post a bug
603 report on our bug tracker so we can improve the code.</dd>
607 with master / foreign – tables (see
609 <br />
610 If you tried to set this up and it does not work for you, have a look on
612 use it. You will find a link that will analyze why those features have
613 been disabled.<br />
614 If you do not want to use those features set this variable to
618 <dd>A warning is displayed on the main page if Suhosin is detected.
620 from appearing.</dd>
623 <dd>Disable the default warning that is displayed if mcrypt is missing for
624 cookie authentication.
626 from appearing.</dd>
630 domain to call phpMyAdmin inside a frame, and is a potential security
631 hole allowing cross-frame scripting attacks.</dd>
635 algorithm to encrypt the password.<br />
637 passphrase of your choice. It will be used internally by the blowfish
638 algorithm: you won’t be prompted for this passphrase. There is
639 no maximum length for this secret.<br /><br />
641 Since version 3.1.0 phpMyAdmin can generate this on the fly, but it
642 makes a bit weaker security as this generated secret is stored in
643 session and furthermore it makes impossible to recall user name from
644 cookie.</dd>
648 MySQL servers. Therefore, a
650 been added which contains the login information for the different servers.
651 The first
653 contains the hostname of the first server, the second
655 the hostname of the second server, etc. In
657 server definition, however you can put as many as you need in
659 have to define all settings, just those you need to change).</dd>
663 $i-th MySQL-server. E.g. localhost.</dd>
668 ignores this port number and connects with the socket, so if you want
669 to connect to a port different from the default port, use
672 </dd>
676 To determine the correct socket, check your MySQL configuration or, using the
678 Among the resulting information displayed will be the socket used.</dd>
681 <dd>Whether to enable SSL for connection to MySQL server.
682 </dd>
685 <dd>What type connection to use with the MySQL server. Your options are
687 is nearly guaranteed to be available on all MySQL servers, while
688 sockets are not supported on some platforms.<br /><br />
690 To use the socket mode, your MySQL server must be on the same machine
691 as the Web server.</dd>
694 <dd>What php MySQL extension to use for the connection. Valid options are:
695 <br /><br />
698 The classic MySQL extension. This is the recommended and default
699 method at this time.<br /><br />
702 The improved MySQL extension. This extension became available
703 with php 5.0.0 and is the recommended way to connect to a server
707 <dd>Whether to use a compressed protocol for the MySQL server connection
708 or not (experimental).<br />
714 </dt>
716 all relational features (see
718 and, for a MySQL server previous to 4.1.2 or running with
721 authentication mode).<br /><br />
724 cookie authentication modes (or 'config'
725 authentication mode since phpMyAdmin 2.2.1), you need to supply the
730 This account is used to check what databases the user will see at
731 login.<br />
735 In phpMyAdmin versions before 2.2.5, those were called
739 <tt>['<abbr title="HyperText Transfer Protocol">HTTP</abbr>'|'http'|'cookie'|'config'|'signon']</tt></dt>
740 <dd>Whether config or cookie or
742 should be used for this server.
744 is the plain old way: username and password are stored in
746 <li>'cookie' authentication mode
748 2.2.3 allows you to log in as any valid MySQL user with the
749 help of cookies. Username and password are stored in
750 cookies during the session and password is deleted when it
751 ends. This can also allow you to log in in arbitrary server if
752 <tt><a href="#AllowArbitraryServer" class="configrule">$cfg['AllowArbitraryServer']</a></tt> enabled.
753 </li>
754 <li>'<abbr title="HyperText Transfer Protocol">HTTP</abbr>' authentication (was called 'advanced' in previous versions and can be written also as 'http')
755 (<tt>$auth_type = '<abbr title="HyperText Transfer Protocol">HTTP</abbr>'</tt>) as introduced in 1.3.0
756 allows you to log in as any valid MySQL user via HTTP-Auth.</li>
757 <li>'signon' authentication mode
759 as introduced in 2.10.0 allows you to log in from prepared PHP
760 session data. This is useful for implementing single signon
761 from another application. Sample way how to seed session is in
767 </ul>
770 for more information.
771 </dd>
773 <span id="cfg_Servers_auth_http_realm">$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_http_realm']</span> string<br />
774 </dt>
775 <dd>
776 When using auth_type = '<abbr title="HyperText Transfer Protocol">HTTP</abbr>', this field allows to define a custom
777 <abbr title="HyperText Transfer Protocol">HTTP</abbr> Basic Auth Realm which will be displayed to the user. If not explicitly
778 specified in your configuration, a string combined of "phpMyAdmin " and either
781 </dd>
783 <span id="cfg_Servers_auth_swekey_config">$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_swekey_config']</span> string<br />
784 </dt>
785 <dd>
787 names for hardware authentication. Leave empty to deactivate this feature.
788 </dd>
792 </dt>
793 <dd>
794 When using auth_type = 'config', this is the user/password-pair
795 which phpMyAdmin will use to connect to the
796 MySQL server. This user/password pair is not needed when <abbr title="HyperText Transfer Protocol">HTTP</abbr> or
797 cookie authentication is used and should be empty.</dd>
799 <span
801 </dt>
802 <dd>
803 Allow attempt to log in without password when a login with password
804 fails. This can be used together with http authentication, when
805 authentication is done some other way and phpMyAdmin gets user name
806 from auth and uses empty password for connecting to MySQL. Password
807 login is still tried first, but as fallback, no password method is
808 tried.</dd>
811 </dt>
812 <dd>
813 If set to a (an array of) database name(s), only this (these) database(s)
814 will be shown to the user. Since phpMyAdmin 2.2.1, this/these
815 database(s) name(s) may contain MySQL wildcards characters
819 This setting is an efficient way to lower the server load since the
820 latter does not need to send MySQL requests to build the available
822 privileges rules of the MySQL database server</span>. If set, it just
823 means only these databases will be displayed but
825 <br /><br />
827 An example of using more that one database:
829 <br /><br />
831 As of phpMyAdmin 2.5.5 the order inside the array is used for sorting the
832 databases in the left frame, so that you can individually arrange your databases.<br />
833 If you want to have certain databases at the top, but don't care about the others, you do not
834 need to specify all other databases. Use:
836 instead to tell phpMyAdmin that it should display db3 and db4 on top, and the rest in alphabetic
837 order.</dd>
840 </dt>
841 <dd>Regular expression for hiding some databases. This only hides them
842 from listing, but a user is still able to access them (using, for example,
843 the SQL query area). To limit access, use the MySQL privilege system.
844 <br /><br />
849 More information on regular expressions can be found in the
851 PCRE pattern syntax</a> portion of the PHP reference manual.
852 </dd>
855 <dd>Only useful when using phpMyAdmin with multiple server entries. If set,
856 this string will be displayed instead of the hostname in the pull-down
857 menu on the main page. This can be useful if you want to show only
858 certain databases on your system, for example. For HTTP auth, all
859 non-US-ASCII characters will be stripped.</dd>
863 </dt>
864 <dd>The name of the database containing the linked-tables infrastructure.
865 <br /><br />
868 section in this document to see the benefits of this infrastructure,
869 and for a quick way of creating this database and the needed tables.
870 <br /><br />
872 If you are the only user of this phpMyAdmin installation, you can
873 use your current database to store those special tables; in this
874 case, just put your current database name in
876 set this parameter to the name of your central database containing
877 the linked-tables infrastructure.</dd>
881 </dt>
883 useful for queries you often run.<br /><br />
885 To allow the usage of this functionality:
887 <li>enter the table name in
889 </ul>
890 </dd>
894 </dt>
896 which column is a key in another table (a foreign key). phpMyAdmin
897 currently uses this to
898 <ul><li>make clickable, when you browse the master table, the data values
899 that point to the foreign table;</li>
901 when browsing the master table, if you move the mouse to a column
902 containing a foreign key (use also the 'table_info' table);<br />
905 <li>in edit/insert mode, display a drop-down list of possible foreign
909 <li>display links on the table properties page, to check referential
910 integrity (display missing foreign keys) for each described key;
911 </li>
915 schema of your database (also uses the table_coords table).</li>
916 </ul>
918 The keys can be numeric or character.<br /><br />
920 To allow the usage of this functionality:
923 infrastructure</li>
924 <li>put the relation table name in
926 <li>now as normal user open phpMyAdmin and for each one of your
927 tables where you want to use this feature, click
929 columns.
930 </li>
931 </ul>
935 future development of the cross-db relations.
936 </dd>
940 </dt>
941 <dd>
942 Since release 2.3.0 you can describe, in a special 'table_info'
943 table, which column is to be displayed as a tool-tip when moving the
944 cursor over the corresponding key.<br />
945 This configuration variable will hold the name of this special
946 table. To allow the usage of this functionality:
948 <li>put the table name in
950 'pma_table_info')</li>
951 <li>then for each table where you want to use this feature,
953 to choose the column.</li>
954 </ul>
956 </dd>
960 </dt>
963 the relations between your tables. To do this it needs two tables
968 schema output).<br /><br />
972 To allow the usage of this functionality:
975 infrastructure</li>
976 <li>put the correct table names in
979 </ul>
982 </dd>
986 </dt>
988 Since release 2.3.0 you can store comments to describe each column for
990 <br /><br />
992 Starting with release 2.5.0, comments are consequently used on the table
993 property pages and table browse view, showing up as tool-tips above the
994 column name (properties page) or embedded within the header of table in
995 browse view. They can also be shown in a table dump. Please see the
996 relevant configuration directives later on.<br /><br />
998 Also new in release 2.5.0 is a MIME-transformation system which is also
1000 Transformations</a> for further information. To use the
1001 MIME-transformation system, your column_info table has to have the three
1002 new columns 'mimetype', 'transformation', 'transformation_options'.
1003 <br /><br />
1005 To allow the usage of this functionality:
1007 infrastructure</li>
1008 <li>put the table name in
1010 'pma_column_info')</li>
1013 <pre>
1014 ALTER TABLE `pma_column_comments`
1015 ADD `mimetype` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL,
1016 ADD `transformation` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL,
1017 ADD `transformation_options` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL;
1018 </pre>
1021 renamed from<br />
1024 </ul>
1025 </dd>
1029 </dt>
1032 all queries you entered manually into the phpMyAdmin interface. If you
1033 don't want to use a table-based history, you can use the JavaScript-based
1034 history. Using that, all your history items are deleted when closing the
1035 window.<br /><br />
1037 Using
1039 you can specify an amount of history items you want to have on hold. On
1040 every login, this list gets cut to the maximum amount.<br /><br />
1042 The query history is only available if JavaScript is enabled in your
1043 browser.<br /><br />
1045 To allow the usage of this functionality:
1048 infrastructure</li>
1050 (e.g. 'pma_history')
1051 </li>
1052 </ul>
1053 </dd>
1057 </dt>
1058 <dd>
1059 Since release 3.3.x a tracking mechanism is available.
1061 is executed by phpMyAdmin. The mechanism supports logging of data manipulation
1062 and data definition statements. After enabling it you can create versions of tables.
1063 <br/><br/>
1064 The creation of a version has two effects:
1066 <ul>
1068 <li>phpMyAdmin logs all commands which change the structure and/or data of the table and links these commands with the version number.</li>
1069 </ul>
1071 Of course you can view the tracked changes. On the "Tracking" page a complete report is available for every version.
1072 For the report you can use filters, for example you can get a list of statements within a date range.
1073 When you want to filter usernames you can enter * for all names or you enter a list of names separated by ','.
1074 In addition you can export the (filtered) report to a file or to a temporary database.
1075 <br/><br/>
1077 To allow the usage of this functionality:
1079 <ul>
1082 </ul>
1083 </dd>
1086 <span id="cfg_Servers_tracking_version_auto_create">$cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking_version_auto_create']</span> boolean
1087 </dt>
1088 <dd>
1089 Whether the tracking mechanism creates versions for tables and views automatically. Default value is false.
1090 <br/><br/>
1091 If this is set to true and you create a table or view with
1093 <ul>
1096 </ul>
1098 and no version exists for it, the mechanism will
1099 create a version for you automatically.
1100 </dd>
1103 <span id="cfg_Servers_tracking_default_statements">$cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking_default_statements']</span> string
1104 </dt>
1105 <dd>
1106 Defines the list of statements the auto-creation uses for new versions. Default value is
1107 <br/>
1109 <pre>CREATE TABLE,ALTER TABLE,DROP TABLE,RENAME TABLE,
1110 CREATE INDEX,DROP INDEX,
1111 INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,TRUNCATE,REPLACE,
1112 CREATE VIEW,ALTER VIEW,DROP VIEW,
1113 CREATE DATABASE,ALTER DATABASE,DROP DATABASE</pre>
1114 </dd>
1117 <span id="cfg_Servers_tracking_add_drop_view">$cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking_add_drop_view']</span> boolean
1118 </dt>
1119 <dd>
1120 Whether a DROP VIEW IF EXISTS statement will be added as first line to the log when creating a view. Default value is true.
1121 <br/><br/>
1122 </dd>
1126 <span id="cfg_Servers_tracking_add_drop_table">$cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking_add_drop_table']</span> boolean
1127 </dt>
1128 <dd>
1129 Whether a DROP TABLE IF EXISTS statement will be added as first line to the log when creating a table. Default value is true.
1130 <br/><br/>
1131 </dd>
1134 <span id="cfg_Servers_tracking_add_drop_database">$cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking_add_drop_database']</span> boolean
1135 </dt>
1136 <dd>
1137 Whether a DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS statement will be added as first line to the log when creating a database. Default value is true.
1138 <br/><br/>
1139 </dd>
1144 </dt>
1146 to visually manage the relations.
1147 <br /><br />
1149 To allow the usage of this functionality:
1152 infrastructure</li>
1153 <li>put the table name in <tt>$cfg['Servers'][$i]['designer_coords']</tt> (e.g. 'pma_designer_coords')
1154 </li>
1155 </ul>
1156 </dd>
1159 </dt>
1161 column_info table got enhanced with three new columns. If the above variable
1163 latest table structure available. If not, it will emit a warning to the
1164 superuser.<br /><br />
1166 You can disable this checking behavior by setting the variable to false,
1167 which should offer a performance increase.<br /><br />
1169 Recommended to set to FALSE, when you are sure, your table structure is
1170 up to date.</dd>
1172 boolean</dt>
1173 <dd>Whether to allow root access. This is just a shortcut for the AllowDeny rules below.
1174 </dd>
1176 boolean</dt>
1177 <dd>Whether to allow logins without a password. The default
1179 to a MySQL server with was left with an empty password for root or
1180 on which an anonymous (blank) user is defined.
1181 </dd>
1184 </dt>
1186 authentication is disabled.<br /><br />
1189 all deny rules followed by allow rules. Access is allowed by default. Any
1190 client which does not match a Deny command or does match an Allow command
1191 will be allowed access to the server. <br /><br />
1194 applies all allow rules followed by deny rules. Access is denied by
1195 default. Any client which does not match an Allow directive or does
1196 match a Deny directive will be denied access to the server.<br /><br />
1198 If your rule order is set to 'explicit', the authentication is
1199 performed in a similar fashion to rule order 'deny,allow', with the
1203 and was available in Apache by specifying allow and deny rules without
1204 setting any order.<br /><br />
1206 Please also see <a
1208 address behind proxies.
1209 </dd>
1211 <span id="cfg_Servers_AllowDeny_rules">$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules']</span> array of strings
1212 </dt>
1213 <dd>The general format for the rules is as such:
1215 <pre>
1217 </pre>
1222 well (please note that those containing SERVER_ADDRESS might not be
1223 available on all webservers):
1224 <pre>
1230 </pre>
1232 Having an empty rule list is equivalent to either using
1238 following work:<br />
1240 <tt>xxx.xxx.xxx.[yyy-zzz]</tt> (an <abbr title="Internet Protocol">IP</abbr> address range)<br />
1241 <tt>xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/nn</tt> (CIDR, Classless Inter-Domain Routing type <abbr title="Internet Protocol">IP</abbr> addresses)<br />
1242 But the following does not work:<br />
1245 Also IPv6 addresses are not supported.
1246 </dd>
1248 <dd>Disable using <tt>INFORMATION_SCHEMA</tt> to retrieve information (use <tt>SHOW</tt> commands instead), because of speed issues when many databases are present. Currently used in some parts of the code, more to come.
1249 </dd>
1250 <dt><span id="cfg_Servers_ShowDatabasesCommand">$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ShowDatabasesCommand']</span> string</dt>
1252 DATABASES</tt> command used to fetch the name of available databases will
1253 probably be too slow, so it can be replaced by faster commands (see
1255 </dd>
1257 <dd>Whether to count the number of tables for each database when preparing the list of databases for the navigation frame.
1258 </dd>
1259 <dt><span id="cfg_Servers_SignonSession">$cfg['Servers'][$i]['SignonSession']</span> string</dt>
1260 <dd>Name of session which will be used for signon authentication method.
1261 </dd>
1263 <dd>URL where user will be redirected to log in for signon authentication method. Should be absolute including protocol.
1264 </dd>
1266 <dd>URL where user will be redirected after logout (doesn't affect config authentication method). Should be absolute including protocol.
1267 </dd>
1270 <dd>If you have more than one server configured, you can set
1272 that server when phpMyAdmin is started, or set it to 0 to be given a
1273 list of servers without logging in.<br />
1275 MUST be set to that server.</dd>
1278 <dd>The maximum number of database names to be displayed in the
1279 navigation frame and the database list.</dd>
1282 <dd>The maximum number of table names to be displayed in the
1283 main panel's list (except on the Export page). This limit is also enforced in the navigation panel
1284 when in Light mode.</dd>
1287 <dd>The maximum number of characters when a SQL query is displayed. The
1288 default limit of 1000 should be correct to avoid the display of tons
1289 of hexadecimal codes that represent BLOBs, but some users have real
1290 SQL queries that are longer than 1000 characters. Also, if a query's
1291 length exceeds this limit, this query is not saved in the history.</dd>
1294 <dd>Defines whether to use GZip output buffering for increased
1296 Set to true/false for enabling/disabling. When set to 'auto' (string),
1297 phpMyAdmin tries to enable output buffering and will automatically disable
1298 it if your browser has some problems with buffering. IE6 with a certain patch
1299 is known to cause data corruption when having enabled buffering.</dd>
1302 <dd>Whether persistent connections should be used or not (mysql_connect or
1303 mysql_pconnect).</dd>
1309 <dd>Set the number of seconds a script is allowed to run. If seconds is set
1310 to zero, no time limit is imposed.<br />
1311 This setting is used while importing/exporting dump files and in the
1312 Synchronize feature but has no effect when PHP is running in safe mode.</dd>
1319 <dd>Set the number of bytes a script is allowed to allocate. If set
1320 to zero, no limit is imposed.<br />
1321 This setting is used while importing/exporting dump files and at some
1322 other places in phpMyAdmin so you definitely don't want to put here
1323 a too low value. It has no effect when PHP is running in safe mode.<br />
1324 You can also use any string as in php.ini, eg. '16M'. Ensure
1328 <dd>Mark used tables and make it possible to show databases with locked
1333 generated by phpMyAdmin should be displayed or not.</dd>
1336 <dd>Defines whether normal users (non-administrator) are allowed to
1337 delete their own database or not. If set as FALSE, the link "Drop
1339 mydatabase" will be rejected. Quite practical for
1341 customers.<br />
1342 Please note that this limitation of SQL queries is not as strict as
1343 when using MySQL privileges. This is due to nature of SQL queries
1344 which might be quite complicated. So this choice should be viewed as
1345 help to avoid accidental dropping rather than strict privilege
1346 limitation.</dd>
1350 displayed when you're about to lose data.</dd>
1353 <dd>Define whether the previous login should be recalled or not in cookie
1354 authentication mode.<br /><br />
1356 This is automatically disabled if you do not have configured
1358 </dd>
1361 <dd>Define how long is login cookie valid. Please note that php
1362 configuration option <a href="http://php.net/manual/en/session.configuration.php#ini.session.gc-maxlifetime">session.gc_maxlifetime</a>
1363 might limit session validity and if session is lost, login cookie is
1365 at least as high is $cfg['LoginCookieValidity'] is set.</dd>
1369 means that it will be kept for existing session. This is recommended
1370 for not trusted environments.</dd>
1373 <dd>If enabled (default), logout deletes cookies for all servers,
1374 otherwise only for current one. Setting this to false makes it easy to
1375 forget to log out from other server, when you are using more of
1376 them.</dd>
1382 <dd>Define whether phpMyAdmin will continue executing a multi-query
1383 statement if one of the queries fails. Default is to abort execution.</dd>
1386 <dd>Define whether phpMyAdmin will output the results of each query of a
1387 multi-query statement embedded into the
1392 <dd>If enabled allows you to log in to arbitrary servers using cookie auth.
1393 <br /><br />
1396 MySQL servers behind the firewall where your
1398 </dd>
1407 <dd>Defines whether to use a select-based menu and display only the current
1408 tables in the left frame (smaller page). Only in Non-Lightmode you can
1409 use the feature to display nested folders using
1411 </dd>
1414 <dd>In light mode, defines whether to display the names of databases (in the
1415 selector) using a tree, see also
1417 </dd>
1420 string or array</dt>
1421 <dd>The string used to separate the parts of the database name when showing
1422 them in a tree. Alternatively you can specify more strings in an array
1423 and all of them will be used as a separator.</dd>
1426 <dd>Defines a string to be used to nest table spaces. Defaults to '__'.
1427 This means if you have tables like 'first__second__third' this will be
1429 If set to FALSE or empty, the feature is disabled. NOTE: You should
1430 not use this separator at the beginning or end of a
1431 table name or multiple times after another without any other
1432 characters in between.</dd>
1435 <dd>Defines how many sublevels should be displayed when splitting
1436 up tables by the above separator.</dd>
1439 <dd>Defines whether to display table comment as tool-tip in left frame or
1440 not.</dd>
1443 <dd>If tool-tips are enabled and a DB comment is set, this will flip the
1444 comment and the real name. That means that if you have a table called
1445 'user0001' and add the comment 'MyName' on it, you will see the name
1446 'MyName' used consequently in the left frame and the tool-tip shows
1447 the real name of the DB.</dd>
1450 <dd>Same as <a href="#cfg_ShowTooltipAliasDB" class="configrule">$cfg['ShowTooltipAliasDB']</a>, except this works for table names.
1452 When setting this to 'nested', the Alias of the Tablename is only used
1453 to split/nest the tables according to the
1455 directive. So only the folder is called like the Alias, the tablename itself
1456 stays the real tablename.</dd>
1459 <dd>Defines whether or not to display the phpMyAdmin logo at the top of the left frame.
1462 <dd>Enter URL where logo in the navigation frame will point to.
1463 For use especially with self made theme which changes this.
1472 <dd>Defines whether or not to display a server choice at the top of the left frame.
1473 Defaults to FALSE.</dd>
1475 <dd>Defines whether to display this server choice as links instead of in a drop-down.
1476 Defaults to FALSE (drop-down).</dd>
1478 <dd>Defines whether to display database choice in light navigation frame as links
1479 instead of in a drop-down. Defaults to 'auto' - on main page list is
1480 shown, when database is selected, only drop down is displayed.</dd>
1483 <dd>Defines the tab displayed by default when clicking the small
1484 icon next to each table name in the navigation panel. Possible
1490 <dd>Defines whether or not to display space usage and statistics about databases
1491 and tables.<br />
1492 Note that statistics requires at least MySQL 3.23.3 and that, at this
1493 date, MySQL doesn't return such information for Berkeley DB tables.</dd>
1496 <dd>Defines whether to display detailed server information on main page.
1497 You can additionally hide more information by using
1499 </dd>
1504 </dt>
1507 not at the starting main (right) frame. This setting
1508 does not check MySQL commands entered directly.<br /><br />
1510 Please note that to block the usage of phpinfo() in scripts, you
1517 hard coded password value in the configuration file, end users can't
1518 be allowed to change their passwords.</dd>
1521 <dd>Defines whether to suggest a database name on the
1525 <dd>Defines whether navigation bar buttons and the right panel top menu
1526 contain text or symbols only. A value of TRUE displays icons, FALSE
1527 displays text and 'both' displays both icons and text.</dd>
1530 <dd>Defines whether a user should be displayed a
1534 <dd>Number of rows displayed when browsing a result set. If the result set
1541 DATE, DATETIME and TIMESTAMP, ascending order else- by default.</dd>
1545 option is ticked by default.</dd>
1549 from editing when browsing a table's content. Valid values are:
1554 </ul>
1555 </dd>
1558 <dd>Defines whether or not MySQL functions fields should be initially
1559 displayed in edit/insert mode. Since version 2.10, the user can
1560 toggle this setting from the interface.
1561 </dd>
1564 <dd>Defines whether or not type fields should be initially
1565 displayed in edit/insert mode. The user can
1566 toggle this setting from the interface.
1567 </dd>
1570 <dd>Defines which type of editing controls should be used for CHAR and
1571 VARCHAR columns. Possible values are:
1572 <ul><li>input - this allows to limit size of text to size of columns in
1573 MySQL, but has problems with newlines in columns</li>
1574 <li>textarea - no problems with newlines in columns, but also no
1575 length limitations</li>
1576 </ul>
1577 Default is old behavior so input.</dd>
1583 <dd>If there are fewer items than this in the set of foreign keys, then a
1584 drop-down box of foreign keys is presented, in the style described by the
1586 setting.</dd>
1589 <dd>For the foreign key drop-down fields, there are several methods of
1590 display, offering both the key and value data. The contents of the
1591 array should be one or both of the following strings:
1597 </dt>
1598 <dd>Defines whether to allow the use of zip/GZip/BZip2 compression when
1599 creating a dump file</dd>
1602 </dt>
1603 <dd>Defines whether to allow on the fly compression for GZip/BZip2
1604 compressed exports. This doesn't affect smaller dumps and allows users to
1605 create larger dumps that won't otherwise fit in memory due to php
1606 memory limit. Produced files contain more GZip/BZip2 headers, but all
1607 normal programs handle this correctly.</dd>
1611 mainframe.</dd>
1615 properties links (like 'Browse', 'Select', 'Insert', ...).<br /> Can be
1620 <dd>How many columns will be utilized to display the tables on the
1621 database property view? Default is 1 column. When setting this to a
1622 value larger than 1, the type of the database will be omitted for more
1623 display space.</dd>
1627 <dd>Defines the tab displayed by default on server view. Possible
1634 <dd>Defines the tab displayed by default on database view. Possible
1639 <dd>Defines the tab displayed by default on table view. Possible
1646 points to the MySQL documentation (type depends
1647 on <a href="#cfg_MySQLManualType" class="configrule">$cfg['MySQLManualType']</a>), appropriate help links are
1648 generated.<br />
1650 for more information about MySQL manuals and their types.</dd>
1653 <dd>Type of MySQL documentation:
1659 </ul>
1660 </dd>
1663 <dd>Defines the default language to use, if not browser-defined or
1664 user-defined.<br />
1665 The corresponding language file needs to be in
1667 </dd>
1670 <dd>Defines the default connection collation to use, if not
1671 user-defined.<br />
1677 The corresponding language file needs to be in
1679 </dd>
1682 <dd>Limit list of available languages to those matching the given regular
1683 expression. For example if you want only Czech and English, you should
1687 <dd>Default character set to use for recoding of MySQL queries. This must be
1688 enabled and it's described by
1690 option.<br />
1691 You can give here any character set which is in
1693 array and this is just default choice, user can select any of them.</dd>
1696 <dd>Allow character set recoding of MySQL queries. You need recode or iconv
1697 support (compiled in or module) in PHP to allow MySQL queries recoding
1698 and used language file must have it enabled (by default only these
1699 which are in Unicode, just to avoid losing some characters).<br /><br />
1702 in the Export and Import pages, to choose the character set when
1703 exporting a file. The default value in this menu comes from
1705 </dd>
1708 <dd>You can select here which functions will be used for character set
1709 conversion. Possible values are:
1710 <ul><li>auto - automatically use available one (first is tested
1711 iconv, then recode)</li>
1714 </ul>
1715 Default is auto.</dd>
1718 <dd>Specify some parameters for iconv used in charset conversion. See
1721 used, so that invalid characters will be transliterated.</dd>
1724 <dd>Available character sets for MySQL conversion. You can add your own (any of
1725 supported by recode/iconv) or remove these which you don't use.
1726 Character sets will be shown in same order as here listed, so if you
1727 frequently use some of these move them to the top.</dd>
1732 default empty, you need to fill in some trusted proxy servers if you
1733 want to use rules for IP addresses behind proxy.<br /><br />
1735 The following example specifies that phpMyAdmin should trust a
1737 <pre>
1738 $cfg['TrustedProxies'] =
1740 </pre>
1741 The $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules'] directive uses the
1742 client's IP address as usual.
1743 </dd>
1747 MIME transformations.<br />
1748 Possible values are:
1749 <ul><li>auto - automatically detect, this is a bit expensive
1751 according to your server real possibilities</li>
1754 </ul>
1755 Default is auto.
1756 </dd>
1759 <dd>
1760 We normally check the permissions on the configuration file to ensure
1761 it's not world writable. However, phpMyAdmin could be installed on
1762 a NTFS filesystem mounted on a non-Windows server, in which case the
1763 permissions seems wrong but in fact cannot be detected. In this case
1765 </dd>
1768 <dd>
1769 Limit for length of URL in links. When length would be above this limit, it
1770 is replaced by form with button.
1771 This is required as some web servers (IIS) have problems with long URLs.
1773 </dd>
1777 </dd>
1779 <dt><span id="cfg_NaviBackground">$cfg['NaviBackground']</span> string [valid css code for background]<br />
1780 <span id="cfg_MainBackground">$cfg['MainBackground']</span> string [valid css code for background]
1781 </dt>
1782 <dd>The background styles used for both the frames.
1785 <dt id="cfg_NaviPointerBackground">$cfg['NaviPointerBackground'] string [valid css code for background]<br />
1787 <dd>The style used for the pointer in the navi frame.
1791 </dt>
1792 <dd>The color used for the database name in the navi frame.
1801 </dd>
1805 <dd>The style used for table headers. See
1810 </dd>
1814 </dd>
1816 <dt><span id="cfg_BrowsePointerBackground">$cfg['BrowsePointerBackground'] </span>string [HTML color]<br />
1818 <span id="cfg_BrowseMarkerBackground">$cfg['BrowseMarkerBackground'] </span>string [HTML color]<br />
1820 </dt>
1822 The former feature highlights the row over which your mouse is passing
1823 and the latter lets you visually mark/unmark rows by clicking on
1824 them.<br />
1829 <dd>You put here a valid CSS font family value, for example
1834 <dd>You put here a valid CSS font family value, for example
1848 </dt>
1850 This value will be emphasized (*2) for <abbr title="structured query language">SQL</abbr> query textareas and (*1.25) for
1852 The Char* values are used for CHAR and VARCHAR editing (if configured
1856 </dt>
1860 </dt>
1861 <dd>Defines if the whole textarea of the query box will be selected on
1862 click.</dd>
1865 </dt>
1866 <dd>Enable Ctrl+Arrows (Option+Arrows in Safari) moving between fields when
1867 editing.</dd>
1870 <dd>Maximum number of characters showen in any non-numeric column on browse view.
1871 Can be turned off by a toggle button on the browse page.</dd>
1875 </dt>
1876 <dd>Defines the place where modify and delete links would be put when
1877 tables contents are displayed (you may have them displayed both at the
1878 left and at the right).
1884 Define which one is displayed by default. The first mode displays each
1885 row on a horizontal line, the second rotates the headers by 90
1886 degrees, so you can use descriptive headers even though columns only
1887 contain small values and still print them out. The vertical mode sorts
1888 each row on a vertical lineup.
1889 </dd>
1892 <dd>
1893 The HeaderFlipType can be set to 'auto', 'css' or 'fake'. When using
1894 'css' the rotation of the header for horizontalflipped is done via
1895 CSS. The CSS transformation currently works only in Internet
1896 Explorer.If set to 'fake' PHP does the transformation for you, but of
1897 course this does not look as good as CSS. The 'auto' option enables
1898 CSS transformation when browser supports it and use PHP based one
1899 otherwise.
1900 </dd>
1904 string or integer</dt>
1905 <dd>When editing/creating new columns in a table all fields normally get
1906 lined up one field a line. (default: 'horizontal'). If you set this to
1907 'vertical' you can have each field lined up vertically beneath each
1908 other. You can save up a lot of place on the horizontal direction and
1909 no longer have to scroll. If you set this to integer, editing of fewer
1910 columns will appear in 'vertical' mode, while editing of more columns
1911 still in 'horizontal' mode. This way you can still effectively edit
1912 large number of columns, while having full view on few of them.</dd>
1916 </dt>
1918 display of column comments in Browse or Property display. In browse
1919 mode, the comments are shown inside the header. In property mode,
1920 comments are displayed using a CSS-formatted dashed-line below the
1921 name of the column. The comment is shown as a tool-tip for that column.
1922 </dd>
1934 <dd>Whether to display a link to validate a query in any SQL Query box.
1941 <dd>
1942 The name of the directory where
1944 uploaded by other means than phpMyAdmin (for example, ftp). Those files
1945 are available under a drop-down box when you click the database or
1946 table name, then the Import tab.
1947 <br /><br />
1949 If you want different directory for each user, %u will be replaced
1950 with username.<br /><br />
1954 compressed formats is enabled).<br /><br />
1956 This feature is useful when your file is too big to be uploaded via
1958 uploads are disabled in PHP.<br /><br />
1960 Please note that if PHP is running in safe mode, this directory must
1961 be owned by the same user as the owner of the phpMyAdmin scripts.
1962 <br /><br />
1966 alternatives.
1967 </dd>
1970 <dd>
1971 The name of the directory where dumps can be saved.<br /><br />
1973 If you want different directory for each user, %u will be replaced
1974 with username.<br /><br />
1976 Please note that the directory must exist and has to be writable for
1977 the user running webserver.<br /><br />
1979 Please note that if PHP is running in safe mode, this directory must
1980 be owned by the same user as the owner of the phpMyAdmin scripts.
1981 </dd>
1984 <dd>
1985 The name of the directory where temporary files can be stored.
1986 <br /><br />
1988 This is needed for native MS Excel export, see
1994 <br /><br />
1996 If the directory where phpMyAdmin is installed is subject to an
1998 temporary directory in some directory accessible by the web
1999 server. However for security reasons, this directory should be outside
2000 the tree published by webserver. If you cannot avoid having this
2001 directory published by webserver, place at least an empty
2003 possible.
2004 <br /><br />
2006 This directory should have as strict permissions as possible as the only
2007 user required to access this directory is the one who runs the
2008 webserver. If you have root privileges, simply make this user owner of
2009 this directory and make it accessible only by it:
2010 <br /><br />
2012 <pre>
2013 chown www-data:www-data tmp
2014 chmod 700 tmp
2015 </pre>
2017 If you cannot change owner of the directory, you can achieve a similar
2020 <pre>
2021 chmod 700 tmp
2022 setfacl -m "g:www-data:rwx" tmp
2023 setfacl -d -m "g:www-data:rwx" tmp
2024 </pre>
2026 If neither of above works for you, you can still make the directory
2028 system reading and writing data in this directory.
2029 </dd>
2032 <dd>
2033 In this array are defined default parameters for export, names of
2034 items are similar to texts seen on export page, so you can easily
2035 identify what they mean.
2036 </dd>
2039 <dd>
2040 In this array are defined default parameters for import, names of
2041 items are similar to texts seen on import page, so you can easily
2042 identify what they mean.
2043 </dd>
2046 <dd>
2047 Repeat the headers every X cells, or 0 to deactivate.
2048 </dd>
2056 </dt>
2057 <dd>
2058 All those variables affect the query window feature. A <tt><abbr title="structured query language">SQL</abbr></tt> link
2059 or icon is always displayed on the left panel. If JavaScript is enabled in
2060 your browser, a click on this opens a distinct query window, which is
2061 a direct interface to enter <abbr title="structured query language">SQL</abbr> queries. Otherwise, the right panel
2062 changes to display a query box.<br /><br />
2064 The size of this query window can be customized with
2066 - both integers for the size in pixels. Note that normally, those
2068 theme you are using.<br /><br />
2072 opens the query window and puts the current query
2073 inside it. If set to false, clicking on the link puts the <abbr title="structured query language">SQL</abbr>
2074 query in the right panel's query box.
2075 <br /><br />
2076 The usage of the JavaScript query window is recommended if you have a
2077 JavaScript enabled browser. Basic functions are used to exchange quite
2078 a few variables, so most 4th generation browsers should be capable to
2079 use that feature. It currently is only tested with Internet Explorer 6
2080 and Mozilla 1.x.
2081 <br /><br />
2083 to a table, which has to be created by you (see <a
2085 all your queries will be appended to the form, but only as long as
2086 your window is opened they remain saved.
2087 <br /><br />
2088 When using the JavaScript based query window, it will always get
2089 updated when you click on a new table/db to browse and will focus if
2090 you click on "Edit <abbr title="structured query language">SQL</abbr>" after using a query. You can suppress updating
2091 the query window by checking the box "Do not overwrite this query from
2092 outside the window" below the query textarea. Then you can browse
2093 tables/databases in the background without losing the contents of the
2094 textarea, so this is especially useful when composing a query with
2095 tables you first have to look in. The checkbox will get automatically
2096 checked whenever you change the contents of the textarea. Please
2097 uncheck the button whenever you definitely want the query window to
2098 get updated even though you have made alterations.
2099 <br /><br />
2102 <br /><br />
2103 The query window also has a custom tabbed look to group the features.
2105 default tab to be used when opening the query window. It can be set to
2106 either 'sql', 'files', 'history' or 'full'.</dd>
2112 <dd>For InnoDB tables, determines for how large tables phpMyAdmin
2114 If the approximate row count as returned by
2117 count will be used.
2118 </dd>
2120 <dd>For VIEWs, since obtaining the exact count could have an
2121 impact on performance, this value is the maximum to be displayed, using
2123 any row counting.
2124 </dd>
2128 <dd>Utilizes a WYSIWYG editing control to easily place elements of a
2130 page. By clicking on the button 'toggle scratchboard' on the page
2131 where you edit x/y coordinates of those elements you can activate a
2132 scratchboard where all your elements are placed. By clicking on an
2133 element, you can move them around in the pre-defined area and the x/y
2134 coordinates will get updated dynamically. Likewise, when entering a
2135 new position directly into the input field, the new position in the
2136 scratchboard changes after your cursor leaves the input field.<br />
2137 You have to click on the 'OK'-button below the tables to save the new
2138 positions. If you want to place a new element, first add it to the
2139 table of elements and then you can drag the new element around.<br />
2140 By changing the paper size and the orientation you can change the size
2141 of the scratchboard as well. You can do so by just changing the
2142 dropdown field below, and the scratchboard will resize automatically,
2143 without interfering with the current placement of the elements.<br />
2144 If ever an element gets out of range you can either enlarge the paper
2145 size or click on the 'reset' button to place all elements below each
2146 other.<br />
2148 get this control to work. The basic Drag&Drop script functionality
2149 was kindly borrowed from www.youngpup.net and is underlying so
2150 specific license.</dd>
2153 <dd>Sorts database and table names according to natural order (for example,
2154 t1, t2, t10). Currently implemented in the left panel (Light mode)
2155 and in Database view, for the table list.</dd>
2166 <dd>Allows you to specify window's title bar. Following magic string can
2167 be used to get special values:
2168 <dl>
2174 <dd>Verbose MySQL server name as defined in <a href="#cfg_Servers_verbose">server configuration</a></dd>
2183 </dl>
2184 </dd>
2194 </dd>
2197 <dd>If theme manager is active, use this as the path of the subdirectory
2198 containing all the themes.</dd>
2212 </dt>
2213 <dd>Default queries that will be displayed in query boxes when user didn't
2214 specify any. Use %d for database name, %t for table name and %f for a
2215 comma separated list of column names. Note that %t and %f are only
2219 <dd>
2220 The main use of the new <abbr title="structured query language">SQL</abbr> Parser is to pretty-print <abbr title="structured query language">SQL</abbr> queries. By
2221 default we use HTML to format the query, but you can disable this by
2223 </dd>
2226 <span id="cfg_SQP">$cfg['SQP']['fmtIndUnit']</span> string [<tt>em</tt>|<tt>px</tt>|<tt>pt</tt>|<tt>ex</tt>]</dt>
2227 <dd>For the pretty-printing of <abbr title="structured query language">SQL</abbr> queries, under some cases the part of a
2228 query inside a bracket is indented. By changing
2231 specifies the units of the indent amount that you specified. This is
2232 used via stylesheets.</dd>
2235 <dd>This array is used to define the colours for each type of element of
2236 the pretty-printed <abbr title="structured query language">SQL</abbr> queries. The tuple format is<br />
2238 If you specify an empty string for the color of a class, it is ignored
2239 in creating the stylesheet.
2240 You should not alter the class names, only the colour strings.<br />
2261 <li><b>alpha_variable</b> Identifiers matching a <abbr title="structured query language">SQL</abbr> variable <tt>"@foo"</tt></li>
2265 <li><b>quote_single</b> Single quotes <tt>'</tt></li>
2266 <li><b>quote_backtick</b> Backtick quotes <tt>`</tt></li>
2267 </ul>
2268 </dd>
2272 <dd>phpMyAdmin now supports use of the <a href="http://developer.mimer.com/validator/index.htm">Mimer <abbr title="structured query language">SQL</abbr> Validator</a> service,
2273 as originally published on
2275 <br />
2276 For help in setting up your system to use the service, see the
2278 </dd>
2282 <dd>The SOAP service allows you to log in with <tt>anonymous</tt>
2283 and any password, so we use those by default. Instead, if
2284 you have an account with them, you can put your login details
2285 here, and it will be used in place of the anonymous login.</dd>
2286 </dl>
2287 </dd>
2290 <dd><b>DEVELOPERS ONLY!</b></dd>
2293 <dd><b>DEVELOPERS ONLY!</b><br />
2294 Enable logging queries and execution times to be displayed in the bottom
2295 of main page (right frame).</dd>
2298 <dd><b>DEVELOPERS ONLY!</b><br />
2299 Enable the DBG extension for debugging phpMyAdmin. Required for profiling
2300 the code.<br />
2301 For help in setting up your system to this, see the
2305 <dd><b>DEVELOPERS ONLY!</b><br />
2306 Enable profiling support for phpMyAdmin. This will append a chunk of data
2307 to the end of every page displayed in the main window with profiling
2308 statistics for that page.<br />
2309 You may need to increase the maximum execution time for this to
2310 complete successfully.<i>Profiling was removed from the code for
2311 version 2.9.0 due to licensing issues.</i></dd>
2313 <dt id="cfg_DBG_profile_threshold">$cfg['DBG']['profile']['threshold'] float (units in milliseconds)</dt>
2314 <dd><b>DEVELOPERS ONLY!</b><br />
2315 When profiling data is displayed, this variable controls the threshold of
2316 display for any profiling data, based on the average time each time has
2317 taken. If it is over the threshold it is displayed, otherwise it is not
2318 displayed. This takes a value in milliseconds. In most cases you don't need
2319 to edit this.</dd>
2322 <dd>All possible types of a MySQL column. In most cases you don't need to
2323 edit this.</dd>
2326 <dd>Possible attributes for columns. In most cases you don't need to edit
2327 this.</dd>
2330 <dd>A list of functions MySQL supports. In most cases you don't need to
2331 edit this.</dd>
2334 <dd>Mapping of column types to meta types used for preferring displayed
2335 functions. In most cases you don't need to edit this.</dd>
2338 <dd>Functions preferred for column meta types as defined in
2339 <a href="#cfg_RestrictColumnTypes" class="configrule">$cfg['RestrictColumnTypes']</a>. In most cases you don't need
2340 to edit this.</dd>
2343 <dd>Functions selected by default when inserting/changing row, Functions
2344 are defined for meta types from
2346 <code>first_timestamp</code>, which is used for first timestamp column
2347 in table.</dd>
2350 <dd>Operators available for search operations on numeric and date columns.
2351 </dd>
2354 <dd>Operators available for search operations on character columns.
2355 Note that we put <code>LIKE</code> by default instead of
2356 <code>LIKE %...%</code>, to avoid unintended performance problems
2357 in case of huge tables.</dd>
2360 <dd>Operators available for search operations on ENUM columns.</dd>
2363 <dd>Additional operators available for search operations when the
2364 column can be null.</dd>
2366 </dl>
2368 <!-- TRANSFORMATIONS -->
2374 </ol>
2378 <p> To enable transformations, you have to setup the <tt>column_info</tt> table
2380 section</a> on how to do so.</p>
2382 <p> You can apply different transformations to the contents of each column. The
2383 transformation will take the content of each column and transform it with
2384 certain rules defined in the selected transformation.</p>
2386 <p> Say you have a column 'filename' which contains a filename. Normally you would
2387 see in phpMyAdmin only this filename. Using transformations you can transform
2388 that filename into a HTML link, so you can click inside of the phpMyAdmin
2389 structure on the column's link and will see the file displayed in a new browser
2390 window. Using transformation options you can also specify strings to
2391 append/prepend to a string or the format you want the output stored in.</p>
2393 <p> For a general overview of all available transformations and their options,
2394 you can consult your
2395 <i><www.your-host.com>/<your-install-dir>/transformation_overview.php</i>
2396 installation.</p>
2398 <p> For a tutorial on how to effectively use transformations, see our
2400 the official phpMyAdmin homepage.</p>
2404 <p> Go to your <i>tbl_structure.php</i> page (i.e. reached through
2405 clicking on the 'Structure' link for a table). There click on
2406 "Change" (or change icon) and there you will see three new
2407 fields at
2408 the end of the line. They are called 'MIME-type', 'Browser transformation' and
2409 'Transformation options'.</p>
2411 <ul><li>The field 'MIME-type' is a drop-down field. Select the MIME-type
2412 that corresponds to the column's contents. Please note that
2413 transformations are inactive as long as no MIME-type is selected.</li>
2415 <li>The field 'Browser transformation' is a drop-down field. You can choose from a
2416 hopefully growing amount of pre-defined transformations. See below for information on
2417 how to build your own transformation.<br />
2419 There are global transformations and mimetype-bound transformations. Global transformations
2420 can be used for any mimetype. They will take the mimetype, if necessary, into regard.
2421 Mimetype-bound transformations usually only operate on a certain mimetype. There are
2422 transformations which operate on the main mimetype (like 'image'), which will most likely
2423 take the subtype into regard, and those who only operate on a
2424 specific subtype (like 'image/jpeg').<br />
2426 You can use transformations on mimetypes for which the function was not defined for. There
2427 is no security check for you selected the right transformation, so take care of what the
2428 output will be like.</li>
2430 <li>The field 'Transformation options' is a free-type textfield. You have to enter
2431 transform-function specific options here. Usually the transforms can operate with default
2432 options, but it is generally a good idea to look up the overview to see which options are
2433 necessary.<br />
2435 Much like the ENUM/SET-Fields, you have to split up several options using the format
2436 'a','b','c',...(NOTE THE MISSING BLANKS). This is because internally the options will be
2437 parsed as an array, leaving the first value the first element in the array, and so
2438 forth.<br />
2440 If you want to specify a MIME character set you can define it in the transformation_options.
2441 You have to put that outside of the pre-defined options of the specific mime-transform,
2443 for which you can specify 2 options and you want to append a character set, enter "'first
2444 parameter','second parameter','charset=us-ascii'". You can, however use the defaults for
2446 </ul>
2450 <p> All mimetypes and their transformations are defined through single files in
2451 the directory 'libraries/transformations/'.</p>
2453 <p> They are stored in files to ease up customization and easy adding of new
2454 transformations.</p>
2456 <p> Because the user cannot enter own mimetypes, it is kept sure that transformations
2457 always work. It makes no sense to apply a transformation to a mimetype, the
2458 transform-function doesn't know to handle.</p>
2460 <p> One can, however, use empty mime-types and global transformations which should work
2461 for many mimetypes. You can also use transforms on a different mimetype they where built
2462 for, but pay attention to option usage as well as what the transformation does to your
2463 column.</p>
2465 <p> There is a basic file called '<i>global.inc.php</i>'. This function can be included by
2466 any other transform function and provides some basic functions.</p>
2468 <p> There are 5 possible file names:</p>
2470 <ol><li>A mimetype+subtype transform:<br /><br />
2472 <tt>[mimetype]_[subtype]__[transform].inc.php</tt><br /><br />
2474 Please not that mimetype and subtype are separated via '_', which shall
2475 not be contained in their names. The transform function/filename may
2476 contain only characters which cause no problems in the file system as
2477 well as the PHP function naming convention.<br /><br />
2479 The transform function will the be called
2480 '<tt>PMA_transform_[mimetype]_[subtype]__[transform]()</tt>'.<br /><br />
2482 <b>Example:</b><br /><br />
2484 <tt>text_html__formatted.inc.php</tt><br />
2485 <tt>PMA_transform_text_html__formatted()</tt></li>
2487 <li>A mimetype (w/o subtype) transform:<br /><br />
2489 <tt>[mimetype]__[transform].inc.php</tt><br /><br />
2491 Please note that there are no single '_' characters.
2492 The transform function/filename may contain only characters which cause
2493 no problems in the file system as well as the PHP function naming
2494 convention.<br /><br />
2496 The transform function will the be called
2497 '<tt>PMA_transform_[mimetype]__[transform]()</tt>'.<br /><br />
2499 <b>Example:</b><br /><br />
2501 <tt>text__formatted.inc.php</tt><br />
2502 <tt>PMA_transform_text__formatted()</tt></li>
2504 <li>A mimetype+subtype without specific transform function<br /><br />
2506 <tt>[mimetype]_[subtype].inc.php</tt><br /><br />
2508 Please note that there are no '__' characters in the filename. Do not
2509 use special characters in the filename causing problems with the file
2510 system.<br /><br />
2512 No transformation function is defined in the file itself.<br /><br />
2514 <b>Example:</b><br /><br />
2516 <tt>text_plain.inc.php</tt><br />
2517 (No function)</li>
2519 <li>A mimetype (w/o subtype) without specific transform function<br /><br />
2521 <tt>[mimetype].inc.php</tt><br /><br />
2523 Please note that there are no '_' characters in the filename. Do not use
2524 special characters in the filename causing problems with the file system.
2525 <br /><br />
2527 No transformation function is defined in the file itself.<br /><br />
2529 <b>Example:</b><br /><br />
2531 <tt>text.inc.php</tt><br />
2532 (No function)</li>
2534 <li>A global transform function with no specific mimetype<br /><br />
2536 <tt>global__[transform].inc.php</tt><br /><br />
2538 The transform function will the be called
2539 '<tt>PMA_transform_global__[transform]()</tt>'.<br /><br />
2541 <b>Example:</b><br /><br />
2543 <tt>global__formatted</tt><br />
2544 <tt>PMA_transform_global__formatted()</tt></li>
2545 </ol>
2547 <p> So generally use '_' to split up mimetype and subtype, and '__' to provide a
2548 transform function.</p>
2550 <p> All filenames containing no '__' in themselves are not shown as valid transform
2551 functions in the dropdown.</p>
2553 <p> Please see the libraries/transformations/TEMPLATE file for adding your own transform
2554 function. See the libraries/transformations/TEMPLATE_MIMETYPE for adding a mimetype
2555 without a transform function.</p>
2557 <p> To create a new transform function please see
2558 <tt>libraries/transformations/template_generator.sh</tt>.
2559 To create a new, empty mimetype please see
2560 <tt>libraries/transformations/template_generator_mimetype.sh</tt>.</p>
2562 <p> A transform function always gets passed three variables:</p>
2564 <ol><li><b>$buffer</b> - Contains the text inside of the column. This is the text,
2565 you want to transform.</li>
2566 <li><b>$options</b> - Contains any user-passed options to a transform function
2567 as an array.</li>
2568 <li><b>$meta</b> - Contains an object with information about your column.
2569 The data is drawn from the output of the
2571 function. This means, all object properties described on the
2573 available in this variable and can be used to transform a column accordingly
2574 to unsigned/zerofill/not_null/... properties.<br />
2575 The $meta->mimetype variable contains the original MIME-type of the
2576 column (i.e. 'text/plain', 'image/jpeg' etc.)</li>
2577 </ol>
2579 <p> Additionally you should also provide additional function to provide
2580 information about the transformation to the user. This function should
2581 have same name as transformation function just with appended
2582 <code>_info</code> suffix. This function accepts no parameters and returns
2583 array with information about the transformation. Currently following keys
2584 can be used:
2585 </p>
2586 <dl>
2587 <dt><code>info</code></dt>
2588 <dd>Long description of the transformation.</dd>
2589 </dl>
2591 <!-- FAQ -->
2598 <li><a href="#faqbrowsers">Browsers or client <abbr title="operating system">OS</abbr></a></li>
2603 </ol>
2605 <p> Please have a look at our
2607 the official phpMyAdmin homepage for in-depth coverage of phpMyAdmin's
2608 features and or interface.</p>
2614 action is required or phpMyAdmin sends a blank page or a page full of
2615 cryptic characters to my browser, what can I do?</a></h4>
2617 <p> There are some known PHP bugs with output buffering and compression.<br />
2619 directive to <tt>FALSE</tt> in your <i>config.inc.php</i> file and the
2620 <tt>zlib.output_compression</tt> directive to <tt>Off</tt> in your php
2621 configuration file.<br />
2622 Furthermore, we know about such problems connected to the release
2623 candidates of PHP 4.2.0 (tested with PHP 4.2.0 RC1 to RC4) together with
2624 MS Internet Explorer. Please upgrade to the release version PHP 4.2.0.</p>
2629 <p> You should first try the latest versions of Apache (and possibly MySQL).<br />
2630 See also the
2632 entry about PHP bugs with output buffering.<br />
2633 If your server keeps crashing, please ask for help in the various Apache
2634 support groups.</p>
2638 mode under PHP 4.2.0 or 4.2.1 loaded as an Apache 2 module but can't enter the
2639 script: I'm always displayed the login screen.</a></h4>
2641 <p> This is a known PHP bug (see this
2643 official PHP bug database. It means there is and won't be any phpMyAdmin
2644 fix against it because there is no way to code a fix.</p>
2650 application misbehaved by not returning a complete set of
2652 </h4>
2654 <p> You just forgot to read the <i>install.txt</i> file from the php distribution.
2655 Have a look at the last message in this
2657 official PHP bug database.</p>
2662 and/or many error messages with the
2664 mode.</a></h4>
2666 <p> This is a known problem with the PHP
2668 filter: it's not so stable. Please use instead the cookie authentication mode.
2669 </p>
2674 <p> This seems to be a PWS bug. Filippo Simoncini found a workaround (at this
2675 time there is no better fix): remove or comment the <tt>DOCTYPE</tt>
2676 declarations (2 lines) from the scripts <i>libraries/header.inc.php</i>,
2677 <i>libraries/header_printview.inc.php</i>, <i>index.php</i>,
2678 <i>navigation.php</i> and <i>libraries/common.lib.php</i>.</p>
2683 work.</a></h4>
2685 <p> These features are based on the <tt>gzencode()</tt> and <tt>bzcompress()</tt>
2686 PHP functions to be more independent of the platform (Unix/Windows, Safe Mode
2687 or not, and so on). So, you must have PHP4 >= 4.0.4 and Zlib/Bzip2
2688 support (<tt>--with-zlib</tt> and <tt>--with-bz2</tt>).<br />
2689 We faced PHP crashes when trying to download a dump with MS Internet
2690 Explorer when phpMyAdmin is run with a release candidate of PHP 4.2.0. In
2691 this case you should switch to the release version of PHP 4.2.0.</p>
2695 an error about safe mode being in effect.</a></h4>
2697 <p> Your uploaded file is saved by PHP in the "upload dir", as
2698 defined in <i>php.ini</i> by the variable <tt>upload_tmp_dir</tt> (usually
2699 the system default is <i>/tmp</i>).<br />
2700 We recommend the following setup for Apache servers running in safe mode,
2701 to enable uploads of files while being reasonably secure:</p>
2703 <ul><li>create a separate directory for uploads: <tt>mkdir /tmp/php</tt></li>
2704 <li>give ownership to the Apache server's user.group:
2705 <tt>chown apache.apache /tmp/php</tt></li>
2706 <li>give proper permission: <tt>chmod 600 /tmp/php</tt></li>
2707 <li>put <tt>upload_tmp_dir = /tmp/php</tt> in <i>php.ini</i></li>
2708 <li>restart Apache</li>
2709 </ul>
2713 general file uploads don't work on my system and uploaded files have a
2714 <tt>Content-Type:</tt> header in the first line.</a></h4>
2716 <p> It's not really phpMyAdmin related but RedHat 7.0. You have a RedHat 7.0
2717 and you updated your PHP RPM to php-4.0.4pl1-3.i386.rpm, didn't you?<br />
2718 So the problem is that this package has a serious bug that was corrected
2719 ages ago in PHP (2001-01-28: see
2721 for more details). The problem is that the bugged package is still
2722 available though it was corrected (see
2724 for more details).<br />
2725 So please download
2726 <a href="http://www.redhat.com/swr/i386/php-4.0.4pl1-9.i386.html">the fixed package (4.0.4pl1-9)</a>
2727 and the problem should go away.<br />
2728 And that fixes the \r\n problem with file uploads!</p>
2732 phpMyAdmin running on a secure server. My browser is Internet Explorer and
2733 I'm using the Apache server.</a></h4>
2735 <p> As suggested by "Rob M" in the phpWizard forum, add this line to
2736 your <i>httpd.conf</i>:</p>
2740 <p> It seems to clear up many problems between Internet Explorer and SSL.</p>
2744 uploading a file from the query box.</a></h4>
2746 <p> Since version 2.2.4, phpMyAdmin supports servers with open_basedir
2747 restrictions. However you need to create temporary directory and
2749 The uploaded files will be moved there, and after execution of your
2755 <p> The MySQL manual explains how to
2757 reset the permissions</a>.</p>
2762 execute a bookmark.</a></h4>
2764 <p> If PHP does not have read/write access to its <tt>upload_tmp_dir</tt>, it
2765 cannot access the uploaded query.</p>
2770 submit a query from the convenient text area.</a></h4>
2772 <p> Check the <tt>post_max_size</tt> directive from your PHP configuration file
2773 and try to increase it.</p>
2777 </h4>
2779 <p> In previous MySQL versions, the <tt>User</tt> and <tt>Password</tt>columns
2780 were named <tt>user</tt> and <tt>password</tt>. Please modify your column
2781 names to align with current standards.</p>
2786 </h4>
2788 <p> Starting with version 2.7.0, the import engine has been re–written and these
2789 problems should not occur. If possible, upgrade your phpMyAdmin to the latest version
2790 to take advantage of the new import features.</p>
2792 <p> The first things to check (or ask your host provider to check) are the
2793 values of <tt>upload_max_filesize</tt>, <tt>memory_limit</tt> and
2794 <tt>post_max_size</tt> in the <i>php.ini</i> configuration file.
2795 All of these three settings limit the maximum size of data that can be
2796 submitted and handled by PHP. One user also said that post_max_size
2797 and memory_limit need to be larger than upload_max_filesize.<br /> <br />
2799 There exist several workarounds if your upload is too big or your
2800 hosting provider is unwilling to change the settings:</p>
2803 feature. This allows one to
2804 upload a file to the server via scp, ftp, or your favorite file transfer
2805 method. PhpMyAdmin is then able to import the files from the temporary
2807 section</a> of this document.</li>
2809 BigDump</a>) to split the files before uploading. We cannot support this
2810 or any third party applications, but are aware of users having success
2811 with it.</li>
2812 <li>If you have shell (command line) access, use MySQL to import the files
2813 directly. You can do this by issuing the "source" command from
2814 within MySQL: <tt>source <i>filename.sql</i></tt>.</li>
2815 </ul>
2819 support?</a></h4>
2821 <p> Since phpMyAdmin 3.0.x, only MySQL 5.0.1 and newer are supported. For
2822 older MySQL versions, you need to use 2.8.x branch. phpMyAdmin can
2823 connect to your MySQL server using PHP's classic
2826 is available in php 5.0. The latter one should be used unless you have
2827 good reason not to do so.<br />
2828 When compiling php, we strongly recommend that you manually link the MySQL
2829 extension of your choice to a MySQL client library of at least the same
2830 minor version since the one that is bundled with some PHP distributions is
2833 If your webserver is running on a windows system, you might want to try
2834 MySQL's
2836 instead of the MySQL / MySQLi extensions that are bundled with the official
2837 php Win32 builds.</p>
2841 message, "Client does not support authentication protocol requested
2842 by server; consider upgrading MySQL client"</a></h5>
2844 <p> You tried to access MySQL with an old MySQL client library. The version of
2845 your MySQL client library can be checked in your phpinfo() output.
2846 In general, it should have at least the same minor version as your server
2850 This problem is generally caused by using MySQL version 4.1 or newer. MySQL
2851 changed the authentication hash and your PHP is trying to use the old method.
2853 with the proper client library to match your MySQL installation. Your
2854 chosen extension is specified in <a href="#cfg_Servers_extension" class="configrule">$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension']</a>.
2855 More information (and several workarounds) are located in the
2857 </p>
2861 <tt>lower_case_table_names</tt> set to 1. If I create a new table with a
2862 capital letter in its name it is changed to lowercase as it should. But
2863 if I try to DROP this table MySQL is unable to find the corresponding
2864 file.</a></h4>
2866 <p> This is a bug of MySQL <= 4.0.1. Please upgrade to at least
2867 MySQL 4.0.2 or turn off your <tt>lower_case_table_names</tt>
2868 directive.</p>
2872 script seems not to know the font face I'm using!</a></h4>
2874 <p> The "FPDF" library we're using for this feature requires some
2875 special files to use font faces.<br />
2877 these files.</p>
2881 check PHP Configuration".</a></h4>
2883 <p> To connect to a MySQL server, PHP needs a set of MySQL functions called
2884 "MySQL extension". This extension may be part of the PHP
2885 distribution (compiled-in), otherwise it needs to be loaded dynamically. Its
2886 name is probably <i>mysql.so</i> or <i>php_mysql.dll</i>. phpMyAdmin tried
2887 to load the extension but failed.<br /><br />
2889 Usually, the problem is solved by installing a software package called
2890 "PHP-MySQL" or something similar.</p>
2895 and I cannot log in using cookie auth.</a></h4>
2897 <p> In <i>php.ini</i>, set <tt>mysql.max_links</tt> higher than 1.</p>
2901 so I cannot upload.</a></h4>
2903 <p> This is most likely because in <i>php.ini</i>, your <tt>file_uploads</tt>
2904 parameter is not set to "on".</p>
2908 a new table the table and column names are changed to lowercase!</a></h4>
2910 <p> This happens because the MySQL directive <tt>lower_case_table_names</tt>
2911 defaults to 1 (<tt>ON</tt>) in the Win32 version of MySQL. You can change
2912 this behavior by simply changing the directive to 0 (<tt>OFF</tt>):<br />
2913 Just edit your <tt>my.ini</tt> file that should be located in your Windows
2914 directory and add the following line to the group [mysqld]:</p>
2916 <pre>set-variable = lower_case_table_names=0</pre>
2918 <p> Next, save the file and restart the MySQL service. You can always check the
2919 value of this directive using the query</p>
2921 <pre>SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'lower_case_table_names';</pre>
2925 get characters randomly added. I am running PHP 4.2.3.</a></h4>
2928 </p>
2932 and I get problems, such as undefined variables when I run a
2935 <p> A tip from Jose Fandos: put a comment on the following two lines
2936 in httpd.conf, like this:</p>
2938 <pre>
2939 # mod_gzip_item_include file \.php$
2941 </pre>
2943 <p> as this version of mod_gzip on Apache (Windows) has problems handling
2944 PHP scripts. Of course you have to restart Apache.</p>
2949 I get the error "No input file specified" when trying to
2950 run phpMyAdmin.</a></h4>
2952 <p> This is a permission problem. Right-click on the phpmyadmin folder
2953 and choose properties. Under the tab Security, click on "Add"
2954 and select the user "IUSR_machine" from the list. Now set his
2955 permissions and it should work.</p>
2959 db_structure.php with plenty of tables).</a></h4>
2962 GZIP output buffering is enabled. If you turn off it (by
2964 in <i>config.inc.php</i>), it should work. This bug will be fixed in
2965 PHP 5.0.0.</p>
2969 message 'Errorcode: 13'. What does this mean?</a></h4>
2971 <p> This can happen due to a MySQL bug when having database / table names with
2972 upper case characters although <tt>lower_case_table_names</tt> is set to 1.
2973 To fix this, turn off this directive, convert all database and table names
2974 to lower case and turn it on again. Alternatively, there's a bug-fix
2975 available starting with MySQL 3.23.56 / 4.0.11-gamma.</p>
2979 and the columns are duplicated.</a></h4>
2981 <p> It is possible to configure Apache in such a way that PHP has problems
2982 interpreting .php files.</p>
2984 <p> The problems occur when two different (and conflicting) set of directives
2985 are used:</p>
2987 <pre>
2988 SetOutputFilter PHP
2989 SetInputFilter PHP
2990 </pre>
2992 <p> and</p>
2994 <pre>AddType application/x-httpd-php .php</pre>
2996 <p> In the case we saw, one set of directives was in
2997 <tt>/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf</tt>, while
2998 the other set was in <tt>/etc/httpd/conf/addon-modules/php.conf</tt>.<br />
2999 The recommended way is with <tt>AddType</tt>, so just comment out
3000 the first set of lines and restart Apache:</p>
3002 <pre>
3003 #SetOutputFilter PHP
3004 #SetInputFilter PHP
3005 </pre>
3010 <p> This problem is known to happen when the server is running Turck MMCache
3011 but upgrading MMCache to version 2.3.21 solves the problem.</p>
3016 <p>Yes.</p>
3017 <p>
3018 Since release 3.0 only PHP 5.2 and newer. For older PHP versions 2.9 branch
3019 is still maintained.
3020 </p>
3023 <a href="#faq1_32">1.32 Can I use <abbr title="HyperText Transfer Protocol">HTTP</abbr> authentication with <abbr title="Internet Information Services">IIS</abbr>?</a></h4>
3025 <p> Yes. This procedure was tested with phpMyAdmin 2.6.1, PHP 4.3.9 in <abbr title="Internet Server Application Programming Interface">ISAPI</abbr>
3028 <ol><li>In your <tt>php.ini</tt> file, set <tt>cgi.rfc2616_headers = 0</tt></li>
3029 <li>In <tt>Web Site Properties -> File/Directory Security -> Anonymous
3030 Access</tt> dialog box, check the <tt>Anonymous access</tt> checkbox and
3031 uncheck any other checkboxes (i.e. uncheck <tt>Basic authentication</tt>,
3032 <tt>Integrated Windows authentication</tt>, and <tt>Digest</tt> if it's
3033 enabled.) Click <tt>OK</tt>.</li>
3034 <li>In <tt>Custom Errors</tt>, select the range of <tt>401;1</tt> through
3035 <tt>401;5</tt> and click the <tt>Set to Default</tt> button.</li>
3036 </ol>
3040 PHP 5.0.4 on 64-bit systems?</a></h4>
3042 <p> Yes. This problem affects phpMyAdmin ("Call to undefined function
3043 pma_reloadnavigation"), so upgrade your PHP to the next version.</p>
3049 http://server/phpMyAdmin/index.php?server=X&db=database&table=table&target=script. For <tt>server</tt> you use the server number which refers to
3050 the order of the server paragraph in <tt>config.inc.php</tt>.
3051 Table and script parts are optional. If you want
3052 http://server/phpMyAdmin/database[/table][/script] <abbr title="Uniform Resource Locator">URL</abbr>s, you need to do
3053 some configuration. Following lines apply only for <a
3055 that you have enabled some features within global configuration. You need
3056 <code>Options FollowSymLinks</code> and <code>AllowOverride
3057 FileInfo</code> enabled for directory where phpMyAdmin is installed and
3058 you need mod_rewrite to be enabled. Then you just need to create following
3059 <code>.htaccess</code> file in root folder of phpMyAdmin installation
3060 (don't forget to change directory name inside of it):</p>
3062 <pre>
3063 RewriteEngine On
3064 RewriteBase /path_to_phpMyAdmin
3065 RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/([a-z_]+\.php)$ index.php?db=$1&table=$2&target=$3 [R]
3066 RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/([a-z_]+\.php)$ index.php?db=$1&target=$2 [R]
3067 RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)$ index.php?db=$1&table=$2 [R]
3068 RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)$ index.php?db=$1 [R]
3069 </pre>
3072 <a href="#faq1_35">1.35 Can I use <abbr title="HyperText Transfer Protocol">HTTP</abbr> authentication with Apache <abbr title="Common Gateway Interface">CGI</abbr>?</a></h4>
3074 <p> Yes. However you need to pass authentication variable to <abbr title="Common Gateway Interface">CGI</abbr> using
3075 following rewrite rule:</p>
3077 <pre>
3078 RewriteEngine On
3079 RewriteRule .* - [E=REMOTE_USER:%{HTTP:Authorization},L]
3080 </pre>
3084 </h4>
3085 <p>
3086 There can be many explanations to this and a look at your server's
3087 error log file might give a clue.
3088 </p>
3092 password encryption in cookie auth doesn't work.</a></h4>
3094 <p> If your cluster consist of different architectures, PHP code used for
3095 encryption/decryption won't work correct. This is caused by use of
3096 pack/unpack functions in code. Only solution is to use mcrypt extension
3097 which works fine in this case.</p>
3102 <p> Yes but the default configuration values of Suhosin are known to cause
3103 problems with some operations, for example editing a table with many
3104 columns and no primary key or with textual primary key.
3105 </p>
3106 <p>
3107 Suhosin configuration might lead to malfunction in some cases and it can
3108 not be fully avoided as phpMyAdmin is kind of application which needs to
3109 transfer big amounts of columns in single HTTP request, what is something
3110 what Suhosin tries to prevent. Generally all
3111 <code>suhosin.request.*</code>, <code>suhosin.post.*</code> and
3112 <code>suhosin.get.*</code> directives can have negative effect on
3113 phpMyAdmin usability. You can always find in your error logs which limit
3114 did cause dropping of variable, so you can diagnose the problem and adjust
3115 matching configuration variable.
3116 </p>
3117 <p>
3118 The default values for most Suhosin configuration options will work in most
3119 scenarios, however you might want to adjust at least following parameters:
3120 </p>
3122 <ul>
3123 <li><a href="http://www.hardened-php.net/suhosin/configuration.html#suhosin.request.max_vars">suhosin.request.max_vars</a> should be increased (eg. 2048)</li>
3124 <li><a href="http://www.hardened-php.net/suhosin/configuration.html#suhosin.post.max_vars">suhosin.post.max_vars</a> should be increased (eg. 2048)</li>
3125 <li><a href="http://www.hardened-php.net/suhosin/configuration.html#suhosin.request.max_array_index_length">suhosin.request.max_array_index_length</a> should be increased (eg. 256)</li>
3126 <li><a href="http://www.hardened-php.net/suhosin/configuration.html#suhosin.post.max_array_index_length">suhosin.post.max_array_index_length</a> should be increased (eg. 256)</li>
3127 <li><a href="http://www.hardened-php.net/suhosin/configuration.html#suhosin.request.max_totalname_length">suhosin.request.max_totalname_length</a> should be increased (eg. 8192)</li>
3128 <li><a href="http://www.hardened-php.net/suhosin/configuration.html#suhosin.post.max_totalname_length">suhosin.post.max_totalname_length</a> should be increased (eg. 8192)</li>
3129 <li><a href="http://www.hardened-php.net/suhosin/configuration.html#suhosin.sql.bailout_on_error">suhosin.sql.bailout_on_error</a> needs to be disabled (the default)</li>
3130 <li><a href="http://www.hardened-php.net/suhosin/configuration.html#logging_configuration">suhosin.log.*</a> should not include SQL, otherwise you get big slowdown</li>
3131 </ul>
3133 <p>
3135 <tt>SuhosinDisableWarning</tt> directive</a>.
3136 </p>
3140 but then my connection is redirected back to http. What can cause this
3141 behavior?</a></h4>
3143 <p> Be sure that you have enabled <tt>SSLOptions</tt> and <tt>StdEnvVars</tt>
3144 in your Apache configuration. See <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_ssl.html#ssloptions">http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_ssl.html#ssloptions</a>.</p>
3147 <a href="#faq1_40">1.40 When accessing phpMyAdmin via an Apache reverse proxy, cookie login does not work.</a></h4>
3149 <p>To be able to use cookie auth Apache must know that it has to rewrite the set-cookie headers.<br />
3150 Example from the Apache 2.2 documentation:</p>
3151 <pre>
3152 ProxyPass /mirror/foo/ http://backend.example.com/
3153 ProxyPassReverse /mirror/foo/ http://backend.example.com/
3154 ProxyPassReverseCookieDomain backend.example.com public.example.com
3155 ProxyPassReverseCookiePath / /mirror/foo/
3156 </pre>
3158 <p>Note: if the backend url looks like http://host/~user/phpmyadmin,
3159 the tilde (~) must be url encoded as %7E in the ProxyPassReverse* lines.
3160 This is not specific to phpmyadmin, it's just the behavior of Apache.
3161 </p>
3163 <pre>
3164 ProxyPass /mirror/foo/ http://backend.example.com/~user/phpmyadmin
3165 ProxyPassReverse /mirror/foo/
3166 http://backend.example.com/%7Euser/phpmyadmin
3167 ProxyPassReverseCookiePath /%7Euser/phpmyadmin /mirror/foo
3168 </pre>
3170 <p>See <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_proxy.html">http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_proxy.html</a>
3171 for more details.</p>
3175 privileges, I get an error about an unknown column.</a></h4>
3177 <p> The MySQL server's privilege tables are not up to date, you need to run
3178 the <tt>mysql_upgrade</tt> command on the server.</p>
3185 headers already sent by ..." is displayed, what's the problem?</a></h4>
3187 <p> Edit your <i>config.inc.php</i> file and ensure there is nothing
3188 (I.E. no blank lines, no spaces, no characters...) neither before the
3189 <tt><?php</tt> tag at the beginning, neither after the <tt>?></tt>
3190 tag at the end. We also got a report from a user under IIS, that used
3191 a zipped distribution kit: the file <tt>libraries/Config.class.php</tt>
3192 contained an end-of-line character (hex 0A) at the end; removing this character
3193 cleared his errors.</p>
3198 <p> Either there is an error with your PHP setup or your username/password is
3199 wrong. Try to make a small script which uses mysql_connect and see if it
3200 works. If it doesn't, it may be you haven't even compiled MySQL support
3201 into PHP.</p>
3205 connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock'
3206 (111) ..." is displayed. What can I do?</a></h4>
3208 <p> For RedHat users, Harald Legner suggests this on the mailing list:</p>
3210 <p> On my RedHat-Box the socket of MySQL is <i>/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock</i>.
3211 In your <i>php.ini</i> you will find a line</p>
3213 <pre>mysql.default_socket = /tmp/mysql.sock</pre>
3215 <p> change it to</p>
3217 <pre>mysql.default_socket = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock</pre>
3219 <p> Then restart apache and it will work.</p>
3221 <p> Here is a fix suggested by Brad Ummer:</p>
3223 <ul><li>First, you need to determine what socket is being used by MySQL.<br />
3224 To do this, telnet to your server and go to the MySQL bin directory. In
3225 this directory there should be a file named <i>mysqladmin</i>. Type
3226 <tt>./mysqladmin variables</tt>, and this should give you a bunch of
3227 info about your MySQL server, including the socket
3228 (<i>/tmp/mysql.sock</i>, for example).</li>
3229 <li>Then, you need to tell PHP to use this socket.<br /> To do this in
3230 phpMyAdmin, you need to complete the socket information in the
3231 <i>config.inc.php</i>.<br />
3232 For example:
3234 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] = '/tmp/mysql.sock';</a>
3235 <br /><br />
3237 Please also make sure that the permissions of this file allow to be readable
3238 by your webserver (i.e. '0755').</li>
3239 </ul>
3241 <p> Have also a look at the
3243 corresponding section of the MySQL documentation</a>.</p>
3247 what can I do?</a></h4>
3250 directive to <tt>FALSE</tt> in the phpMyAdmin configuration file. It helps
3251 sometime.<br />
3252 Also have a look at your PHP version number: if it contains "4.0b..."
3253 it means you're running a beta version of PHP. That's not a so good idea,
3254 please upgrade to a plain revision.</p>
3258 or a table, an error 404 (page not found) is displayed or, with <abbr title="HyperText Transfer Protocol">HTTP</abbr> or
3259 cookie authentication, I'm asked to log in again. What's wrong?</a></h4>
3261 <p> Check the value you set for the
3263 directive in the phpMyAdmin configuration file.</p>
3267 password: YES)"-error when trying to access a MySQL-Server on a
3268 host which is port-forwarded for my localhost.</a></h4>
3270 <p> When you are using a port on your localhost, which you redirect via
3271 port-forwarding to another host, MySQL is not resolving the localhost
3272 as expected.<br />
3273 Erik Wasser explains: The solution is: if your host is "localhost"
3274 MySQL (the command line tool <code>mysql</code> as well) always tries to use the socket
3275 connection for speeding up things. And that doesn't work in this configuration
3276 with port forwarding.<br />
3282 <p> Themes are configured with
3286 <br />
3288 should not delete the directory "original" or its underlying
3289 structure, because this is the system theme used by phpMyAdmin.
3290 "original" contains all images and styles, for backwards
3291 compatibility and for all themes that would not include images or css-files.
3292 <br /><br />
3295 is enabled, you can select your favorite theme on the main page. Your
3296 selected theme will be stored in a cookie.<br /><br /></p>
3298 <p> To create a theme:</p>
3300 <ul><li>make a new subdirectory (for example "your_theme_name") under
3302 (by default <tt>themes</tt>)</li>
3303 <li>copy the files and directories from "original" to
3304 "your_theme_name"</li>
3305 <li>edit the css-files in "your_theme_name/css"</li>
3306 <li>put your new images in "your_theme_name/img"</li>
3307 <li>edit <tt>layout.inc.php</tt> in "your_theme_name"</li>
3308 <li>edit <tt>info.inc.php</tt> in "your_theme_name" to
3309 contain your chosen theme name, that will be visible in user interface</li>
3310 <li>make a new screenshot of your theme and save it under
3311 "your_theme_name/screen.png"</li>
3312 </ul>
3314 <p> In theme directory there is file <tt>info.inc.php</tt> which contains
3315 theme verbose name, theme generation and theme version. These versions and
3316 generations are enumerated from 1 and do not have any direct dependence on
3317 phpMyAdmin version. Themes within same generation should be backwards
3318 compatible - theme with version 2 should work in phpMyAdmin requiring
3319 version 1. Themes with different generation are incompatible.</p>
3321 <p> If you do not want to use your own symbols and buttons, remove the
3322 directory "img" in "your_theme_name". phpMyAdmin will
3323 use the default icons and buttons (from the system-theme "original").
3324 </p>
3328 what can I do?</a></h4>
3330 <p> Here are a few points to check:</p>
3332 <ul><li>In <tt>config.inc.php</tt>, try to leave the
3334 directive empty. See also
3336 </li>
3337 <li>Maybe you have a broken PHP installation or you need to upgrade
3338 your Zend Optimizer. See
3340 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=31134</a>.
3341 </li>
3342 <li>If you are using Hardened PHP with the ini directive <tt>varfilter.max_request_variables</tt>
3343 set to the default (200) or another low value, you could get this
3344 error if your table has a high number of columns. Adjust this setting
3345 accordingly. (Thanks to Klaus Dorninger for the hint).
3346 </li>
3347 <li>In the <tt>php.ini</tt> directive <tt>arg_separator.input</tt>, a value
3348 of ";" will cause this error. Replace it with "&;".
3349 </li>
3351 you might want to increase
3353 </li>
3354 <li>The directory specified in the <tt>php.ini</tt> directive <tt>session.save_path</tt> does not exist or is read-only.
3355 </li>
3356 </ul>
3361 <p> To be able to see a progress bar during your uploads, your server must
3364 one. Moreover, the JSON extension has to be enabled in your PHP.</p>
3365 <p> If using APC, you must set <tt>apc.rfc1867</tt> to <tt>on</tt> in your php.ini.</p>
3372 who logged out can not log in again in with the same nick.</a></h4>
3374 <p> This is related to the authentication mechanism (protocol) used by
3375 phpMyAdmin. To bypass this problem: just close all the opened
3376 browser windows and then go back to phpMyAdmin. You should be able to
3377 log in again.</p>
3381 limit error or a time limit error.</a></h4>
3383 <p> Compressed dumps are built in memory and because of this are limited to
3384 php's memory limit. For GZip/BZip2 exports this can be overcome since 2.5.4
3385 using
3387 (enabled by default). Zip exports can not be handled this way, so if you need
3388 Zip files for larger dump, you have to use another way.</p>
3392 when I rename a table or a column.</a></h4>
3394 <p> This is an InnoDB bug, see <a href="http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=21704">http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=21704</a>.</p>
3398 bundled with the MySQL server distribution.</a></h4>
3400 <p> The problem is that older versions of <code>mysqldump</code> created invalid comments like this:</p>
3402 <pre>
3403 -- MySQL dump 8.22
3404 --
3405 -- Host: localhost Database: database
3406 ---------------------------------------------------------
3407 -- Server version 3.23.54
3408 </pre>
3410 <p> The invalid part of the code is the horizontal line made of dashes that
3411 appears once in every dump created with mysqldump. If you want to run your
3412 dump you have to turn it into valid MySQL. This means, you have to add a
3413 whitespace after the first two dashes of the line or add a # before it:
3414 <br />
3415 <code>
3416 -- -------------------------------------------------------<br />
3417 </code>
3418 or<br />
3419 <code>
3420 #---------------------------------------------------------
3421 </code>
3422 </p>
3429 <p> Please note that you should not use the separating string multiple times
3430 without any characters between them, or at the beginning/end of your table
3431 name. If you have to, think about using another TableSeparator or disabling
3432 that feature</p>
3437 <p> In Relation view, being able to choose a table in another database,
3438 or having more than one index column in the foreign key.<br /><br/>
3439 In Query-by-example (Query), automatic generation of the query
3440 LEFT JOIN from the foreign table.<br /><br/>
3441 </p>
3445 I get series of errors like "Warning: unable to parse url". How
3446 can this be fixed?</a></h4>
3447 <p>
3448 Your table neither have a primary key nor an unique one, so we must use a
3449 long expression to identify this row. This causes problems to parse_url
3450 function. The workaround is to create a primary or unique key.
3451 <br />
3452 </p>
3456 a MIME-Transformation onto!</a></h4>
3458 <p> Due to a surrounding form-container (for multi-row delete checkboxes), no
3459 nested forms can be put inside the table where phpMyAdmin displays the results.
3460 You can, however, use any form inside of a table if keep the parent
3461 form-container with the target to tbl_row_delete.php and just put your own
3462 input-elements inside. If you use a custom submit input field, the form will
3463 submit itself to the displaying page again, where you can validate the
3464 $HTTP_POST_VARS in a transformation.
3466 For a tutorial on how to effectively use transformations, see our
3468 on the official phpMyAdmin-homepage.</p>
3472 MySQL server</a></h4>
3474 <p> When MySQL is running in ANSI-compatibility mode, there are some major
3477 http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/ANSI_mode.html</a>). Most important of all,
3478 the quote-character (") is interpreted as an identifier quote character and
3479 not as a string quote character, which makes many internal phpMyAdmin
3481 statements. There is no workaround to this behaviour. News to this item will
3482 be posted in Bug report
3483 <a href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=816858&group_id=23067&atid=377408">#816858</a>
3484 </p>
3488 more that one column with the same value
3489 (for example <tt>SELECT lastname from employees where firstname like 'A%'</tt> and two "Smith" values are displayed),
3490 if I click Edit I cannot be sure that I am editing the intended row.</a></h4>
3492 <p> Please make sure that your table has a primary key, so that phpMyAdmin
3493 can use it for the Edit and Delete links.</p>
3498 <p> phpMyAdmin uses a quick method to get the row count, and this method
3499 only returns an approximate count in the case of InnoDB tables. See
3501 a way to modify those results, but
3502 this could have a serious impact on performance.</p>
3507 <p> The number of records in queries containing COUNT and GROUP BY is
3508 not correctly calculated. Also, sorting results of a query like
3513 containing an hyphen.
3514 </a></h4>
3515 <p>
3516 The tests I have made with current MySQL 4.1.11 API shows that the
3517 API does not accept this syntax for the USE command. Enclosing the
3518 db name with backquotes works. For further confusion, no backquotes
3519 are needed with command-line mysql.
3520 </p>
3523 <a href="#faq3_14">3.14 I am not able to browse a table when I don't have the right to SELECT one of the columns.</a></h4>
3524 <p>
3525 This has been a known limitation of phpMyAdmin since the beginning and
3526 it's not likely to be solved in the future.
3527 </p>
3529 <!-- Begin: Excel import limitations -->
3532 <a href="#faq3_15">3.15 When I import an Excel spreadsheet, some cells with calculations do not display correctly.</a></h4>
3533 <p>
3534 phpMyAdmin uses the <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/PHPExcel/" target="_blank">PHPExcel</a> library to parse Excel XLS and XLSX spreadsheets.
3535 Therefore, any limitations that are listed on their page regarding Excel calculations will also apply here.
3536 <br /><br />
3537 PHPExcel will be kept up to date so as to make all improvements available to phpMyAdmin users.
3538 </p>
3541 <a href="#faq3_16">3.16 When I compress (gzip, bzip2, zip) an Excel workbook and attempt to import it, nothing happens.</a></h4>
3542 <p>
3543 Since Excel XLSX workbooks are already compressed, there is often times only a small benefit from compressing them yet again.
3544 Support for compressed Excel XLSX and XLS workbooks may be added in the future.
3545 </p>
3548 <a href="#faq3_17">3.17 When I import an Excel spreadsheet, my custom cell types are not represented as they are in Excel.</a></h4>
3549 <p>
3550 Excel's internal representation of custom cell types is rather muddled (especially in Excel 97-2003 binary XLS files). If possible,
3551 consider using a built-in type. These are almost always guarenteed to import correctly.
3552 </p>
3554 <!-- End: Excel import limitations -->
3555 <!-- Begin: CSV import limitations -->
3558 <a href="#faq3_18">3.18 When I import a CSV file that contains multiple tables, they are lumped together into a single table.</a></h4>
3559 <p>
3560 There is no reliable way to differetiate tables in CSV format. For the time being, you will have to break apart CSV files containing multiple tables.
3561 </p>
3563 <!-- End: CSV import limitations -->
3564 <!-- Begin: Import type-detection limitations -->
3567 <a href="#faq3_19">3.19 When I import a file and have phpMyAdmin determine the appropriate data structure it only uses int, decimal, and varchar types.</a></h4>
3568 <p>
3569 Currently, the import type-detection system can only assign these MySQL types to columns. In future, more will likely be added but for the time being
3570 you will have to edit the structure to your liking post-import.
3571 <br /><br />
3572 Also, you should note the fact that phpMyAdmin will use the size of the largest item in any given column as the column size for the appropriate type. If you
3573 know you will be adding larger items to that column then you should manually adjust the column sizes accordingly. This is done for the sake of efficiency.
3574 </p>
3576 <!-- End: Import type-detection limitations -->
3578 <h3 id="faqmultiuser"><abbr title="Internet service provider">ISP</abbr>s, multi-user installations</h3>
3581 <a href="#faq4_1">4.1 I'm an <abbr title="Internet service provider">ISP</abbr>. Can I setup one central copy of phpMyAdmin or do I
3582 need to install it for each customer.
3583 </a></h4>
3584 <p>
3585 Since version 2.0.3, you can setup a central copy of phpMyAdmin for all
3586 your users. The development of this feature was kindly sponsored by
3587 NetCologne GmbH.
3588 This requires a properly setup MySQL user management and phpMyAdmin
3589 <abbr title="HyperText Transfer Protocol">HTTP</abbr> or cookie authentication. See the install section on
3591 </p>
3595 access.
3596 </a></h4>
3597 <p>
3598 This depends on your system.<br />
3599 If you're running a server which cannot be accessed by other people, it's
3600 sufficient to use the directory protection bundled with your webserver
3602 If other people have telnet access to your server, you should use
3603 phpMyAdmin's <abbr title="HyperText Transfer Protocol">HTTP</abbr> or cookie authentication features.
3604 <br /><br />
3605 Suggestions:
3606 </p>
3607 <ul>
3608 <li>
3610 </li>
3611 <li>
3612 All your phpMyAdmin files should be chown -R phpmy.apache, where phpmy
3613 is a user whose password is only known to you, and apache is the
3614 group under which Apache runs.
3615 </li>
3616 <li>
3617 You should use PHP safe mode, to protect from other users that try
3619 </li>
3620 </ul>
3625 </a></h4>
3626 <p>
3631 </p>
3634 <a href="#faq4_4">4.4 phpMyAdmin always gives "Access denied" when using <abbr title="HyperText Transfer Protocol">HTTP</abbr>
3635 authentication.
3636 </a></h4>
3640 <ul><li><a href="#cfg_Servers_controluser" class="configrule">$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser']</a>
3641 and/or
3643 are wrong.</li>
3645 <li>You have already setup a security mechanism for the
3646 phpMyAdmin-directory, eg. a .htaccess file. This would interfere with
3647 phpMyAdmin's authentication, so remove it.</li>
3648 </ul>
3655 and put the privileges you want. For example,
3657 would let a user create/manage his/her database(s).</p>
3662 <p> If you have existing rules from an old .htaccess file, you can take them
3665 be a major benefit here if your installation is suited to using it. Then
3666 you can just add those updated lines into the
3670 <p> If you want a pre-made sample, you can try this fragment. It stops the
3671 'root' user from logging in from any networks other than the private
3674 <pre>
3675 //block root from logging in except from the private networks
3676 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['order'] = 'deny,allow';
3677 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules'] = array(
3678 'deny root from all',
3679 'allow root from localhost',
3683 );
3684 </pre>
3689 <p> This happens if you are using a <abbr title="Uniform Resource Locator">URL</abbr> to start phpMyAdmin which is
3690 different than the one set in your
3692 For example, a missing "www", or entering with an <abbr title="Internet Protocol">IP</abbr> address
3693 while a domain name is defined in the config file.</p>
3698 <p>When starting phpMyAdmin, you can use the <tt>db</tt>, <tt>pma_username</tt>, <tt>pma_password</tt> and <tt>server</tt> parameters. This last one can contain either the numeric host index (from <tt>$i</tt> of the configuration file) or one of the host names present in the configuration file. Using <tt>pma_username</tt> and <tt>pma_password</tt> has been tested along with the usage of 'cookie' <tt>auth_type</tt>.</p>
3704 when trying to create a table with more than 14 columns.
3705 </a></h4>
3706 <p>
3707 We could reproduce this problem only under Win98/98SE. Testing under
3708 WinNT4 or Win2K, we could easily create more than 60 columns.
3709 <br />
3710 A workaround is to create a smaller number of columns, then come back to
3711 your table properties and add the other columns.
3712 </p>
3716 <p>
3717 This is not a phpMyAdmin problem but a Xitami known bug: you'll face it
3718 with each script/website that use forms.<br />
3719 Upgrade or downgrade your Xitami server.
3720 </p>
3723 <a href="#faq5_3">5.3 I have problems dumping tables with Konqueror (phpMyAdmin 2.2.2).</a></h4>
3724 <p>
3725 With Konqueror 2.1.1: plain dumps, zip and GZip dumps work ok, except that
3726 the proposed file name for the dump is always 'tbl_dump.php'. Bzip2 dumps
3727 don't seem to work.<br />
3729 With Konqueror 2.2.1: plain dumps work; zip dumps are placed into
3730 the user's temporary directory, so they must be moved before closing
3731 Konqueror, or else they disappear. GZip dumps give an error message.<br />
3734 </p>
3738 Explorer never stores the cookies.
3739 </a></h4>
3740 <p>
3741 MS Internet Explorer seems to be really buggy about cookies, at least till
3743 in this area!
3744 <br />
3745 Then, if you're running PHP 4.1.1, try to upgrade or downgrade... it may
3746 work!
3747 </p>
3751 rows.
3752 </a></h4>
3753 <p>
3755 </p>
3758 <a href="#faq5_6">5.6 In Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5 or 6.0, I get an error (like "Page not found")
3759 when trying to modify a row in a table with many columns, or with a text
3760 column
3761 </a></h4>
3762 <p>
3763 Your table neither have a primary key nor an unique one, so we must use a
3764 long <abbr title="Uniform Resource Locator">URL</abbr> to identify this row. There is a limit on the length of the <abbr title="Uniform Resource Locator">URL</abbr> in
3765 those browsers, and this not happen in Netscape, for example. The
3766 workaround is to create a primary or unique key, or use another browser.
3767 <br />
3768 </p>
3772 page.
3773 </a></h4>
3774 <p>
3775 Some browsers support right-clicking into the frame you want to refresh,
3776 just do this in the right frame.<br />
3777 </p>
3781 query box.
3782 </a></h4>
3783 <p>
3784 Looks like a Mozilla bug: 0.9.6 was OK. We will keep an eye on future
3785 Mozilla versions.<br />
3786 </p>
3790 whitespace in the <abbr title="structured query language">SQL</abbr>-Query edit area: the page scrolls down.
3791 </a></h4>
3792 <p>
3793 This is a Mozilla bug (see bug #26882 at
3795 </p>
3800 </a></h4>
3801 <p>
3802 This is a known Netscape 4.75 bug: it adds some line feeds when exporting
3803 data in octet-stream mode. Since we can't detect the specific Netscape
3804 version, we cannot workaround this bug.
3805 </p>
3809 wrong.</a></h4>
3811 <p> Please ensure that you have set your browser's character set to the one of the
3812 language file you have selected on phpMyAdmin's start page.
3813 Alternatively, you can try the auto detection mode that is supported by the
3814 recent versions of the most browsers.</p>
3817 <a href="#faq5_12">5.12 <acronym title="Apple Macintosh">Mac</acronym> <abbr title="operating system">OS</abbr> X: Safari browser changes special characters to
3820 <p> This issue has been reported by a <abbr title="operating system">OS</abbr> X user, who adds that Chimera,
3821 Netscape and Mozilla do not have this problem.</p>
3824 <a href="#faq5_13">5.13 With Internet Explorer 5.5 or 6, and <abbr title="HyperText Transfer Protocol">HTTP</abbr> authentication type,
3825 I cannot manage two servers: I log in to the first one, then the other one,
3826 but if I switch back to the first, I have to log in on each operation.</a></h4>
3832 but nothing happens after that, only a blank screen.</a></h4>
3843 Javascript errors. Or I cannot make phpMyAdmin work under Windows.</a></h4>
3848 address and you are starting
3850 containing a domain name, or the reverse situation.</li>
3851 <li>Security settings in IE and/or Microsoft Security Center are
3852 too high, thus blocking scripts execution.</li>
3853 <li>The Windows Firewall is blocking Apache and MySQL. You must
3857 </ul>
3860 <a href="#faq5_17">5.17 With Firefox, I cannot delete rows of data or drop a database.</a></h4>
3861 <p> Many users have confirmed that the Tabbrowser Extensions plugin they
3862 installed in their Firefox is causing the problem.</p>
3866 clause is generated when I browse a table.</a></h4>
3867 <p> This happens only when both of these conditions are met: using the
3877 </a></h4>
3878 <p>
3879 Examine the <abbr title="structured query language">SQL</abbr> error with care. Often the problem is caused by
3880 specifying a wrong column-type.<br />
3881 Common errors include:
3882 </p>
3883 <ul>
3886 </ul>
3887 <p>
3888 Also, look at the syntax chapter in the MySQL manual to confirm that your
3889 syntax is correct.
3890 </p>
3894 columns and
3895 phpMyAdmin generates only one index with those two columns.
3896 </a></h4>
3897 <p>
3898 This is the way to create a multi-columns
3899 index. If you want two indexes, create the first one when creating the
3900 table, save, then display the table properties and click the Index link to
3901 create the other index.
3902 </p>
3906 <p>
3907 Since version 2.2.3, you have a checkbox for each column that can be null.
3909 column's value. Since version 2.5.5, you have to use the checkbox to get
3911 a literal NULL in the column, and not a NULL value (this works in PHP4).
3912 </p>
3917 <p> Click on a database or table name in the left frame, the properties will be
3919 the structure, the data, or both. This will generate standard <abbr title="structured query language">SQL</abbr>
3920 statements that can be used to recreate your database/table.
3921 <br /><br />
3923 transmit the resulting dump to your station. Depending on your PHP
3924 configuration, you will see options to compress the dump. See also the
3926 configuration variable.<br /><br />
3929 this document.</p>
3934 </a></h4>
3936 <p> Click on a database name in the left frame, the properties will be
3938 of tabs in the right–hand frame (or "<abbr title="structured query language">SQL</abbr>" if your phpMyAdmin
3940 the path to your dump filename, or use the Browse button. Then click Go.
3941 <br /><br />
3943 that you upgrade to take advantage of the new features.
3944 <br /><br />
3946 in this document.
3947 </p>
3952 <p> Here is an example with the tables persons, towns and countries, all
3954 table, create it as explained in the configuration section. Then create the
3955 example tables:</p>
3957 <pre>
3958 CREATE TABLE REL_countries (
3959 country_code char(1) NOT NULL default '',
3960 description varchar(10) NOT NULL default '',
3961 PRIMARY KEY (country_code)
3962 ) TYPE=MyISAM;
3964 INSERT INTO REL_countries VALUES ('C', 'Canada');
3966 CREATE TABLE REL_persons (
3967 id tinyint(4) NOT NULL auto_increment,
3968 person_name varchar(32) NOT NULL default '',
3970 country_code char(1) NOT NULL default '',
3971 PRIMARY KEY (id)
3972 ) TYPE=MyISAM;
3974 INSERT INTO REL_persons VALUES (11, 'Marc', 'S', '');
3975 INSERT INTO REL_persons VALUES (15, 'Paul', 'S', 'C');
3977 CREATE TABLE REL_towns (
3979 description varchar(30) NOT NULL default '',
3980 PRIMARY KEY (town_code)
3981 ) TYPE=MyISAM;
3983 INSERT INTO REL_towns VALUES ('S', 'Sherbrooke');
3984 INSERT INTO REL_towns VALUES ('M', 'Montréal');
3985 </pre>
3991 <li>in Links, for "country_code" choose "REL_countries->country_code"</li>
3995 </ul>
4003 <li>In the columns row, choose persons.person_name and click the
4005 <li>Do the same for towns.description and countries.descriptions in the
4008 the correct joins have been generated</li>
4010 </ul>
4014 <p>
4015 Starting from the previous example, create the pma_table_info as explained
4016 in the configuration section, then browse your persons table,
4017 and move the mouse over a town code or country code.
4018 <br /><br />
4019 See also <a href="#faq6_21"><abbr title="Frequently Asked Questions">FAQ</abbr> 6.21</a> for an additional feature that "display column"
4020 enables: drop-down list of possible values.
4021 </p>
4024 <a href="#faqpdf">6.8 How can I produce a <abbr title="Portable Document Format">PDF</abbr> schema of my database?</a></h4>
4025 <p>
4028 <br /><br />
4029 Then you need to think about your schema layout. Which tables will go on
4030 which pages?
4031 </p>
4032 <ul>
4038 page and click Go. If you like, you
4040 linked tables onto the new page.</li>
4041 <li>Select the name of the new page (making sure the Edit radio button
4042 is selected) and click Go.</li>
4044 Coordinates are relative; your diagram will
4045 be automatically scaled to fit the page. When initially placing tables
4046 on the page, just pick any coordinates -- say, 50x50. After clicking
4048 position the element correctly.</li>
4050 first be sure to click the Save
4051 button beneath the list of tables and coordinates, to save any changes
4052 you made there. Then scroll all the way down, select the
4054 you want, and click Go.</li>
4055 <li>Internet Explorer for Windows may suggest an incorrect filename when
4060 browsers on Windows, do not have this problem.</li>
4061 </ul>
4065 columns!</a></h4>
4067 <p> No, it's MySQL that is doing
4073 underscores in the database name?</a></h4>
4075 <p> If you do not put a backslash before the underscore, this is a wildcard
4078 john2db ...<br /><br />
4080 If you put a backslash before the underscore, it means that the database
4081 name will have a real underscore.</p>
4085 statistics pages?</a></h4>
4096 if it already exists during the import. It does NOT drop the table after
4097 your export, it only affects the import file.</li>
4099 Otherwise, you may get an error if the table name exists but has a
4100 different structure.</li>
4102 (if any) will be included in backup.</li>
4104 column and table names formed with special characters are protected.</li>
4106 types set in the pmadb in the dump as
4108 </li>
4109 </ul>
4114 command, for better documentation (but resulting file is bigger).</li>
4116 once the INSERT verb and the table name.</li>
4119 </li>
4121 more info is provided in the
4123 but basically with this selected, invalid values are adjusted and
4124 inserted rather than causing the entire statement to fail.</li>
4125 </ul>
4129 in its name.</a></h4>
4132 is the normal way to reference a database and table name. Worse, MySQL
4133 will usually let you create a database with a dot, but then you cannot
4134 work with it, nor delete it.</p>
4147 for usage.<br />
4148 On a more recent pear version, I had problems with the state of Net_DIME
4149 being beta, so this single command
4151 needed modules.<br />
4152 If you use the Validator, you should be aware that any
4154 submit will be stored anonymously (database/table/column names,
4155 strings, numbers replaced with generic values). The Mimer
4158 We utilize it as free SOAP service.</p>
4162 it, but MySQL says "BLOB column '...' used in key specification without
4165 <p> The right way to do this, is to create the column without any indexes,
4167 dialog. On this page, you will be able to choose your BLOB column, and
4168 set a size to the index, which is the condition to create an index on
4169 a BLOB column.</p>
4173 editing fields?</a></h4>
4175 <p> You can use Ctrl+arrows (Option+Arrows in Safari) for moving on most pages
4176 with many editing fields (table structure changes, row editing, etc.)
4177 (must be enabled in configuration - see.
4179 You can also have a look at the directive
4181 ('vertical') and see if this eases up editing for you.</p>
4185 WTF is this feature then useful for?</a></h4>
4187 <p> Slow down :). Defining mimetypes is of no use, if you can't put transformations
4188 on them. Otherwise you could just put a comment on the column. Because entering
4189 your own mimetype will cause serious syntax checking issues and validation,
4190 this introduces a high-risk false-user-input situation. Instead you have to
4191 initialize mimetypes using functions or empty mimetype definitions.<br />
4192 Plus, you have a whole overview of available mimetypes. Who knows all those
4193 mimetypes by heart so he/she can enter it at will?</p>
4197 can't I see any bookmarks below the query box? What is this variable for?
4198 </a></h4>
4200 <p> Any query you have executed can be stored as a bookmark on the page where the
4201 results are displayed. You will find a button labeled 'Bookmark this query'
4202 just at the end of the page.<br />
4203 As soon as you have stored a bookmark, it is related to the database you run
4204 the query on. You can now access a bookmark dropdown on each page, the query
4205 box appears on for that database.<br /><br />
4207 Since phpMyAdmin 2.5.0 you are also able to store variables for the bookmarks.
4211 aware of that you HAVE to create a valid query, otherwise your query won't be
4212 even able to be stored in the database.<br />
4214 for your query will remain the way it is, but will be stripped of the /**/
4215 chars. So you can use:<br /><br />
4219 which will be expanded to<br /><br />
4223 in your query, where VARIABLE is the string you entered in the input box. If
4224 an empty string is provided, no replacements are made.<br /><br />
4226 A more complex example. Say you have stored this query:<br /><br />
4228 <br /><br />
4231 the full query will be:<br /><br />
4234 <br /><br />
4238 spaces inserted there
4239 will be later also inserted as spaces in your query and may lead to unexpected
4240 results especially when
4242 Your initial query which is going to be stored as a bookmark has to yield at
4243 least one result row so
4244 you can store the bookmark. You may have that to work around using well
4248 <a href="#faq6_19">6.19 How can I create simple L<sup>A</sup>T<sub><big>E</big></sub>X document to
4249 include exported table?</a></h4>
4251 <p> You can simply include table in your L<sup>A</sup>T<sub><big>E</big></sub>X documents, minimal sample
4252 document should look like following one (assuming you have table
4255 <pre>
4256 \documentclass{article} % or any class you want
4257 \usepackage{longtable} % for displaying table
4258 \begin{document} % start of document
4259 \include{table} % including exported table
4260 \end{document} % end of document
4261 </pre>
4265 access them.
4266 </a></h4>
4269 TEMPORARY TABLES, SHOW DATABASES, LOCK TABLES. Those privileges also
4270 enable users to see all the database names.
4273 So if your users do not need those privileges, you can remove them and their
4274 databases list will shorten.</p>
4278 possible values for a column, based on some foreign table?</a></h4>
4280 <p> You have to setup appropriate links between the tables, and also
4284 foreign table, a drop-down list of values will be available.
4285 You will see two lists of values, the first list containing the key
4286 and the display column, the second list containing the display column
4287 and the key. The reason for this is to be able to type the first
4288 letter of either the key or the display column.<br /><br />
4290 For 100 values or more, a distinct window will appear, to browse foreign
4291 key values and choose one. To change the default limit of 100, see
4292 <tt><a href="#cfg_ForeignKeyMaxLimit" class="configrule">$cfg['ForeignKeyMaxLimit']</a></tt>.</p>
4296 automatically when entering Browse mode for a table?</a></h4>
4298 <p> Yes. If a bookmark has the same label as a table name, it will be executed.
4299 </p>
4303 Excel files, how can I enable that?</a></h4>
4305 <p> You can use
4307 which works out of the box, but phpMyAdmin supports direct export
4308 to Microsoft Excel version 97 and newer. For this to work, you need to set
4313 <pre>
4314 cd phpMyAdmin
4315 mkdir tmp
4316 chmod o+rwx tmp
4317 </pre>
4321 what happens to my column comments stored in pmadb?</a></h4>
4323 <p> Automatic migration of a table's pmadb-style column comments to the native
4324 ones is done whenever you enter Structure page for this table.</p>
4329 <p> First, for general information about BLOB streaming on MySQL, visit <a href="http://blobstreaming.org">blobstreaming.org</a>. We currently support streaming if you are running MySQL 5.1 with the PBXT and PBMS storage engines. Moreover, only PBMS 0.5.04 is supported.</p>
4331 <ol>
4332 <li>In <tt>config.inc.php</tt> your host should be defined with a FQDN (fully qualified domain name) instead of something like "localhost".</li>
4333 <li>A current limitation is that your first login via phpMyAdmin to a freshly-started server must be done with an account that has the SUPER privilege.</li>
4334 <li>On your target database, go to Operations and in the "BLOB Repository" section, click "Enable". This creates the PBMS system tables inside your database.</li>
4335 <li>Ensure that your target table is under the PBXT storage engine and has a LONGBLOB column.</li>
4336 <li>When you insert or update a row in this table, put a checkmark on the "Upload to BLOB repository" optional choice; otherwise, the upload will be done directly in your column instead of the repository.</li>
4337 <li>Finally when you browse your table, you'll see in your column a link to stream your data, for example "View image". A header containing the correct MIME-type will be sent to your browser; this MIME-type was stored at upload time but in case it's incorrect, it's possible to edit it by clicking on the displayed MIME-type.</li>
4338 </ol>
4343 <p> Click the first row of the range, hold the shift key and click the last row of the range. This works everywhere you see rows, for example in Browse mode or on the Structure page.</p>
4351 <p> Our Bug Tracker is located at
4353 under the Bugs section.<br /><br />
4355 But please first discuss your bug with other users:<br />
4357 https://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/forums</a>.
4358 </p>
4362 existing language, where do I start?</a></h4>
4364 <p> Always use latest Git version of the po file to translate. You can optionally
4366 server</a> where you can also get the latest po files and merge them
4367 with your translations. For creating a new translation simply use
4371 to do this) or ask on the mailing list to add the translation to the web
4372 interface. More details are available on <a href="http://wiki.phpmyadmin.net/pma/Devel:Gettext_for_translators">our wiki</a>.
4373 </p>
4374 <p>
4375 Please note that we try not to use HTML entities like &eacute; in
4376 the translations, since we define the right character set in the file.
4377 With HTML entities, the text on JavaScript messages would not
4378 display correctly.
4379 However there are some entities that need to be there: quotes,
4380 non-breakable spaces, ampersands, less than, greater than.
4381 </p>
4382 <p>
4383 You can then put your translations, as a zip file to avoid losing special
4384 characters, on the sourceforge.net <a href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=23067&atid=387645">translation tracker.</a>
4385 </p>
4386 <p>
4387 It would be a good idea to subscribe to the <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-translators">phpmyadmin-translators</a> mailing
4388 list, because this is where we ask for translations of new messages.
4389 </p>
4391 <p>
4392 Documentation is being translated using po4a and gettext (see
4394 for existing translations). To start, checkout
4395 <a href="http://phpmyadmin.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=phpmyadmin/localized_docs;a=tree;f=po"><code>localized_docs/po</code></a>
4396 from Git, or just go to the <a href="https://l10n.cihar.com/projects/pmadoc/">translation server</a>
4397 and translate it online. If your language is missing, just contact
4399 you prefer to directly translate the po files, please put updated ones into our
4400 <a href="https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=23067&atid=387645">translation tracker</a>.
4401 </p>
4405 phpMyAdmin. How should I proceed?</a></h4>
4410 <tt>git clone
4411 git://phpmyadmin.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin</tt><br />
4412 </li>
4414 <li>generate patch with your changes:
4416 </li>
4419 tracker of the phpMyAdmin project</a>.
4420 </li>
4421 </ol>
4423 <p>More details on git are available on <a href="http://wiki.phpmyadmin.net/pma/Devel:Git">our wiki</a>.</p>
4425 <p> Write access to the repository is granted only to experienced developers who
4426 have already contributed something useful to phpMyAdmin.<br />
4432 <a href="#faq8_1">8.1 Where can I get information about the security alerts issued for phpMyAdmin?</a></h4>
4434 <p> Please refer to
4435 <a href="http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php">http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php</a>
4436 </p>
4441 <p> If you use Apache web server, phpMyAdmin exports information about
4442 authentication to the Apache environment and it can be used in Apache logs.
4443 Currently there are two variables available:
4444 </p>
4445 <dl>
4447 <dd>User name of currently active user (he does not have to be logged
4448 in).</dd>
4455 </dl>
4456 <p>
4458 </p>
4459 <pre>
4462 </pre>
4463 <p>
4464 You can then use any log analyzing tools to detect possible break-in
4465 attempts.
4466 </p>
4472 <p> You can now synchronize databases/tables in phpMyAdmin using the Synchronize feature.
4473 It allows you to connect to local as well as remote servers. This requires you to enter
4474 server host name, username, password, port and the name of the database. Therefore you can
4475 now synchronize your databases placed on the same server or some remote server.
4476 </p>
4478 <p>
4479 This feature is helpful for developers who need to replicate their
4480 database’s structure as well as data. Moreover, this feature not only
4481 helps replication but also facilitates the user to keep his/her database
4482 in sync with another database. Other than the full database, certain
4483 tables of the databases can also be synchronized.
4484 </p>
4486 <p>
4487 You need to fill in the host name of the server, the username and
4488 password of an user account already there in MySQL. Port is by default
4489 populated with 3306 (MySQL default port). Then the name of the database
4490 should be mentioned at the end. All the information other than the port
4491 needs to be filled explicitly for the source as well as target servers.
4492 </p>
4494 <p>
4495 After successfully passing through the authentication phase, the source and
4496 target database table names will be displayed. It will be a tabular
4497 representation.
4498 </p>
4500 <p>
4501 On the left, are listed the source database table names. Some of the
4503 are only present in source database and they need to be added to the
4504 target database in order to synchronize the target database. The tables
4506 target database.
4507 </p>
4509 <p>
4510 On the right, are listed the target database table names. There are few
4512 means that these tables are to be created in target database in order to
4513 synchronize target database with source database. Some table names
4515 only present in target database and they will remain unchanged in the
4516 target database. The column in the middle shows the difference between
4517 the source and target corresponding tables.
4518 </p>
4520 <p>
4522 letters, indicating that either Structure or Data are not up to date. By
4523 clicking on them, they will turn grey, what means that they will be synchronized.
4524 </p>
4526 <!-- DEVELOPERS -->
4529 <p> phpMyAdmin is Open Source, so you're invited to contribute to it. Many
4530 great features have been written by other people and you too can help to
4531 make phpMyAdmin a useful tool.</p>
4533 <p> If you're planning to contribute source, please read the following
4534 information:</p>
4540 it free from other code.<br />
4541 Commonly used functions should be added to
4544 <li>Obviously, you're free to use whatever coding style you want. But
4545 please try to keep your code as simple as possible: beginners are
4546 using phpMyAdmin as an example application.<br />
4547 As far as possible, we want the scripts to be XHTML1.0 and CSS2
4548 compliant on one hand, they fit the
4551 coding standards</a>
4552 on the other hand. Please pay attention to this.</li>
4553 <li>Please enable showing PHP errors and warnings by the
4555 configuration directive.</li>
4556 <li>Please try to keep up the file-naming conventions. Table-related stuff
4559 <li>Please use gettext wrappers around all messages
4562 script. To use translated messages, call
4564 Gettext.</li>
4568 Debugger DBG</a>) is now supported by phpMyAdmin for developers to
4569 better debug and profile their code.<br />
4570 Please see the
4572 options for more information.<br />
4573 This is in memoriam of the Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) which was
4574 lost during its re-entry into Earth's atmosphere and in memory of the
4575 brave men and women who gave their lives for the people of Earth.</li>
4576 </ul>
4580 <pre>
4591 </pre>
4593 <p>
4594 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
4595 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
4596 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
4597 </p>
4599 <p>
4600 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
4601 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
4602 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
4603 GNU General Public License for more details.
4604 </p>
4606 <p>
4607 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
4608 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
4610 </p>
4612 <!-- CREDITS -->
4617 <ul>
4620 <ul>
4623 </ul></li>
4626 <ul>
4631 </ul></li>
4634 <ul>
4640 </ul></li>
4643 <ul>
4645 <li>rewrote the scripts so they fit the <abbr title="PHP Extension and Application Repository">PEAR</abbr> coding standards and
4646 generate XHTML1.0 and CSS2 compliant codes</li>
4649 </ul></li>
4652 <ul>
4660 </ul></li>
4663 <ul>
4668 </ul></li>
4671 <ul>
4674 </ul></li>
4677 <ul>
4679 </ul></li>
4682 <ul>
4685 </ul></li>
4688 <ul>
4692 </ul></li>
4695 <ul>
4698 </ul></li>
4701 <ul>
4708 </ul></li>
4711 <ul>
4715 </ul></li>
4718 <ul>
4724 </ul></li>
4727 (http://sf.net/projects/phpmysqlformgen/)
4728 <ul>
4730 </ul></li>
4733 <ul>
4735 <li>built the Javascript based Query window + <abbr title="structured query language">SQL</abbr> history</li>
4740 <li><abbr title="Portable Document Format">PDF</abbr>-scratchboard for WYSIWYG-distribution of <abbr title="Portable Document Format">PDF</abbr> relations</li>
4744 </ul></li>
4747 <ul>
4749 </ul></li>
4752 <ul>
4754 </ul></li>
4757 <ul>
4759 </ul></li>
4762 <ul>
4763 <li><abbr title="Portable Document Format">PDF</abbr> schema output, thanks also to Olivier Plathey for the
4764 "FPDF" library (see <a href="http://www.fpdf.org/">http://www.fpdf.org/</a>) and Steven Wittens
4765 for the "UFPDF" library (see <a href="http://www.acko.net/node/56">http://www.acko.net/node/56</a>).</li>
4766 </ul></li>
4769 <ul>
4771 </ul></li>
4774 <ul>
4776 </ul></li>
4779 <ul>
4781 </ul></li>
4784 <ul>
4787 </ul></li>
4790 <ul>
4793 </ul></li>
4796 <ul>
4798 </ul></li>
4801 <ul>
4804 </ul></li>
4806 <li>Ivan A Kirillov
4807 <ul>
4809 </ul></li>
4812 <ul>
4814 </ul></li>
4817 <ul>
4819 </ul></li>
4822 <ul>
4824 </ul></li>
4827 <ul>
4829 </ul></li>
4832 <ul>
4834 </ul></li>
4837 <ul>
4839 </ul></li>
4841 </ul>
4843 <p>
4844 And also to the following people who have contributed minor changes,
4845 enhancements, bugfixes or support for a new language since version 2.1.0:
4846 </p>
4848 <p>
4849 Bora Alioglu, Ricardo ?, Sven-Erik Andersen, Alessandro Astarita,
4850 Péter Bakondy, Borges Botelho, Olivier Bussier, Neil Darlow,
4851 Mats Engstrom, Ian Davidson, Laurent Dhima, Kristof Hamann, Thomas Kläger,
4852 Lubos Klokner, Martin Marconcini, Girish Nair, David Nordenberg, Andreas Pauley,
4854 www.securereality.com.au, Alexis Soulard, Alvar Soome, Siu Sun, Peter Svec,
4855 Michael Tacelosky, Rachim Tamsjadi, Kositer Uros,
4856 Luís V., Martijn W. van der Lee,
4857 Algis Vainauskas, Daniel Villanueva, Vinay, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams, Chee Wai,
4859 </p>
4864 <p>
4865 This work is based on Peter Kuppelwieser's MySQL-Webadmin. It was his idea
4866 to create a web-based interface to MySQL using PHP3. Although I have not
4867 used any of his source-code, there are some concepts I've borrowed from
4868 him. phpMyAdmin was created because Peter told me he wasn't going to
4869 further develop his (great) tool.
4870 </p>
4871 <p>
4872 Thanks go to
4873 </p>
4874 <ul>
4876 code for the check when dropping a table or database. He also suggested
4877 that you should be able to specify the primary key on tbl_create.php3. To
4878 version 1.1.1 he contributed the ldi_*.php3-set (Import text-files) as
4879 well as a bug-report. Plus many smaller improvements.
4880 </li>
4882 were introduced in 1.3.0 (including quite significant ones like the
4883 authentication). For 1.4.1 he enhanced the table-dump feature. Plus
4884 bug-fixes and help.
4885 </li>
4887 language-independent by outsourcing the strings to a separate file. He
4888 also contributed the French translation.
4889 </li>
4891 tbl_select.php3, a feature to display only some columns from a table.
4892 </li>
4894 functions in tbl_change.php3. He also added the
4896 </li>
4898 servers and is a regular contributor for bug-fixes.
4899 </li>
4901 features for 2.0.6.
4902 </li>
4903 </ul>
4904 <p>
4905 The following people have contributed minor changes, enhancements, bugfixes
4906 or support for a new language:
4907 </p>
4908 <p>
4909 Jim Kraai, Jordi Bruguera, Miquel Obrador, Geert Lund, Thomas Kleemann,
4910 Alexander Leidinger, Kiko Albiol, Daniel C. Chao, Pavel Piankov,
4911 Sascha Kettler, Joe Pruett, Renato Lins, Mark Kronsbein, Jannis Hermanns,
4912 G. Wieggers.
4913 </p>
4914 <p>
4915 And thanks to everyone else who sent me email with suggestions, bug-reports
4916 and or just some feedback.
4917 </p>
4923 <ul>
4925 - the default name of Apache's directory-level configuration file.</li>
4929 - a software application that enables a user to display and interact with
4930 text, images, and other information typically located on a web page at a
4931 website on the World Wide Web.</li>
4933 - a free software/open source data compression algorithm and program
4934 developed by Julian Seward.</li>
4936 - an important World Wide Web technology that enables a client web browser
4937 to request data from a program executed on the Web server.</li>
4939 - a log or record of changes made to a project.</li>
4941 - a computer system that accesses a (remote) service on another computer
4942 by some kind of network.</li>
4944 - a set of data values of a particular simple type, one for each row of
4945 the table.</li>
4947 - a packet of information sent by a server to a World Wide Web browser
4948 and then sent back by the browser each time it accesses that server.</li>
4950 - Comma-separated values</li>
4953 - an organized collection of data.</li>
4956 - a PHP module that extends PHP with additional functionality.</li>
4958 - a list of commonly asked question and there answers.</li>
4960 - one part of divided data/columns.</li>
4962 - a field or group of fields in a database record that point to a key
4963 field or group of fields forming a key of another database record in some
4964 (usually different) table.</li>
4966 - the free PDF library</li>
4968 GD Graphics Library</a> - a library by Thomas Boutell and others for
4969 dynamically manipulating images.</li>
4972 - gzip is short for GNU zip, a GNU free software file compression
4973 program.</li>
4975 - any machine connected to a computer network, a node that has a hostname.</li>
4977 - the unique name by which a network attached device is known on a network.</li>
4979 (HyperText Transfer Protocol)</a>
4980 - the primary method used to transfer or convey information on the World
4981 Wide Web.</li>
4984 additional security measures.</li>
4985 <li><a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Information_Services">IIS (Internet Information Services)</a>
4986 - a set of Internet-based services for servers using Microsoft Windows.</li>
4988 - a feature that allows quick access to the rows in a table.</li>
4990 - a data-oriented protocol used by source and destination hosts for
4991 communicating data across a packet-switched internetwork.</li>
4993 - a unique number that devices use in order to identify and communicate
4994 with each other on a network utilizing the Internet Protocol standard.</li>
4996 (Internet Server Application Programming Interface)</a>
4997 - the API of Internet Information Services (IIS).</li>
4999 - a business or organization that offers users access to the Internet and related services.</li>
5001 - a most commonly used standard method of lossy compression for
5002 photographic images.</li>
5008 - line of personal computers is designed, developed, manufactured, and
5009 marketed by Apple Computer.</li>
5010 <li><a id="glossar_mac_os_x" href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X"><acronym title="Apple Macintosh">Mac</acronym> <abbr title="operating system">OS</abbr> X</a>
5011 - the operating system which is included with all currently shipping Apple
5012 Macintosh computers in the consumer and professional markets.</li>
5014 - a cryptographic library.</li>
5016 - the MCrypt PHP extension.</li>
5017 <li><a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIME">MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)</a>
5018 - an Internet Standard for the format of e-mail.</li>
5020 - some sort of extension for the Apache Webserver.</li>
5022 - a multithreaded, multi-user, SQL (Structured Query Language) Database
5023 Management System (DBMS).</li>
5025 - the improved MySQL client PHP extension.</li>
5027 - the MySQL client PHP extension.</li>
5029 - open standard for office documents.</li>
5030 <li><a href="http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS_X"><abbr title="operating system">OS</abbr> X</a>
5031 - look at <a href="#glossar_mac_os_x"><acronym title="Apple Macintosh">Mac</acronym> <abbr title="operating system">OS</abbr> X</a>.</li>
5033 (Portable Document Format)</a>
5034 - a file format developed by Adobe Systems for representing two
5035 dimensional documents in a device independent and resolution independent
5036 format.</li>
5038 - the PHP Extension and Application Repository.</li>
5040 - the perl-compatible regular expression functions for PHP</li>
5042 - short for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor", is an open-source, reflective
5043 programming language used mainly for developing server-side applications
5044 and dynamic web content, and more recently, a broader range of software
5045 applications.</li>
5047 - a connection through which data is sent and received.</li>
5049 - Request for Comments (RFC) documents are a series of memoranda
5050 encompassing new research, innovations, and methodologies applicable to
5051 Internet technologies.</li>
5055 - represents a single, implicitly structured data item in a table.</li>
5057 - a computer system that provides services to other computing
5058 systems over a network.</li>
5059 <li><a id="glossar_storage_engine" href="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/storage-engines.html">Storage Engines</a>
5060 - handlers for different table types</li>
5062 - a form of inter-process communication.</li>
5064 Sockets Layer)</a>
5065 - a cryptographic protocol which provides secure communication on the Internet.</li>
5067 - Structured Query Language</li>
5069 - a set of data elements (cells) that is organized, defined and stored as
5070 horizontal rows and vertical columns where each item can be uniquely
5071 identified by a label or key or by it?s position in relation to other items.</li>
5074 - a type of archive file format: the Tape ARchive format.</li>
5076 - one of the core protocols of the Internet protocol suite.</li>
5080 - a sequence of characters, conforming to a standardized format, that is
5081 used for referring to resources, such as documents and images on the
5082 Internet, by their location.</li>
5084 - A computer (program) that is responsible for accepting HTTP requests
5085 from clients and serving them Web pages.</li>
5087 - a W3C-recommended general-purpose markup language for creating
5088 special-purpose markup languages, capable of describing many different
5089 kinds of data.</li>
5091 - a popular data compression and archival format.</li>
5093 - an open-source, cross-platform data compression library by Jean-loup
5094 Gailly and Mark Adler.</li>
5095 </ul>
5096 </div>
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