Installing phpMyAdmin

It's time to install the product and to configure it minimally for first-time use.

Our reason for installing phpMyAdmin could be one of the following:

  • Our host provider did not install a central copy
  • Our provider installed it but the version installed is not current
  • We are working directly on our enterprise's web server

Note that we can dispense with the phpMyAdmin installation step, if we choose instead to install one of the AMP products that usually include phpMyAdmin as part of their offering. Further details are available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMP_packages.

Required information

Some host providers offer an integrated web panel where we can manage accounts, including MySQL accounts, and also a file manager that ...

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