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 10 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_ABSOLUTE_URI
¶ -
The fully-qualified path (
https://pma.example.net/
) where the reverse
proxy makes phpMyAdmin available.
-
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
-
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.
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 myadmin -d -e PMA_HOST=dbhost -p 8080:80 phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
To connect phpMyAdmin to more servers use:
docker run --name myadmin -d -e PMA_HOSTS=dbhost1,dbhost2,dbhost3 -p 8080:80 phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
To use arbitrary server option:
docker run --name myadmin -d --link mysql_db_server:db -p 8080:80 -e PMA_ARBITRARY=1 phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
You can also link the database container using Docker:
docker run --name phpmyadmin -d --link mysql_db_server:db -p 8080:80 phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
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/phpmyadmin
Running with additional themes:
docker run --name phpmyadmin -d --link mysql_db_server:db -p 8080:80 -v /custom/phpmyadmin/theme/:/www/themes/theme/ phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
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/phpmyadmin 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/phpmyadmin 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 libraries/config.default.php
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 // use here a value of your choice at least 32 chars long $cfg['blowfish_secret'] = '1{dd0`<Q),5XP_:R9UK%%8\"EEcyH#{o'; $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:
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.
You should not copy libraries/config.default.php
over
config.inc.php
because the default configuration file is version-
specific.
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 $cfg['Servers']
.
Cookie authentication mode¶
- Username and password are stored in cookies during the session and password
is deleted when it ends. - With this mode, the user can truly log out of phpMyAdmin and log
back in with the same username (this is not possible with HTTP authentication mode). - If you want to allow users to enter any hostname to connect (rather than only
servers that are configured inconfig.inc.php
),
see the$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(rand()), 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"><br> Password: <input type="password" name="password" autocomplete="current-password"><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 $contents Content to include in page * * @return void */ function Show_page($contents) { 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 $e Exception object * * @return void */ function Die_error($e) { $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 */ if (isset($_POST['identifier']) && is_string($_POST['identifier'])) { $identifier = $_POST['identifier']; } elseif (isset($_SESSION['identifier']) && is_string($_SESSION['identifier'])) { $identifier = $_SESSION['identifier']; } else { $identifier = null; } /* 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 { // I hate php sometimes $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(rand()), 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:
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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
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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.
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.
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Из данной статьи вы узнаете, как установить phpMyAdmin на компьютере под управлением Windows. С помощью phpMyAdmin можно управлять сервером MySQL через веб-браузер, но перед этим необходимо настроить сервер MySQL на компьютере. Также можно воспользоваться бесплатной программой WAMP, чтобы автоматически установить phpMyAdmin на сервере.
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Установите и настройте Apache, PHP и MySQL на компьютере. Они необходимы, чтобы установить phpMyAdmin.
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Откройте страницу, на которой можно скачать phpMyAdmin. Перейдите на страницу https://www.phpmyadmin.net/ в браузере.
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Щелкните по Download (Скачать). Это зеленая кнопка в верхней правой части страницы. Запустится процесс скачивания архива (ZIP-файла).
- Справа от «Download» вы найдете версию phpMyAdmin (например, чтобы скачать версию phpMyAdmin, выпущенную в декабре 2017 года, нажмите «Download 4.7.7»).
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Щелкните по Close (Закрыть), когда появится запрос. Вы вернетесь на страницу phpMyAdmin.
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Распакуйте скачанный архив. Для этого дважды щелкните по загруженному ZIP-файлу.
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Скопируйте папку «phpMyAdmin». Щелкните по папке с phpMyAdmin в окне распакованного архива, а затем нажмите Ctrl+C.
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Откройте папку «htdocs». Она находится в папке «Apache», которая расположена на диске «C:».
- В папке «htdocs» вы найдете текстовый файл «index.php» (или что-то подобное).
- Чтобы быстро открыть указанную папку, щелкните по «Этот компьютер» в левой части окна, дважды щелкните по папке «Apache», а затем дважды щелкните по папке «htdocs» (или аналогичной).
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Вставьте скопированную папку в папку «htdocs». Нажмите Ctrl+V, чтобы вставить скопированную папку «phpMyAdmin» в папку «htdocs».
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Переименуйте скопированную папку на phpmyadmin. Щелкните по папке «phpMyAdmin», нажмите «Главная», на панели инструментов выберите «Переименовать», введите phpmyadmin в поле с именем папки, а затем нажмите ↵ Enter.
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Откройте папку «PHP». Эта папка находится на диске «C:» (как и папка «Apache»). Дважды щелкните по папке «РНР», чтобы открыть ее.
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Найдите файл «php.ini-production» и переименуйте его. Измените имя этого файла на php.ini.[1]
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Дважды щелкните по файлу «php.ini». Он откроется в текстовом редакторе, который используется по умолчанию (например, в Блокноте); в некоторых случаях вам придется выбрать Блокнот в открывшемся списке, а затем нажать «ОК».
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Найдите строку с текстом «extension=php_mbstring.dll» и удалите точку с запятой. Точку с запятой вы найдете слева от этой строки.
- Нажмите Ctrl+F, чтобы открыть окно «Найти», а затем введите указанный текст, чтобы быстро перейти к нему.
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Найдите строку с текстом «extension=php_mysqli.dll» и удалите точку с запятой. Так вы настроите сервер phpMyAdmin.
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Сохраните изменения и закройте Блокнот. Нажмите Ctrl+S, чтобы сохранить внесенные изменения, а затем нажмите «X» в верхнем правом углу окна Блокнота, чтобы закрыть Блокнот.
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Запустите сервер Apache. Откройте командную строку от имени администратора; для этого щелкните правой кнопкой мыши по «Пуск» «
, выберите «Командная строка (Администратор)» и нажмите «Да», когда появится запрос. Теперь выполните следующие действия:
- введите cd /Apache24/bin и нажмите ↵ Enter (замените «Apache24» на имя своей папки с Apache);
- введите httpd -k restart и нажмите ↵ Enter.
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Протестируйте работу phpMyAdmin. Откройте веб-браузер, в адресной строке введите http://localhost и нажмите ↵ Enter. Должна открыться страница авторизации phpMyAdmin.
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Убедитесь, что на компьютере есть MySQL. С помощью WAMP можно управлять существующим сервером с компьютера, но не создавать новые серверы.
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Прокрутите вниз и нажмите WAMPSERVER 64 BITS или WAMPSERVER 32 BITS. Версися зависит от разрядности вашей операционной системы. Откроется всплывающее окно.
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Щелкните по ссылке download directly (Скачать напрямую). Она находится в верхней правой части всплывающего окна. Откроется страница Source Forge, на которой можно скачать выбранную версию WAMP.
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Щелкните по Download (Скачать). Эта зеленая кнопка находится в верхней части страницы. Начнется процесс скачивания WAMP.
- Этот процесс займет несколько минут.
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Установите WAMP. Дважды щелкните по скачанному установочному файлу WAMP, а затем выполните следующие действия:
- нажмите «Да», когда будет предложено;
- выберите язык и нажмите «OK»;
- поставьте флажок у «I accept the agreement» (Я принимаю условия соглашения) и нажмите «Next» (Далее);
- нажмите «Next» (Далее) три раза;
- нажмите «Install» (Установить).
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Дождитесь, когда установка будет завершена. На это уйдет несколько минут.
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Выберите браузер, когда появится запрос. Нажмите «Yes» (Да), найдите EXE-файл нужного браузера, щелкните по нему и нажмите «Открыть».
- Например, чтобы выбрать Chrome, найдите и щелкните по папке «Google» в левой части окна Проводника, затем дважды щелкните по папке «Chrome» и выберите значок Chrome.
- Если вы предпочитаете использовать Internet Explorer, нажмите «No» (Нет).
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Если нужно, выберите другой текстовый редактор. Если вы не хотите использовать Блокнот в качестве текстового редактора сервера, нажмите «Yes» (Да), когда появится запрос, затем найдите EXE-файл нужного текстового редактора, щелкните по нему и нажмите «Открыть».
- Нажмите «No» (Нет), если вы хотите оставить Блокнот текстовым редактором по умолчанию.
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Завершите установку WAMP. Нажмите «Next» (Далее), а затем нажмите «Finish» (Готово) в последнем окне мастера установки.
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Откройте WAMP. Дважды щелкните по розовому значку «Wampserver» на рабочем столе, а затем нажмите «Да», когда появится запрос. Сервер будет запущен.
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Щелкните по значку WAMP на панели задач. В правой части панели инструментов Windows вы увидите оранжевый или зеленый значок WAMP. Если нажать на этот значок, откроется всплывающее меню.
- Возможно, сначала нужно щелкнуть по значку в виде направленной вверх стрелки, чтобы отобразить значок WAMP.
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Щелкните по phpMyAdmin. Эта опция находится в верхней части всплывающего меню. Если сервер настроен соответствующим образом, в браузере откроется страница авторизации phpMyAdmin.
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Советы
- Если вы создали и настроили сервер с помощью другого сервиса (а не Apache), установите phpMyAdmin и скопируйте папку «phpMyAdmin» в корневую папку этого сервиса. Имя папки зависит от сервиса.
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Предупреждения
- phpMyAdmin нельзя запустить на компьютере, на котором нет соответствующих служб, связанных с сервером (например, службы Apache).
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Программа phpMyAdmin позволяет наглядно работать с базами данных . Для установки нужно загрузить дистрибутив со страницы https://www.phpmyadmin.net/
В каталоге c:\WebServer\home\www\ создайте папку pma , и скопируйте содержимое файла phpMyAdmin-5.2.1-all-languages.zip.
Смотрите Дерево каталогов .
Открываем Notepad++ и набираем следующий код :
<?php
/* Servers configuration */
$i = 0;
/* Server: localhost [1] */
$i++;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['port'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysqli';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['nopassword'] = true;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = true;
/* End of servers configuration */
$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = 'kjLGJ8g;Hj3mlHy+Gd~FE3mN{gIATs^1lX+T=KVYv{ubK*U0V';
$cfg['DefaultLang'] = 'ru';
$cfg['ServerDefault'] = 1;
$cfg['UploadDir'] = '';
$cfg['SaveDir'] = '';
?>
Сохраняем файл под названием config.inc.php в папке C:\WebServer\home\www\pma .
Теперь открываем Web – браузер и в адресной строке набираем http://localhost/pma/
В итоге мы увидим окно , показанное на рисунке.
Введите root как имя, не заполняйте пароль. Если все хорошо, это должно выглядеть так:
Настройки PhpMyAdmin выполнены , если вы прошли все этапы установки WAMP сервера ручной сборки , и все у Вас работает , то наслаждайтесь созданием сайтов .
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.
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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.
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This wikiHow teaches you how to install the phpMyAdmin program on your Windows computer. You can use phpMyAdmin to control a MySQL server from within a web browser, but to do so you must first have a MySQL server set up on your computer. You can also use a free program called WAMP to automatically install phpMyAdmin on your server.
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Make sure that you’ve installed Apache, PHP, and MySQL. Apache, PHP, and MySQL must all be installed and configured on your computer before you can install phpMyAdmin in this way.
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Click Download. It’s a green button in the upper-right side of the page. The phpMyAdmin ZIP folder will begin downloading onto your computer.
- You’ll also see the version number next to Download (e.g., for the June 2023 version of phpMyAdmin, you’d click Download 5.2.1).
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Click Close when prompted. This will return you to the phpMyAdmin webpage.
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Open the phpMyAdmin folder. Double-click the downloaded phpMyAdmin ZIP folder to do so.
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Copy the phpMyAdmin folder’s contents. Click the regular phpMyAdmin folder in the ZIP folder’s window, then press Ctrl+C.
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Go to your Apache host folder. This is typically a folder named «htdocs» inside of the «Apache» folder, which should be located in the «C:» folder on your hard drive.
- The Apache host folder usually has a text document named «index.php» or something similar.
- The fastest way to get to this folder is by clicking This PC on the left side of the window, double-clicking the Apache folder, and double-clicking the htdocs (or similar) folder.
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Paste the copied folder into the host folder. Press Ctrl+V to paste the copied phpMyAdmin folder into the Apache host folder.
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Change the copied folder’s name to phpmyadmin. Click the phpMyAdmin folder, click Home, click Rename in the toolbar, type phpmyadmin into the folder’s name field, and press ↵ Enter.
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Open the PHP folder. This folder is located in the «C:» folder along with the «Apache» folder. Once you find the PHP folder, double-click it to open it.
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Find the «php.ini-production» file and rename it. You’ll change this file’s name to php.ini.[2]
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Double-click the «php.ini» file. It will open in your default text editor (e.g., Notepad), though you may first have to select Notepad from a list and click OK.
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Find the «extension=php_mbstring.dll» line of text and remove the semicolon. You’ll see the semicolon to the left of this line of text.
- You can press Ctrl+F to bring up a «Find» window where you can enter this line of text to go to it.
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Find the «extension=php_mysqli.dll» line of text and remove the semicolon. Once you’ve done this, your phpMyAdmin server is good to go.
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Save your changes and exit Notepad. Press Ctrl+S to save, then click the X in the top-right corner of the Notepad window to exit Notepad.
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Run your Apache server. Open Command Prompt in Administrator mode by right-clicking Start
, clicking Command Prompt (Admin), and clicking Yes when prompted, then do the following:[3]
- Type in cd /Apache24/bin and press ↵ Enter (replace «Apache24» with your Apache folder’s name).
- Type in httpd -k restart and press ↵ Enter.
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Test your phpMyAdmin program. Open a web browser, then type http://localhost into the address bar and press ↵ Enter. This should take you to the phpMyAdmin login page.
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Make sure that you have MySQL installed. WAMP allows you to interact with an existing server on your computer, but won’t create a server in and of itself.
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Scroll down and click either WAMPSERVER 64 BITS or WAMPSERVER 32 BITS. The number that you choose here will depend on your computer’s bit number. Clicking either option will prompt a pop-up window.[4]
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Click the download directly link. It’s in the upper-right side of the pop-up window. Doing so takes you to a Source Forge page from which you can download your version of WAMP.
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Click Download. This green button is near the top of the page. WAMP will begin downloading onto your computer.
- The download will take several minutes to complete.
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Install WAMP. Double-click the downloaded WAMP setup file, then do the following:
- Click Yes when prompted.
- Select a language and click OK
- Check «I accept the agreement» and click Next
- Click Next three times.
- Click Install
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Wait for WAMP to finish installing. This will take a few minutes.
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Choose a browser when prompted. Click Yes, then go to your preferred browser’s EXE file, click it, and click Open.[5]
- For example: to select Chrome, you would find and click on the Google folder on the left side of File Explorer, then double-click the Chrome folder and select the Chrome icon.
- If you would prefer just to use Internet Explorer, click No instead.
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Select a different text editor if needed. If you don’t want to use Notepad as your server’s text editor, click Yes when prompted, then find the EXE file for the text editor that you want to use, select it, and click Open.
- Click No if you want to keep Notepad as the default text editor.
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Finish the setup. Click Next, then click Finish on the final WAMP window. WAMP is now installed on your computer.
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Open WAMP. Double-click the pink «Wampserver» icon on your desktop, then click Yes when prompted. This will prompt your server to start running.
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Click the WAMP icon in the system tray. On the far-right side of the Windows toolbar, you should see an orange or green WAMP icon. Clicking this will prompt a pop-up menu.
- You may first have to click the upward-facing arrow in the toolbar to see the WAMP icon.
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Click phpMyAdmin. It should be near the top of the pop-up menu. As long as your server is properly installed, doing so will open the phpMyAdmin login page in your preferred browser.
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What do I do if I type localhost/phpmyadmin/, and it says «localhost refused to connect»?
There is error in the database connection. Try to solve that first. Check your connection code and try again. Also check whether the localhost ID is correct.
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How can I install and use this?
Go to the phpMyAdmin website and download it from there. You will need a server.
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1. Install Apache, PHP, and MySQL.
2. Download phpMyAdmin from https://www.phpmyadmin.net.
3. Unzip the file.
4. Copy the folder.
5. Paste the folder into your htdocs folder.
6. Rename the folder «phpmyadmin.»
7. Rename «php.ini-production» to «php.ini» and open it.
8. Remove the semicolon to the left of «extension=php_mbstring.dll» and save.
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