This version supports creating VIEWs from query results and can manage triggers, procedures and functions. It also supports´MySQL 5.0.37 query profiling and has an improved interface for servers hosting thousands of databases and tables.
phpMyAdmin is a web administration tool for MySQL databases, intended to handle a whole database server as well as a single database. Over the years, it has become the most popular Web GUI for MySQL.
Improvements:
- [import] support handling of DELIMITER to mimic mysql CLI, thanks to fb1
- improved PHP 6 compatibility
- [core] added PMA_fatalError() and made use of it
- [doc] changed all documentation in config.inc.php to phpDocumentor style
- [data] support for CREATE VIEW from query results
- [gui] dropped css/ folder and moved into root of PMA
- [l10n] new: Sinhala, Macedonian
- [export] YAML export (see yaml.org), thanks to Bryce Thornton
- [upload] moved file upload functionality into own class
- [upload] make use of cfg['TempDir'] for file uploads
- [server] improved display of binary logs
- [data] better error handling in tbl_create.php
- [routines] from Patch #1649881, thanks to Mike Beck
- [querywindow] store sql history in session
- [querywindow] sql history now without db too
- [querywindow] tweaks in sql history view
- [export] Native Excel (Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer) improvements, thanks to Christian Schmidt
- [doc] requirement of mcrypt on 64-bit, thanks to Isaac Bennetch
- RFE #1435922 [gui] navigation frame shows listing of databases when none selected
- [data] support BIT datatype (under mysqli), thanks to Christian Schmidt
- [display] automatic confirmation for sort by key, thanks to Juergen Wind
- [data] can now choose the number of insert rows
- RFE #1704779 [gui] link documentation from login page
- RFE #1513345 [setup] check control user connection during setup
- [structure] TRIGGERS: display/edit/drop/SQL export
- [browse] store browse state in session per query
- [gui] Insert/Edit: no longer display the Go button each 15 lines but just at the end of a row
- [gui] Query window: use verbose server name if any
- [auth] patch #1712514 specify host for single signon, thanks to Thierry
- [gui] Navigator for the db list in the navigation panel
- [gui] Navigator for the table list in the content panel
- [display] Support for MySQL 5.0.37 profiling
- RFE #1743983 [gui] Replace max_characters by a configurable param: cfg['MaxCharactersInDisplayedSQL']
- [display] patch #1749705, Allow multibyte characters in number formatting, thanks to garas
- [privileges] Support password hashing on the Edit Privileges interface
- [gui] Export: Select All/Unselect All over the choices, thanks to Florian Schmitz
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ChangeLog.txt
Availability
This software is available under the GNU General Public License V2.0.
You can get the newest version at http://www.phpmyadmin.net/
Available file formats are: .zip, .tar.gz and .tar.bz2.
If you install phpMyAdmin on your system, it's recommended to subscribe to the news mailing list by adding your address under http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news
This way, you will be informed of new updates and security fixes. It is a read only list, and traffic is not greater than a few mail every year.
Support and Documentation
The documentation is included in the software package as text and HTML file, but can also be downloaded from:
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/
The software is provided as is without any express or implied warranty, but there is a bugs tracker page under:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Bugs"]
In addition, there are also a number of discussion lists related to phpMyAdmin. A list of mailing lists with archives is available at:
http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=23067 or
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Lists"]
Finally, an users support forum is also available under:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=72909
Known bugs
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Please subscribe to the news mailing list under
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news
or regularly check the sourceforge bugs tracker.
Donations
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The project accepts donations to help improve the product. There is a "Donations" link on http://www.phpmyadmin.net.
Description
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(from http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation )
phpMyAdmin handles the administration of MySQL over the Web. It can manage a whole MySQL server as well as a single database.
Currently it can:
- easily browse through databases and tables
- create, copy, rename, alter and drop databases
- create, copy, rename, alter and drop tables
- do table maintenance
- add, edit and drop fields
- execute any SQL-statement, even multiple queries
- create, alter and drop indexes
- load text files into tables
- create (*) and read dumps of tables or databases
- export (*) data to SQL, CSV, XML, Word, Excel, PDF and Latex formats
- administer multiple servers
- manage MySQL users and privileges
- check server settings and runtime information with configuration hints
- check referential integrity in MyISAM tables
- using Query-by-example (QBE), create complex queries automatically connecting required tables
- create PDF graphics of your Database layout
- search globally in a database or a subset of it
- transform stored data into any format using a set of predefined functions, like displaying BLOB-data as image or download-link
- support InnoDB tables and foreign keys (see FAQ 3.6)
- support mysqli, the improved MySQL extension (see FAQ 1.17)
- communicate in 54 different languages
Marc Delisle / 2007-08-21