phpMyAdmin does not apply any special security methods to the MySQL
database server. It is still the system administrator’s job to grant
permissions on the MySQL databases properly. phpMyAdmin’s Users
page can be used for this.
Linux distributions
phpMyAdmin is included in most Linux distributions. It is recommended to use
distribution packages when possible — they usually provide integration to your
distribution and you will automatically get security updates from your distribution.
Debian and Ubuntu
Most Debian and Ubuntu versions include a phpMyAdmin package, but be aware that
the configuration file is maintained in /etc/phpmyadmin
and may differ in
some ways from the official phpMyAdmin documentation. Specifically, it does:
-
Configuration of a web server (works for Apache and lighttpd).
-
Creating of phpMyAdmin configuration storage using dbconfig-common.
-
Securing setup script, see Setup script on Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives.
More specific details about installing Debian or Ubuntu packages are available
in our wiki.
See also
More information can be found in README.Debian
(it is installed as /usr/share/doc/phpmyadmin/README.Debian
with the package).
OpenSUSE
OpenSUSE already comes with phpMyAdmin package, just install packages from
the openSUSE Build Service.
Gentoo
Gentoo ships the phpMyAdmin package, both in a near-stock configuration as well
as in a webapp-config
configuration. Use emerge dev-db/phpmyadmin
to
install.
Mandriva
Mandriva ships the phpMyAdmin package in their contrib
branch and can be
installed via the usual Control Center.
Fedora
Fedora ships the phpMyAdmin package, but be aware that the configuration file
is maintained in /etc/phpMyAdmin/
and may differ in some ways from the
official phpMyAdmin documentation.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux itself and thus derivatives like CentOS don’t
ship phpMyAdmin, but the Fedora-driven repository
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL)
is doing so, if it’s
enabled.
But be aware that the configuration file is maintained in
/etc/phpMyAdmin/
and may differ in some ways from the
official phpMyAdmin documentation.
Installing on Windows
The easiest way to get phpMyAdmin on Windows is using third party products
which include phpMyAdmin together with a database and web server such as
XAMPP.
You can find more of such options at Wikipedia.
Installing from Git
In order to install from Git, you’ll need a few supporting applications:
-
Git to download the source, or you can download the most recent source directly from Github
-
Composer
-
Node.js (version 12 or higher)
-
Yarn
You can clone current phpMyAdmin source from
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin.git
:
git clone https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin.git
Additionally you need to install dependencies using Composer:
If you do not intend to develop, you can skip the installation of developer tools
by invoking:
Finally, you’ll need to use Yarn to install some JavaScript dependencies:
yarn install --production
Installing using Composer
You can install phpMyAdmin using the Composer tool, since 4.7.0 the releases
are automatically mirrored to the default Packagist repository.
Note
The content of the Composer repository is automatically generated
separately from the releases, so the content doesn’t have to be
100% same as when you download the tarball. There should be no
functional differences though.
To install phpMyAdmin simply run:
composer create-project phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
Alternatively you can use our own composer repository, which contains
the release tarballs and is available at
<https://www.phpmyadmin.net/packages.json>:
composer create-project phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin --repository-url=https://www.phpmyadmin.net/packages.json --no-dev
Installing using Docker
phpMyAdmin comes with a Docker official image, which you can easily deploy. You can
download it using:
The phpMyAdmin server will listen on port 80. It supports several ways of
configuring the link to the database server, either by Docker’s link feature
by linking your database container to db
for phpMyAdmin (by specifying
--link your_db_host:db
) or by environment variables (in this case it’s up
to you to set up networking in Docker to allow the phpMyAdmin container to access
the database container over the network).
Docker environment variables
You can configure several phpMyAdmin features using environment variables:
- PMA_ARBITRARY
-
Allows you to enter a database server hostname on login form.
- PMA_HOST
-
Hostname or IP address of the database server to use.
- PMA_HOSTS
-
Comma-separated hostnames or IP addresses of the database servers to use.
Note
Used only if
PMA_HOST
is empty.
- PMA_VERBOSE
-
Verbose name of the database server.
- PMA_VERBOSES
-
Comma-separated verbose name of the database servers.
Note
Used only if
PMA_VERBOSE
is empty.
- PMA_USER
-
User name to use for Config authentication mode.
- PMA_PASSWORD
-
Password to use for Config authentication mode.
- PMA_PORT
-
Port of the database server to use.
- PMA_PORTS
-
Comma-separated ports of the database server to use.
Note
Used only if
PMA_PORT
is empty.
- PMA_SOCKET
-
Socket file for the database connection.
- PMA_SOCKETS
-
Comma-separated list of socket files for the database connections.
Note
Used only if
PMA_SOCKET
is empty.
- PMA_ABSOLUTE_URI
-
The fully-qualified path (
https://pma.example.net/
) where the reverse
proxy makes phpMyAdmin available.
- PMA_QUERYHISTORYDB
-
When set to true, enables storing SQL history to
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']
.
When false, history is stored in the browser and is cleared when logging out.
- PMA_QUERYHISTORYMAX
-
When set to an integer, controls the number of history items.
- PMA_CONTROLHOST
-
When set, this points to an alternate database host used for storing the “phpMyAdmin configuration storage” database.
- PMA_CONTROLUSER
-
Defines the username for phpMyAdmin to use for the “phpMyAdmin configuration storage” database.
- PMA_CONTROLPASS
-
Defines the password for phpMyAdmin to use for the “phpMyAdmin configuration storage” database.
- PMA_CONTROLPORT
-
When set, will override the default port (3306) for connecting to the control host.
- PMA_PMADB
-
When set, define the name of the database to be used for the “phpMyAdmin configuration storage” database.
When not set, the advanced features are not enabled by default: they can still potentially be enabled by the user when logging in with the Zero configuration feature.Note
Suggested values: phpmyadmin or pmadb
- HIDE_PHP_VERSION
-
If defined, this option will hide the PHP version (expose_php = Off).
Set to any value (such as HIDE_PHP_VERSION=true).
- UPLOAD_LIMIT
-
If set, this option will override the default value for apache and php-fpm (this will change
upload_max_filesize
andpost_max_size
values).Note
Format as [0-9+](K,M,G) default value is 2048K
- MEMORY_LIMIT
-
If set, this option will override the phpMyAdmin memory limit
$cfg['MemoryLimit']
and PHP’s memory_limit.Note
Format as [0-9+](K,M,G) where K is for Kilobytes, M for Megabytes, G for Gigabytes and 1K = 1024 bytes. Default value is 512M.
- MAX_EXECUTION_TIME
-
If set, this option will override the maximum execution time in seconds for phpMyAdmin
$cfg['ExecTimeLimit']
and PHP’s max_execution_time.Note
Format as [0-9+]. Default value is 600.
- PMA_CONFIG_BASE64
-
If set, this option will override the default config.inc.php with the base64 decoded contents of the variable.
- PMA_USER_CONFIG_BASE64
-
If set, this option will override the default config.user.inc.php with the base64 decoded contents of the variable.
- PMA_UPLOADDIR
-
If set, this option will set the path where files can be saved to be available to import (
$cfg['UploadDir']
)
- PMA_SAVEDIR
-
If set, this option will set the path where exported files can be saved (
$cfg['SaveDir']
)
- APACHE_PORT
-
If set, this option will change the default Apache port from 80 in case you want it to run on a different port like an unprivileged port. Set to any port value (such as APACHE_PORT=8090).
- PMA_SSL_DIR
-
Define the path used for SSL files generated from environment variables, default value is /etc/phpmyadmin/ssl.
- PMA_SSL
-
When set to 1, defines SSL usage for the MySQL connection.
- PMA_SSLS
-
Comma-separated list of 0 and 1 defining SSL usage for the corresponding MySQL connections.
- PMA_SSL_VERIFY
-
When set to 1, enables SSL certificate verification for the MySQL connection.
- PMA_SSL_VERIFIES
-
Comma-separated list of 0 and 1 to enable or disable SSL certificate verification for multiple MySQL connections.
- PMA_SSL_CA
-
In the context of mutual TLS security, allows setting your CA file as a string inside the default config.inc.php.
- PMA_SSL_CAS
-
In the context of mutual TLS security, allows setting multiple CA files as a comma-separated list of strings inside the default config.inc.php.
- PMA_SSL_CA_BASE64
-
In the context of mutual TLS security, allows setting your CA file as a base64 string inside the default config.inc.php.
- PMA_SSL_CAS_BASE64
-
In the context of mutual TLS security, allows setting multiple CA files as a comma-separated list of base64 strings inside the default config.inc.php.
- PMA_SSL_CERT
-
In the context of mutual TLS security, allows setting your CERT file as a string inside the default config.inc.php.
- PMA_SSL_CERTS
-
In the context of mutual TLS security, allows setting multiple CERT files as a comma-separated list of strings inside the default config.inc.php.
- PMA_SSL_CERT_BASE64
-
In the context of mutual TLS security, allows setting your CERT file as a base64 string inside the default config.inc.php.
- PMA_SSL_CERTS_BASE64
-
In the context of mutual TLS security, allows setting multiple CERT files as a comma-separated list of base64 strings inside the default config.inc.php.
- PMA_SSL_KEY
-
In the context of mutual TLS security, allows setting your KEY file as a string inside the default config.inc.php.
- PMA_SSL_KEYS
-
In the context of mutual TLS security, allows setting multiple KEY files as a comma-separated list of strings inside the default config.inc.php.
- PMA_SSL_KEY_BASE64
-
In the context of mutual TLS security, allows setting your KEY file as a base64 string inside the default config.inc.php.
- PMA_SSL_KEYS_BASE64
-
In the context of mutual TLS security, allows setting multiple KEY files as a comma-separated list of base64 strings inside the default config.inc.php.
- TZ
-
If defined, this option will change the default PHP date.timezone from UTC.
By default, Cookie authentication mode is used, but if PMA_USER
and
PMA_PASSWORD
are set, it is switched to Config authentication mode.
Note
The credentials you need to log in are stored in the MySQL server, in case
of Docker image, there are various ways to set it (for example
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD
when starting the MySQL container). Please check
documentation for MariaDB container
or MySQL container.
Customizing configuration
Additionally configuration can be tweaked by /etc/phpmyadmin/config.user.inc.php
. If
this file exists, it will be loaded after configuration is generated from above
environment variables, so you can override any configuration variable. This
configuration can be added as a volume when invoking docker using
-v /some/local/directory/config.user.inc.php:/etc/phpmyadmin/config.user.inc.php parameters.
Note that the supplied configuration file is applied after Docker environment variables,
but you can override any of the values.
For example to change the default behavior of CSV export you can use the following
configuration file:
<?php $cfg['Export']['csv_columns'] = true;
You can also use it to define server configuration instead of using the
environment variables listed in Docker environment variables:
<?php /* Override Servers array */ $cfg['Servers'] = [ 1 => [ 'auth_type' => 'cookie', 'host' => 'mydb1', 'port' => 3306, 'verbose' => 'Verbose name 1', ], 2 => [ 'auth_type' => 'cookie', 'host' => 'mydb2', 'port' => 3306, 'verbose' => 'Verbose name 2', ], ];
See also
See Configuration for detailed description of configuration options.
Docker Volumes
You can use the following volumes to customize image behavior:
/etc/phpmyadmin/config.user.inc.php
Can be used for additional settings, see the previous chapter for more details.
/sessions/
Directory where PHP sessions are stored. You might want to share this
for example when using Signon authentication mode.
/www/themes/
Directory where phpMyAdmin looks for themes. By default only those shipped
with phpMyAdmin are included, but you can include additional phpMyAdmin
themes (see Custom Themes) by using Docker volumes.
Docker Examples
To connect phpMyAdmin to a given server use:
docker run --name phpmyadmin -d -e PMA_HOST=dbhost -p 8080:80 phpmyadmin:latest
To connect phpMyAdmin to more servers use:
docker run --name phpmyadmin -d -e PMA_HOSTS=dbhost1,dbhost2,dbhost3 -p 8080:80 phpmyadmin:latest
To use arbitrary server option:
docker run --name phpmyadmin -d --link mysql_db_server:db -p 8080:80 -e PMA_ARBITRARY=1 phpmyadmin:latest
You can also link the database container using Docker:
docker run --name phpmyadmin -d --link mysql_db_server:db -p 8080:80 phpmyadmin:latest
Running with additional configuration:
docker run --name phpmyadmin -d --link mysql_db_server:db -p 8080:80 -v /some/local/directory/config.user.inc.php:/etc/phpmyadmin/config.user.inc.php phpmyadmin:latest
Running with additional themes:
docker run --name phpmyadmin -d --link mysql_db_server:db -p 8080:80 -v /some/local/directory/custom/phpmyadmin/themeName/:/var/www/html/themes/themeName/ phpmyadmin:latest
Using docker-compose
Alternatively, you can also use docker-compose with the docker-compose.yml from
<https://github.com/phpmyadmin/docker>. This will run phpMyAdmin with an
arbitrary server — allowing you to specify MySQL/MariaDB server on the login page.
Customizing configuration file using docker-compose
You can use an external file to customize phpMyAdmin configuration and pass it
using the volumes directive:
phpmyadmin: image: phpmyadmin:latest container_name: phpmyadmin environment: - PMA_ARBITRARY=1 restart: always ports: - 8080:80 volumes: - /sessions - ~/docker/phpmyadmin/config.user.inc.php:/etc/phpmyadmin/config.user.inc.php - /custom/phpmyadmin/theme/:/www/themes/theme/
Running behind haproxy in a subdirectory
When you want to expose phpMyAdmin running in a Docker container in a
subdirectory, you need to rewrite the request path in the server proxying the
requests.
For example, using haproxy it can be done as:
frontend http bind *:80 option forwardfor option http-server-close ### NETWORK restriction acl LOCALNET src 10.0.0.0/8 192.168.0.0/16 172.16.0.0/12 # /phpmyadmin acl phpmyadmin path_dir /phpmyadmin use_backend phpmyadmin if phpmyadmin LOCALNET backend phpmyadmin mode http reqirep ^(GET|POST|HEAD)\ /phpmyadmin/(.*) \1\ /\2 # phpMyAdmin container IP server localhost 172.30.21.21:80
When using traefik, something like following should work:
defaultEntryPoints = ["http"] [entryPoints] [entryPoints.http] address = ":80" [entryPoints.http.redirect] regex = "(http:\\/\\/[^\\/]+\\/([^\\?\\.]+)[^\\/])$" replacement = "$1/" [backends] [backends.myadmin] [backends.myadmin.servers.myadmin] url="http://internal.address.to.pma" [frontends] [frontends.myadmin] backend = "myadmin" passHostHeader = true [frontends.myadmin.routes.default] rule="PathPrefixStrip:/phpmyadmin/;AddPrefix:/"
You then should specify PMA_ABSOLUTE_URI
in the docker-compose
configuration:
version: '2' services: phpmyadmin: restart: always image: phpmyadmin:latest container_name: phpmyadmin hostname: phpmyadmin domainname: example.com ports: - 8000:80 environment: - PMA_HOSTS=172.26.36.7,172.26.36.8,172.26.36.9,172.26.36.10 - PMA_VERBOSES=production-db1,production-db2,dev-db1,dev-db2 - PMA_USER=root - PMA_PASSWORD= - PMA_ABSOLUTE_URI=http://example.com/phpmyadmin/
IBM Cloud
One of our users has created a helpful guide for installing phpMyAdmin on the
IBM Cloud platform.
Quick Install
-
Choose an appropriate distribution kit from the phpmyadmin.net
Downloads page. Some kits contain only the English messages, others
contain all languages. We’ll assume you chose a kit whose name
looks likephpMyAdmin-x.x.x-all-languages.tar.gz
. -
Ensure you have downloaded a genuine archive, see Verifying phpMyAdmin releases.
-
Untar or unzip the distribution (be sure to unzip the subdirectories):
tar -xzvf phpMyAdmin_x.x.x-all-languages.tar.gz
in your
webserver’s document root. If you don’t have direct access to your
document root, put the files in a directory on your local machine,
and, after step 4, transfer the directory on your web server using,
for example, FTP. -
Ensure that all the scripts have the appropriate owner (if PHP is
running in safe mode, having some scripts with an owner different from
the owner of other scripts will be a problem). See 4.2 What’s the preferred way of making phpMyAdmin secure against evil access? and
1.26 I just installed phpMyAdmin in my document root of IIS but I get the error “No input file specified” when trying to run phpMyAdmin. for suggestions. -
Now you must configure your installation. There are two methods that
can be used. Traditionally, users have hand-edited a copy of
config.inc.php
, but now a wizard-style setup script is provided
for those who prefer a graphical installation. Creating a
config.inc.php
is still a quick way to get started and needed for
some advanced features.
Manually creating the file
To manually create the file, simply use your text editor to create the
file config.inc.php
(you can copy config.sample.inc.php
to get
a minimal configuration file) in the main (top-level) phpMyAdmin
directory (the one that contains index.php
). phpMyAdmin first
loads the default configuration values and then overrides those values
with anything found in config.inc.php
. If the default value is
okay for a particular setting, there is no need to include it in
config.inc.php
. You’ll probably need only a few directives to get going; a
simple configuration may look like this:
<?php // The string is a hexadecimal representation of a 32-bytes long string of random bytes. $cfg['blowfish_secret'] = sodium_hex2bin('f16ce59f45714194371b48fe362072dc3b019da7861558cd4ad29e4d6fb13851'); $i=0; $i++; $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie'; // if you insist on "root" having no password: // $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = true;
Or, if you prefer to not be prompted every time you log in:
<?php $i=0; $i++; $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root'; $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'changeme'; // use here your password $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';
Warning
Storing passwords in the configuration is insecure as anybody can then
manipulate your database.
For a full explanation of possible configuration values, see the
Configuration of this document.
Using the Setup script
Instead of manually editing config.inc.php
, you can use phpMyAdmin’s
setup feature. The file can be generated using the setup and you can download it
for upload to the server.
Next, open your browser and visit the location where you installed phpMyAdmin,
with the /setup
suffix. The changes are not saved to the server, you need to
use the Download button to save them to your computer and then upload
to the server.
Now the file is ready to be used. You can choose to review or edit the
file with your favorite editor, if you prefer to set some advanced
options that the setup script does not provide.
-
If you are using the
auth_type
“config”, it is suggested that you
protect the phpMyAdmin installation directory because using config
does not require a user to enter a password to access the phpMyAdmin
installation. Use of an alternate authentication method is
recommended, for example with HTTP–AUTH in a .htaccess file or switch to using
auth_type
cookie or http. See the ISPs, multi-user installations
for additional information, especially 4.4 phpMyAdmin always gives “Access denied” when using HTTP authentication.. -
Open the main phpMyAdmin directory in your browser.
phpMyAdmin should now display a welcome screen and your databases, or
a login dialog if using HTTP or
cookie authentication mode.
Setup script on Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives
Debian and Ubuntu have changed the way in which the setup script is enabled and disabled, in a way
that single command has to be executed for either of these.
To allow editing configuration invoke:
To block editing configuration invoke:
Setup script on openSUSE
Some openSUSE releases do not include setup script in the package. In case you
want to generate configuration on these you can either download original
package from <https://www.phpmyadmin.net/> or use setup script on our demo
server: <https://demo.phpmyadmin.net/master/setup/>.
Verifying phpMyAdmin releases
Since July 2015 all phpMyAdmin releases are cryptographically signed by the
releasing developer, who through January 2016 was Marc Delisle. His key id is
0xFEFC65D181AF644A, his PGP fingerprint is:
436F F188 4B1A 0C3F DCBF 0D79 FEFC 65D1 81AF 644A
and you can get more identification information from <https://keybase.io/lem9>.
Beginning in January 2016, the release manager is Isaac Bennetch. His key id is
0xCE752F178259BD92, and his PGP fingerprint is:
3D06 A59E CE73 0EB7 1B51 1C17 CE75 2F17 8259 BD92
and you can get more identification information from <https://keybase.io/ibennetch>.
Some additional downloads (for example themes) might be signed by Michal Čihař. His key id is
0x9C27B31342B7511D, and his PGP fingerprint is:
63CB 1DF1 EF12 CF2A C0EE 5A32 9C27 B313 42B7 511D
and you can get more identification information from <https://keybase.io/nijel>.
You should verify that the signature matches the archive you have downloaded.
This way you can be sure that you are using the same code that was released.
You should also verify the date of the signature to make sure that you
downloaded the latest version.
Each archive is accompanied by .asc
files which contain the PGP signature
for it. Once you have both of them in the same folder, you can verify the signature:
$ gpg --verify phpMyAdmin-4.5.4.1-all-languages.zip.asc gpg: Signature made Fri 29 Jan 2016 08:59:37 AM EST using RSA key ID 8259BD92 gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found
As you can see gpg complains that it does not know the public key. At this
point, you should do one of the following steps:
-
Download the keyring from our download server, then import it with:
$ gpg --import phpmyadmin.keyring
-
Download and import the key from one of the key servers:
$ gpg --keyserver hkp://pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 3D06A59ECE730EB71B511C17CE752F178259BD92 gpg: requesting key 8259BD92 from hkp server pgp.mit.edu gpg: key 8259BD92: public key "Isaac Bennetch <bennetch@gmail.com>" imported gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
This will improve the situation a bit — at this point, you can verify that the
signature from the given key is correct but you still can not trust the name used
in the key:
$ gpg --verify phpMyAdmin-4.5.4.1-all-languages.zip.asc gpg: Signature made Fri 29 Jan 2016 08:59:37 AM EST using RSA key ID 8259BD92 gpg: Good signature from "Isaac Bennetch <bennetch@gmail.com>" gpg: aka "Isaac Bennetch <isaac@bennetch.org>" gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature! gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner. Primary key fingerprint: 3D06 A59E CE73 0EB7 1B51 1C17 CE75 2F17 8259 BD92
The problem here is that anybody could issue the key with this name. You need to
ensure that the key is actually owned by the mentioned person. The GNU Privacy
Handbook covers this topic in the chapter Validating other keys on your public
keyring. The most reliable method is to meet the developer in person and
exchange key fingerprints, however, you can also rely on the web of trust. This way
you can trust the key transitively though signatures of others, who have met
the developer in person.
Once the key is trusted, the warning will not occur:
$ gpg --verify phpMyAdmin-4.5.4.1-all-languages.zip.asc gpg: Signature made Fri 29 Jan 2016 08:59:37 AM EST using RSA key ID 8259BD92 gpg: Good signature from "Isaac Bennetch <bennetch@gmail.com>" [full]
Should the signature be invalid (the archive has been changed), you would get a
clear error regardless of the fact that the key is trusted or not:
$ gpg --verify phpMyAdmin-4.5.4.1-all-languages.zip.asc gpg: Signature made Fri 29 Jan 2016 08:59:37 AM EST using RSA key ID 8259BD92 gpg: BAD signature from "Isaac Bennetch <bennetch@gmail.com>" [unknown]
phpMyAdmin configuration storage
Changed in version 3.4.0: Prior to phpMyAdmin 3.4.0 this was called Linked Tables Infrastructure, but
the name was changed due to the extended scope of the storage.
For a whole set of additional features (Bookmarks, comments, SQL-history,
tracking mechanism, PDF-generation, Transformations, Relations
etc.) you need to create a set of special tables. Those tables can be located
in your own database, or in a central database for a multi-user installation
(this database would then be accessed by the controluser, so no other user
should have rights to it).
Zero configuration
In many cases, this database structure can be automatically created and
configured. This is called “Zero Configuration” mode and can be particularly
useful in shared hosting situations. “Zeroconf” mode is on by default, to
disable set $cfg['ZeroConf']
to false.
The following three scenarios are covered by the Zero Configuration mode:
-
When entering a database where the configuration storage tables are not
present, phpMyAdmin offers to create them from the Operations tab. -
When entering a database where the tables do already exist, the software
automatically detects this and begins using them. This is the most common
situation; after the tables are initially created automatically they are
continually used without disturbing the user; this is also most useful on
shared hosting where the user is not able to editconfig.inc.php
and
usually the user only has access to one database. -
When having access to multiple databases, if the user first enters the
database containing the configuration storage tables then switches to
another database,
phpMyAdmin continues to use the tables from the first database; the user is
not prompted to create more tables in the new database.
Manual configuration
Please look at your ./sql/
directory, where you should find a
file called create_tables.sql. (If you are using a Windows server,
pay special attention to 1.23 I’m running MySQL on a Win32 machine. Each time I create a new table the table and column names are changed to lowercase!).
If you already had this infrastructure and:
-
upgraded to MySQL 4.1.2 or newer, please use
sql/upgrade_tables_mysql_4_1_2+.sql
. -
upgraded to phpMyAdmin 4.3.0 or newer from 2.5.0 or newer (<= 4.2.x),
please usesql/upgrade_column_info_4_3_0+.sql
. -
upgraded to phpMyAdmin 4.7.0 or newer from 4.3.0 or newer,
please usesql/upgrade_tables_4_7_0+.sql
.
and then create new tables by importing sql/create_tables.sql
.
You can use your phpMyAdmin to create the tables for you. Please be
aware that you may need special (administrator) privileges to create
the database and tables, and that the script may need some tuning,
depending on the database name.
After having imported the sql/create_tables.sql
file, you
should specify the table names in your config.inc.php
file. The
directives used for that can be found in the Configuration.
You will also need to have a controluser
($cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser']
and
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass']
settings)
with the proper rights to those tables. For example you can create it
using following statement:
And for any MariaDB version:
CREATE USER 'pma'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED VIA mysql_native_password USING 'pmapass'; GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON `<pma_db>`.* TO 'pma'@'localhost';
For MySQL 8.0 and newer:
CREATE USER 'pma'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH caching_sha2_password BY 'pmapass'; GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON <pma_db>.* TO 'pma'@'localhost';
For MySQL older than 8.0:
CREATE USER 'pma'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password AS 'pmapass'; GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON <pma_db>.* TO 'pma'@'localhost';
Note that MySQL installations with PHP older than 7.4 and MySQL newer than 8.0 may require
using the mysql_native_password authentication as a workaround, see
1.45 I get an error message about unknown authentication method caching_sha2_password when trying to log in for details.
Upgrading from an older version
Warning
Never extract the new version over an existing installation of
phpMyAdmin, always first remove the old files keeping just the
configuration.
This way, you will not leave any old or outdated files in the directory,
which can have severe security implications or can cause various breakages.
Simply copy config.inc.php
from your previous installation into
the newly unpacked one. Configuration files from old versions may
require some tweaking as some options have been changed or removed.
For compatibility with PHP 5.3 and later, remove a
set_magic_quotes_runtime(0);
statement that you might find near
the end of your configuration file.
The complete upgrade can be performed in a few simple steps:
-
Download the latest phpMyAdmin version from <https://www.phpmyadmin.net/downloads/>.
-
Rename existing phpMyAdmin folder (for example to
phpmyadmin-old
). -
Unpack freshly downloaded phpMyAdmin to the desired location (for example
phpmyadmin
). -
Copy
config.inc.php`
from old location (phpmyadmin-old
) to the new one (phpmyadmin
). -
Test that everything works properly.
-
Remove backup of a previous version (
phpmyadmin-old
).
If you have upgraded your MySQL server from a version previous to 4.1.2 to
version 5.x or newer and if you use the phpMyAdmin configuration storage, you
should run the SQL script found in
sql/upgrade_tables_mysql_4_1_2+.sql
.
If you have upgraded your phpMyAdmin to 4.3.0 or newer from 2.5.0 or
newer (<= 4.2.x) and if you use the phpMyAdmin configuration storage, you
should run the SQL script found in
sql/upgrade_column_info_4_3_0+.sql
.
Do not forget to clear the browser cache and to empty the old session by
logging out and logging in again.
Using authentication modes
HTTP and cookie authentication modes are recommended in a multi-user
environment where you want to give users access to their own database and
don’t want them to play around with others. Nevertheless, be aware that MS
Internet Explorer seems to be really buggy about cookies, at least till version
6. Even in a single-user environment, you might prefer to use HTTP
or cookie mode so that your user/password pair are not in clear in the
configuration file.
HTTP and cookie authentication
modes are more secure: the MySQL login information does not need to be
set in the phpMyAdmin configuration file (except possibly for the
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser']
).
However, keep in mind that the password travels in plain text unless
you are using the HTTPS protocol. In cookie mode, the password is
stored, encrypted with the AES algorithm, in a temporary cookie.
Then each of the true users should be granted a set of privileges
on a set of particular databases. Normally you shouldn’t give global
privileges to an ordinary user unless you understand the impact of those
privileges (for example, you are creating a superuser).
For example, to grant the user real_user with all privileges on
the database user_base:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON user_base.* TO 'real_user'@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'real_password';
What the user may now do is controlled entirely by the MySQL user management
system. With HTTP or cookie authentication mode, you don’t need to fill the
user/password fields inside the $cfg['Servers']
.
HTTP authentication mode
-
Uses HTTP Basic authentication
method and allows you to log in as any valid MySQL user. -
Is supported with most PHP configurations. For IIS (ISAPI)
support using CGI PHP see 1.32 Can I use HTTP authentication with IIS?, for using with Apache
CGI see 1.35 Can I use HTTP authentication with Apache CGI?. -
When PHP is running under Apache’s mod_proxy_fcgi (e.g. with PHP-FPM),
Authorization
headers are not passed to the underlying FCGI application,
such that your credentials will not reach the application. In this case, you can
add the following configuration directive:SetEnvIf Authorization "(.*)" HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=$1
-
See also 4.4 phpMyAdmin always gives “Access denied” when using HTTP authentication. about not using the .htaccess mechanism along with
‘HTTP’ authentication mode.
Note
There is no way to do proper logout in HTTP authentication, most browsers
will remember credentials until there is no different successful
authentication. Because of this, this method has a limitation that you can not
login with the same user after logout.
Cookie authentication mode
-
Username and password are stored in cookies during the session and password
is deleted when it ends. -
With this mode, the user can truly log out of phpMyAdmin and log
back in with the same username (this is not possible with HTTP authentication mode). -
If you want to allow users to enter any hostname to connect (rather than only
servers that are configured inconfig.inc.php
),
see the$cfg['AllowArbitraryServer']
directive. -
As mentioned in the Requirements section, having the
openssl
extension
will speed up access considerably, but is not required.
Signon authentication mode
-
This mode is a convenient way of using credentials from another
application to authenticate to phpMyAdmin to implement a single signon
solution. -
The other application has to store login information into session
data (see$cfg['Servers'][$i]['SignonSession']
and
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['SignonCookieParams']
) or you
need to implement script to return the credentials (see
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['SignonScript']
). -
When no credentials are available, the user is being redirected to
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['SignonURL']
, where you should handle
the login process.
The very basic example of saving credentials in a session is available as
examples/signon.php
:
<?php /** * Single signon for phpMyAdmin * * This is just example how to use session based single signon with * phpMyAdmin, it is not intended to be perfect code and look, only * shows how you can integrate this functionality in your application. */ declare(strict_types=1); /* Use cookies for session */ ini_set('session.use_cookies', 'true'); /* Change this to true if using phpMyAdmin over https */ $secure_cookie = false; /* Need to have cookie visible from parent directory */ session_set_cookie_params(0, '/', '', $secure_cookie, true); /* Create signon session */ $session_name = 'SignonSession'; session_name($session_name); // Uncomment and change the following line to match your $cfg['SessionSavePath'] //session_save_path('/foobar'); @session_start(); /* Was data posted? */ if (isset($_POST['user'])) { /* Store there credentials */ $_SESSION['PMA_single_signon_user'] = $_POST['user']; $_SESSION['PMA_single_signon_password'] = $_POST['password']; $_SESSION['PMA_single_signon_host'] = $_POST['host']; $_SESSION['PMA_single_signon_port'] = $_POST['port']; /* Update another field of server configuration */ $_SESSION['PMA_single_signon_cfgupdate'] = ['verbose' => 'Signon test']; $_SESSION['PMA_single_signon_HMAC_secret'] = hash('sha1', uniqid(strval(random_int(0, mt_getrandmax())), true)); $id = session_id(); /* Close that session */ @session_write_close(); /* Redirect to phpMyAdmin (should use absolute URL here!) */ header('Location: ../index.php'); } else { /* Show simple form */ header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8'); echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>' . "\n"; echo '<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <link rel="icon" href="../favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="../favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>phpMyAdmin single signon example</title> </head> <body>'; if (isset($_SESSION['PMA_single_signon_error_message'])) { echo '<p class="error">'; echo $_SESSION['PMA_single_signon_error_message']; echo '</p>'; } echo '<form action="signon.php" method="post"> Username: <input type="text" name="user" autocomplete="username" spellcheck="false"><br> Password: <input type="password" name="password" autocomplete="current-password" spellcheck="false"><br> Host: (will use the one from config.inc.php by default) <input type="text" name="host"><br> Port: (will use the one from config.inc.php by default) <input type="text" name="port"><br> <input type="submit"> </form> </body> </html>'; }
Alternatively, you can also use this way to integrate with OpenID as shown
in examples/openid.php
:
<?php /** * Single signon for phpMyAdmin using OpenID * * This is just example how to use single signon with phpMyAdmin, it is * not intended to be perfect code and look, only shows how you can * integrate this functionality in your application. * * It uses OpenID pear package, see https://pear.php.net/package/OpenID * * User first authenticates using OpenID and based on content of $AUTH_MAP * the login information is passed to phpMyAdmin in session data. */ declare(strict_types=1); if (false === @include_once 'OpenID/RelyingParty.php') { exit; } /* Change this to true if using phpMyAdmin over https */ $secure_cookie = false; /** * Map of authenticated users to MySQL user/password pairs. */ $AUTH_MAP = [ 'https://launchpad.net/~username' => [ 'user' => 'root', 'password' => '', ], ]; // phpcs:disable PSR1.Files.SideEffects,Squiz.Functions.GlobalFunction /** * Simple function to show HTML page with given content. * * @param string $contents Content to include in page */ function Show_page($contents): void { header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8'); echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>' . "\n"; echo '<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <link rel="icon" href="../favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="../favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>phpMyAdmin OpenID signon example</title> </head> <body>'; if (isset($_SESSION['PMA_single_signon_error_message'])) { echo '<p class="error">' . $_SESSION['PMA_single_signon_message'] . '</p>'; unset($_SESSION['PMA_single_signon_message']); } echo $contents; echo '</body></html>'; } /** * Display error and exit * * @param Exception $e Exception object */ function Die_error($e): void { $contents = "<div class='relyingparty_results'>\n"; $contents .= '<pre>' . htmlspecialchars($e->getMessage()) . "</pre>\n"; $contents .= "</div class='relyingparty_results'>"; Show_page($contents); exit; } // phpcs:enable /* Need to have cookie visible from parent directory */ session_set_cookie_params(0, '/', '', $secure_cookie, true); /* Create signon session */ $session_name = 'SignonSession'; session_name($session_name); @session_start(); // Determine realm and return_to $base = 'http'; if (isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && $_SERVER['HTTPS'] === 'on') { $base .= 's'; } $base .= '://' . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] . ':' . $_SERVER['SERVER_PORT']; $realm = $base . '/'; $returnTo = $base . dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); if ($returnTo[strlen($returnTo) - 1] !== '/') { $returnTo .= '/'; } $returnTo .= 'openid.php'; /* Display form */ if ((! count($_GET) && ! count($_POST)) || isset($_GET['phpMyAdmin'])) { /* Show simple form */ $content = '<form action="openid.php" method="post"> OpenID: <input type="text" name="identifier"><br> <input type="submit" name="start"> </form>'; Show_page($content); exit; } /* Grab identifier */ $identifier = null; if (isset($_POST['identifier']) && is_string($_POST['identifier'])) { $identifier = $_POST['identifier']; } elseif (isset($_SESSION['identifier']) && is_string($_SESSION['identifier'])) { $identifier = $_SESSION['identifier']; } /* Create OpenID object */ try { $o = new OpenID_RelyingParty($returnTo, $realm, $identifier); } catch (Throwable $e) { Die_error($e); } /* Redirect to OpenID provider */ if (isset($_POST['start'])) { try { $authRequest = $o->prepare(); } catch (Throwable $e) { Die_error($e); } $url = $authRequest->getAuthorizeURL(); header('Location: ' . $url); exit; } /* Grab query string */ if (! count($_POST)) { [, $queryString] = explode('?', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']); } else { // Fetch the raw query body $queryString = file_get_contents('php://input'); } /* Check reply */ try { $message = new OpenID_Message($queryString, OpenID_Message::FORMAT_HTTP); } catch (Throwable $e) { Die_error($e); } $id = $message->get('openid.claimed_id'); if (empty($id) || ! isset($AUTH_MAP[$id])) { Show_page('<p>User not allowed!</p>'); exit; } $_SESSION['PMA_single_signon_user'] = $AUTH_MAP[$id]['user']; $_SESSION['PMA_single_signon_password'] = $AUTH_MAP[$id]['password']; $_SESSION['PMA_single_signon_HMAC_secret'] = hash('sha1', uniqid(strval(random_int(0, mt_getrandmax())), true)); session_write_close(); /* Redirect to phpMyAdmin (should use absolute URL here!) */ header('Location: ../index.php');
If you intend to pass the credentials using some other means than, you have to
implement wrapper in PHP to get that data and set it to
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['SignonScript']
. There is a very minimal example
in examples/signon-script.php
:
<?php /** * Single signon for phpMyAdmin * * This is just example how to use script based single signon with * phpMyAdmin, it is not intended to be perfect code and look, only * shows how you can integrate this functionality in your application. */ declare(strict_types=1); // phpcs:disable Squiz.Functions.GlobalFunction /** * This function returns username and password. * * It can optionally use configured username as parameter. * * @param string $user User name * * @return array */ function get_login_credentials($user) { /* Optionally we can use passed username */ if (! empty($user)) { return [ $user, 'password', ]; } /* Here we would retrieve the credentials */ return [ 'root', '', ]; }
Config authentication mode
-
This mode is sometimes the less secure one because it requires you to fill the
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user']
and
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password']
fields (and as a result, anyone who can read yourconfig.inc.php
can discover your username and password). -
In the ISPs, multi-user installations section, there is an entry explaining how
to protect your configuration file. -
For additional security in this mode, you may wish to consider the
Host authentication$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['order']
and$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules']
configuration directives. -
Unlike cookie and http, does not require a user to log in when first
loading the phpMyAdmin site. This is by design but could allow any
user to access your installation. Use of some restriction method is
suggested, perhaps a .htaccess file with the HTTP-AUTH directive or disallowing
incoming HTTP requests at one’s router or firewall will suffice (both
of which are beyond the scope of this manual but easily searchable
with Google).
Securing your phpMyAdmin installation
The phpMyAdmin team tries hard to make the application secure, however there
are always ways to make your installation more secure:
-
Follow our Security announcements and upgrade
phpMyAdmin whenever new vulnerability is published. -
Serve phpMyAdmin on HTTPS only. Preferably, you should use HSTS as well, so that
you’re protected from protocol downgrade attacks. -
Ensure your PHP setup follows recommendations for production sites, for example
display_errors
should be disabled. -
Remove the
test
directory from phpMyAdmin, unless you are developing and need a test suite. -
Remove the
setup
directory from phpMyAdmin, you will probably not
use it after the initial setup. -
Properly choose an authentication method — Cookie authentication mode
is probably the best choice for shared hosting. -
Deny access to auxiliary files in
./libraries/
or
./templates/
subfolders in your webserver configuration.
Such configuration prevents from possible path exposure and cross side
scripting vulnerabilities that might happen to be found in that code. For the
Apache webserver, this is often accomplished with a .htaccess file in
those directories. -
Deny access to temporary files, see
$cfg['TempDir']
(if that
is placed inside your web root, see also Web server upload/save/import directories. -
It is generally a good idea to protect a public phpMyAdmin installation
against access by robots as they usually can not do anything good there. You
can do this usingrobots.txt
file in the root of your webserver or limit
access by web server configuration, see 1.42 How can I prevent robots from accessing phpMyAdmin?. -
In case you don’t want all MySQL users to be able to access
phpMyAdmin, you can use$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules']
to limit them
or$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowRoot']
to deny root user access. -
Enable Two-factor authentication for your account.
-
Consider hiding phpMyAdmin behind an authentication proxy, so that
users need to authenticate prior to providing MySQL credentials
to phpMyAdmin. You can achieve this by configuring your web server to request
HTTP authentication. For example in Apache this can be done with:AuthType Basic AuthName "Restricted Access" AuthUserFile /usr/share/phpmyadmin/passwd Require valid-user
Once you have changed the configuration, you need to create a list of users which
can authenticate. This can be done using the htpasswd utility:htpasswd -c /usr/share/phpmyadmin/passwd username
-
If you are afraid of automated attacks, enabling Captcha by
$cfg['CaptchaLoginPublicKey']
and
$cfg['CaptchaLoginPrivateKey']
might be an option. -
Failed login attempts are logged to syslog (if available, see
$cfg['AuthLog']
). This can allow using a tool such as
fail2ban to block brute-force attempts. Note that the log file used by syslog
is not the same as the Apache error or access log files. -
In case you’re running phpMyAdmin together with other PHP applications, it is
generally advised to use separate session storage for phpMyAdmin to avoid
possible session-based attacks against it. You can use
$cfg['SessionSavePath']
to achieve this.
Using SSL for connection to database server
It is recommended to use SSL when connecting to remote database server. There
are several configuration options involved in the SSL setup:
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl']
-
Defines whether to use SSL at all. If you enable only this, the connection
will be encrypted, but there is not authentication of the connection — you
can not verify that you are talking to the right server. $cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_key']
and$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_cert']
-
This is used for authentication of client to the server.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ca']
and$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ca_path']
-
The certificate authorities you trust for server certificates.
This is used to ensure that you are talking to a trusted server. $cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_verify']
-
This configuration disables server certificate verification. Use with
caution.
When the database server is using a local connection or private network and SSL can not be configured
you can use $cfg['MysqlSslWarningSafeHosts']
to explicitly list the hostnames that are considered secure.
Known issues
Users with column-specific privileges are unable to “Browse”
If a user has only column-specific privileges on some (but not all) columns in a table, “Browse”
will fail with an error message.
As a workaround, a bookmarked query with the same name as the table can be created, this will
run when using the “Browse” link instead. Issue 11922.
Trouble logging back in after logging out using ‘http’ authentication
When using the ‘http’ auth_type
, it can be impossible to log back in (when the logout comes
manually or after a period of inactivity). Issue 11898.
Every website needs to interact with a data management system or the data itself, so it needs to use a database. PHPMyAdmin has become one of the most popular software platforms for managing classified data with MySQL and MariaDB databases around the web. This article will teach you 5 Ways To Install PHPMyAdmin On Windows 10. You can check out the packages offered on the Eldernode website if you intend to buy a Windows VPS server.
Table of Contents
What is PHPMyAdmin?
PHPMyAdmin is an open-source, free, and third-party software tool written in PHP that manages the MySQL database on the web. It allows you to manage databases, tables, columns, relationships, lists, users, permissions and etc through the user interface. This software is database control software and supports a wide range of operations in MySQL and MariaDB.
Requirements to Install PHPMyAdmin On Windows 10
1- Install Apache web server on Windows
2- Install MySQL database manager on Windows
3- Install PHP on Windows
Downloading PHPMyAdmin on Windows 10
In this section, you will learn how to download PHPMyAdmin on Windows 10. To do this, follow the steps below.
Navigate to the official PHPMyAdmin website to download the desired version of PHPMyAdmin on your Windows 10 system. Click on Download 5.2.0:
Once the download is completed, go to the downloaded folder and unzip the downloaded file. Then move it to the C:\Apache24\htdocs path.
In order for the tool to work correctly, you need to set up a few PHPMyAdmin files. Find the config.sample.inc.php file inside the folder of the program and rename it to config.inc.php.
Now edit the file using your desired text editor. To do this choose the following line:
cfg['blowfish_secret'] = ''; /* YOU MUST FILL IN THIS FOR COOKIE AUTH! */
Then you should enter your desired value. Note that the value must be at least 32 characters long:
cfg['blowfish_secret'] = ''; /* k7b862qwq4ygj8a2hkczmd6spqsnspnkd */
Remember to save the configuration file.
Remove the ; beginning of the extension and open the php.ini file which is located in the PHP folder. You should enable the following extensions that are required for the tool’s operation:
extension=php_mbstring.dll extension=mysqli
Remember to save the configuration.
Lastly, restart the Apache server by pressing Win+R and running the command below:
services.msc
How to Log in to PHPMyAdmin on Windows 10
First, open the following URL in your web browser and enter your MySQL username and password:
http://localhost/phpmyadmin/
Now you should see the dashboard. If you scroll down the page, the warning sign will appear:
The reason for the warning is that the tool needs a database to work. You can import it from the same installation folder. So click on the Import menu, go to the C:\Apache24\htdocs\phpMyAdmin\sql path and choose create_tables.sql:
You should see a database named PHPMyAdmin.
After the database is created, click on the shown icon to exit the tool:
In this step, modify the values referred to the user that manipulates the database. It will enable the database and table storage parameters and eliminate the double slashes in front of them. Also, it adds localhost in the line corresponding to the user control and modifies the value controluser and controlpass with the user and the password of MySQL.
Finally, save the configuration and come back to the PHPMyAdmin.
Conclusion
PHPMyAdmin facilitates the management and administration of MySQL. In this article, we taught you 5 ways to install PHPMyAdmin on Windows 10. I hope this tutorial was useful for you and helps you to install PHPMyAdmin on Windows 10. If you have any questions or suggestions, you can contact us in the Comments section.
Hey, what’s up? Today we’re going to talk about install phpMyAdmin on WIndows 10. This is open-source software, designed to handle the administration and management of MySQL databases through a graphical user interface. Through this application, we can create, modify and delete records. It is also possible to import and export tables from the MySQL database. In addition, we can execute MySQL queries, optimize and repair the database and many more tasks. Well, in this post we are going to see how to install phpMyAdmin in Windows 10.
Prerequisites
To make use of this tool, the webserver must obviously be configured and running correctly. In like manner, here in osradar.com, I show you how to install and configure the following elements:
- Any web server running and configured. In this case, we will use Apache.
- A database manager. For this purpose, we will use MySql.
- PHP.
Download the latest version of phpMyAdmin.
In the first place, go to the official phpMyAdmin website and download the latest version of the tool from there At the time of writing this post, the version is 5.0.
Then unzip the file and rename it to phpMyAdmin. Then drag this folder to the next path: C:\Apache24\htdocs
Set up some phpMyAdmin files.
To ensure the correct functioning of the tool, it is necessary to make some previous configurations. First, inside the program folder, locate the file config.sample.inc.php. Then, rename it to config.inc.php.
Finally, you have to modify it with your favorite text editor. Please select the next line:
$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = ''; /* YOU MUST FILL IN THIS FOR COOKIE AUTH! */
Enter a value of your choice, minimum of 32 characters long:
$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = ''; /* k7b862qwq4ygj8a2hkczmd6spqsnspnkd */
Finally, save the configuration file.
Enable the necessary extensions.
On the other hand, it is necessary to enable the extensions required for the operation of the tool. With this intention, remove the ; at the beginning of the extension, as shown here. With this intention, open the file php.ini located in the php folder.
The extensions to be enabled are the following:
extension=php_mbstring.dll
extension=mysqli
Finally, save the configuration and restart the Apache server. With this in mind, press the Win+R combination and run the services.msc command. Once the list of services is open, locate the Apache HTTP Server, and restart it.
Login to phpMyAdmin
Once you have made your settings, it is time to login to phpMyAdmin. To do so, please open the following address in your web browser: http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ Once there, please enter your MySQL username and password:
After entering the credentials, the tool’s Dashboard will be displayed. Additionally, when you scroll down the page, a warning sign appears.
This warning is shown because the tool needs a database to work. In case you have not created it before, it is possible to import it from the same installation folder. With this in mind, please click on the Import menu. Then navigate to the following path: C:\Apache24\htdocs\phpMyAdmin\sql. And from there, select create_tables.sql
Consequently, a database will be created under the name phpmyadmin
Once the database is created, you have to exit the tool by clicking on the door with the small green arrow.
Then, modify the values referred to the user who will manipulate the database. In addition, it enables the database and table storage parameters. To do this, it eliminates the double slashes in front of them. Likewise, in the line corresponding to user control, it adds localhost. Also, it modifies the value controluser and controlpass with the user and the password of MySQL. To graph the process I show you the code before editing it and where you should make the changes.
Below is the appearance of the correctly modified phpMyAdmin configuration file.
Save the configuration and go back to phpMyAdmin. The warning message should have disappeared.
Ultimately, we have seen how to install phpMyAdmin on Windows 10. This tool facilitates the management and administration of MySQL. I hope you enjoyed this post. See you soon!
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If you’re looking to manage your MySQL databases more easily on Windows 10, installing phpMyAdmin is a great choice. This tool provides a web-based interface that simplifies complex database management tasks. To get it up and running, you’ll need to have a working server environment with PHP and MySQL already installed. Then, you can download phpMyAdmin, configure it to connect to your databases, and access it through your web browser.
Installing phpMyAdmin on Windows 10 involves setting up a local server environment and configuring phpMyAdmin to work with your databases. Here’s how you can do it:
Step 1: Install a Local Server
First, download and install a local server package like XAMPP or WampServer, which includes Apache, PHP, and MySQL.
These server packages provide everything you need to run phpMyAdmin. Once installed, make sure to start the Apache and MySQL services from the control panel.
Step 2: Download phpMyAdmin
Next, visit the phpMyAdmin website and download the latest version of the software.
Once downloaded, extract the zip file to your local server’s root directory (usually “htdocs” for XAMPP or “www” for WampServer). This makes phpMyAdmin accessible via your web browser.
Step 3: Configure phpMyAdmin
Now, open the phpMyAdmin folder and locate the “config.sample.inc.php” file. Rename this file to “config.inc.php”.
Edit “config.inc.php” using a text editor, and enter your MySQL credentials. This lets phpMyAdmin connect to your databases. Save the file when you’re done.
Step 4: Access phpMyAdmin
Open your web browser and type “http://localhost/phpmyadmin” in the address bar to access the phpMyAdmin interface.
If everything is set up correctly, you should see the phpMyAdmin login page. Enter your MySQL username and password to start managing your databases.
Step 5: Secure phpMyAdmin
For added security, set a password for the “root” MySQL user and define user permissions within phpMyAdmin.
Since phpMyAdmin is now accessible through your browser, securing it helps prevent unauthorized access.
After completing these steps, you can easily access and manage your databases through phpMyAdmin’s user-friendly web interface.
Tips for Installing phpMyAdmin in Windows 10
- Always back up your databases before making changes.
- Keep your server environment and phpMyAdmin updated to the latest versions for security.
- Customize phpMyAdmin’s configuration file to enhance performance.
- Utilize phpMyAdmin’s export feature to create database backups.
- Regularly check phpMyAdmin’s error logs to troubleshoot any issues.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is phpMyAdmin used for?
phpMyAdmin is a web-based tool used to manage MySQL databases through an easy-to-use interface.
Do I need to know SQL to use phpMyAdmin?
While basic SQL knowledge can be helpful, it’s not required. phpMyAdmin provides a user-friendly interface for managing databases.
Is phpMyAdmin free to use?
Yes, phpMyAdmin is open-source and free to use.
How do I update phpMyAdmin?
To update phpMyAdmin, download the latest version and replace the old files in your server’s root directory, then update the configuration file as needed.
Why can’t I access phpMyAdmin in my browser?
Common issues include incorrect server settings or a problem with the server’s configuration. Ensure Apache and MySQL services are running.
Summary
- Install a local server.
- Download phpMyAdmin.
- Configure phpMyAdmin.
- Access phpMyAdmin.
- Secure phpMyAdmin.
Conclusion
Installing phpMyAdmin on Windows 10 is a straightforward process that simplifies managing your MySQL databases. By following the steps outlined above, you’ll have phpMyAdmin up and running in no time, allowing you to handle complex database tasks with ease. Remember, keeping your server environment secure and updated is crucial for maintaining the integrity of your databases. Whether you’re a seasoned developer or just starting, phpMyAdmin is an invaluable tool for database management.
Why not take a few minutes to explore phpMyAdmin’s features once it’s installed? You might discover new ways to optimize your database management workflow. Plus, there are numerous tutorials and resources available online if you’re interested in further enhancing your phpMyAdmin skills. So, go ahead and unlock the full potential of your databases with phpMyAdmin on Windows 10!
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In this tutorial we will learn how to install phpMyAdmin on Windows 10 Using IIS Web Server. However, installation of phpMyAdmin on Windows Server 2016 is similar to installing phpMyAdmin on Windows 10 system. Moreover, instead of using Apache Web Server, we will be using IIS Web Server. Here, in this tutorial we will be installing phpMyAdmin on Windows 10 operating system. However, the installation of phpMyAdmin on Windows Server 2016 is similar as stated above. Also, phpMyAdmin can be used to manage both MySQL Server and MariaDB Database Server.
Here, in this tutorial we will use only MySQL Database Server. First we need to install MySQL Database Server and Client on Windows 10 Computer. Then we will be able to access and manage the databases and tables from the command line. Next, to install MySQL Database Server and Client on Windows 10 operating system, you can follow our tutorial, the link to our tutorial is given below:
Other Similar Applications
Furthermore, there and many other Graphical User Interface (GUI) applications available to access the databases and tables in MySQL or MariaDB Database. Apart from phpMyAdmin some of these applications are MySQL Workbench, HeidiSQL, and Navicat etc. Navicat is a commercial application and can be purchased from its official website. Whereas, MySQL Workbench and HeidiSQL are open source applications and are freely available to download and install.
Additionally, phpMyAdmin is an open source application. It is a web based interface to access MySQL Databases and tables. As the name suggests phpMyAdmin is developed using PHP language. However, PHP is a server side scripting language. Moreover, it is often used with MySQL or MariaDB Database for website development. The phpMyAdmin is one of the most popular tools for database management. Furthermore, it is free, platform independent and lightweight web application. Also, it is commonly used for management and maintenance of MySQL or MariaDB databases.
In addition to above, in phpMyAdmin we can use its GUI window to write and execute SQL statements. We can also see the output of the SQL statements on the phpMyAdmin output screen. Additionally, using phpMyAdmin we can easily do all administrative functions like taking database backups, restoring database etc.
Prerequisite for Installation of phpMyAdmin on Windows 10
Before installation of phpMyAdmin some preparation has to be done and we will need the following:
- We will need a system with preinstalled Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016 operating system.
- Install MySQL or MariaDB Database Server on Windows to use phpMyAdmin. To install MySQL Database Server on Windows, see our tutorial:
How to Install MySQL 8.0 on Windows 10
If we want to install MySQL on Windows Server, the same installation process will do.
- Install PHP on the system, for installation of PHP on windows using IIS, see our tutorial:
- Install FastCGI module on IIS to be able to run PHP websites on IIS. This step is covered in our PHP 8 installation tutorial.
- A stable and fast internet connection for downloading the phpMyAdmin installer.
Now we are ready to install phpMyAdmin on Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016 Using IIS Web Server.
Installing phpMyAdmin on Windows Using IIS Web Server
However, to install phpMyAdmin on Windows 10, first download the phpMyAdmin installer from the official website of phpMyAdmin. Following is the link to the latest version of phpMyAdmin as of writing this article:
Next, click on the above link to download the installer. Additionally, the installer file will be in zip format. The size of the installer is about 14.1 MB.
Further, extract the installer folder from the zip archive. Next, rename the extracted folder to phpmyadmin. Also, move this extracted folder to the location C:\inetpub\wwwroot\.
Finally, on moving the phpmyadmin folder in C:\inetpub\wwwroot folder, the installation of phpmyadmin on localhost is complete. Now to open phpMyAdmin, we have to open our favorite browser. In the address bar of the browser type the following URL:
http://localhost/phpmyadmin/
The output on the browser will be similar to the one shown below:
Configuration of phpMyAdmin
If we will try to use phpMyAdmin it will give errors. To use phpMyAdmin we have to first configure it. The configuration file can be created with simple text editor. To configure phpMyAdmin, follow the steps given below in the given order:
- Navigate to the C:\inetpub\wwwroot\phpmyadmin folder.
- Locate the configuration file config.sample.inc.php.
- Rename config.sample.inc.php file to config.inc.php.
- Open this file in your favorite text editor.
- Locate the line having content [ $cfg[‘blowfish_secret’] = ”; ]
- Enter some string value in between the quotation marks to the right of the ‘=’ sign as shown below. The recommended length of the string should be 32 characters or more.
$cfg[‘blowfish_secret’] = ‘askjfneruvhewjnerfhwejnceuihjwjjndomeidmeuemnwidnwi’;
- Save the file and exit the text editor.
- Now open the browser again and enter the URL:
http://localhost/phpmyadmin/
On the login page enter the user name as root. Enter the password for the root user. The following screen will appear as shown below.
Finally, we are now able to log into the MySQL database Server successfully. But still some configuration part is remaining. We can see there is an error message at the bottom of the window. This is shown in the image below.
Additionally, to remove the error we will move to the import tab on the top menu of the phpMyAdmin page. Then, we will import create_tables.sql file from sql folder. The sql folder is located inside phpmyadmin folder. The absolute path of the file is:
“C:\inetpub\wwwroot\phpmyadmin\sql\create_tables.sql”.
The following figure shows the import option location on the web page:
Furthermore, choose create_tables.sql file from the sql folder as explained above in the web page as shown below.
Further, Now click GO button situated at the bottom right hand corner. Also, this will create a phpmyadmin database. Then it will import create table sql file in the phpmyadmin database.
Finally, the phpMyAdmin installation on windows 10 is complete. We can now start using it.
Finally, It is time to log out of phpmyadmin. Then again connect to the database server. Now there will be no errors.