From 0209f1b94ce5882d2ae6507dfd1e7ce7ebf8d583 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Olivier=20M=C3=BCller?= Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 20:49:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] activated www.phpmyadmin.net as project homepage: updated links & urls --- ChangeLog | 4 + Documentation.html | 7 +- Documentation.txt | 347 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- README | 7 +- main.php3 | 9 +- 5 files changed, 197 insertions(+), 177 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 3714aad2f..335add391 100755 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ phpMyAdmin - Changelog $Id$ $Source$ +2002-04-03 Olivier Müller + * activated www.phpmyadmin.net as project homepage, and + updated the urls in the documentation/links. + 2002-04-03 Marc Delisle * tbl_indexes.php3, bug 538074: FULLTEXT is only supported since MySQL 3.23.23; so before, SHOW KEYS does not show a column 'Comment' diff --git a/Documentation.html b/Documentation.html index c043f0d3e..2137ff3f1 100755 --- a/Documentation.html +++ b/Documentation.html @@ -79,8 +79,7 @@
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  • Official phpMyAdmin project homepage    [ http://www.phpwizard.net/projects/phpMyAdmin/ ]
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  • Sourceforge phpMyAdmin download page    [ http://phpmyadmin.sourceforge.net/ ]
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  • Sourceforge phpMyAdmin project page    [ http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ ]
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    • Version history: ChangeLog
      • @@ -1454,10 +1453,6 @@ $cfgPmaAbsoluteUri = (!empty($HTTPS) ? 'https' : 'http') . '://'
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      - - http://www.phpwizard.net/projects/phpMyAdmin/ (and choose Support - Forum)

      diff --git a/Documentation.txt b/Documentation.txt index f5c481f32..176f7051e 100644 --- a/Documentation.txt +++ b/Documentation.txt @@ -1,22 +1,20 @@ - phpMyAdmin 2.2.5 Documentation - - * Official phpMyAdmin project homepage [ - http://www.phpwizard.net/projects/phpMyAdmin/ ] - * Sourceforge phpMyAdmin download page [ - http://phpmyadmin.sourceforge.net/ ] + phpMyAdmin 2.2.6-dev Documentation + + * Sourceforge phpMyAdmin project page [ + http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ ] * Local documents: + Version history: ChangeLog + General notes: README + License: LICENSE - * Documentation version: $Id: Documentation.html,v 1.169 2002/03/22 - 12:04:53 loic1 Exp $ + * Documentation version: $Id: Documentation.html,v 1.183 2002/04/03 + 02:39:25 lem9 Exp $ ______________________________________________________________________ - + Top - Requirements - Introduction - Installation - Configuration - FAQ - Developers - Credits ______________________________________________________________________ - + Requirements * PHP3 or PHP4: phpMyAdmin widely uses the 'str_replace()' php @@ -26,11 +24,11 @@ Requirements * MySQL (tested with 3.21.x, 3.22.x and 3.23.x); * a web-browser (doh!). ______________________________________________________________________ - + Top - Requirements - Introduction - Installation - Configuration - FAQ - Developers - Credits ______________________________________________________________________ - + Introduction phpMyAdmin can manage a whole MySQL-server (needs a super-user) but @@ -47,32 +45,33 @@ Introduction * create (*) and read dumps of tables * export (*) and import data to CSV values * administer multiple servers and single databases - * communicate in more than 20 different languages - + * check referential integrity + * communicate in more than 38 different languages + (*) phpMyAdmin can compress (Zip, GZip -RFC 1952- or Bzip2 formats) dumps and CSV exports if you use PHP4 >= 4.0.4 with Zlib support (--with-zlib) and/or Bzip2 support (--with-bz2). ______________________________________________________________________ - + Top - Requirements - Introduction - Installation - Configuration - FAQ - Developers - Credits ______________________________________________________________________ - + Installation NOTE: phpMyAdmin does not apply any special security methods to the MySQL database server. It is still the sysadmin's job to grant permissions on the MySQL databases properly. - + Warning for Mac users: php seems not to like Mac end of lines character ("\r") and Stuffit unstuffs with Mac formats, of course. So you'll have to resave as in Bbedit to unix style ALL phpMyAdmin scripts before uploading them to your server. - + Documentation warning: when you see in this document a .php3 file extension, please transpose to .php if you are using a kit with files having this extension. - + Quick Install: 1. Use a distribution kit with the files having the extension (.php3 or .php) depending on the way your web/PHP server interprets those @@ -94,17 +93,20 @@ Installation your browser. phpMyAdmin should now display a welcome screen and your databases, or a login dialog if using http or cookie authentication mode. - + Upgrading from an older version: * Please do not copy your older config.inc.php3 over the new one: it may offer new configuration variables, and the new version may depend on these for normal behavior. It is suggested instead to insert your site values in the new one. - + 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. And php 4.1.1 is + also a bit buggy in this area! * Http and cookie authentication modes are secure: the MySQL password does not need to be set in the phpMyAdmin configuration file. (except for the "controluser" -see the Configuration @@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ Installation $cfgServers[n]['controlpass'] settings. This example assumes you want to use pma as the controluser and pmapass as the controlpass: - + GRANT USAGE ON mysql.* TO 'pma'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'pmapass'; GRANT SELECT (Host, User, Select_priv, Insert_priv, Update_priv, @@ -143,21 +145,21 @@ Installation management system. With http or cookie auth mode, you don't need to fill the user/password fields inside the $cfgServers array. - + 'http' authentication mode: * Was called 'advanced' in versions before 2.2.3. * Introduced in 1.3.0, it uses Basic HTTP authentication method and allows you to login as any valid MySQL user. * Is only supported with PHP running as an Apache module, not with cgi. - + 'cookie' authentication mode: * You can use this method as a replacement for the http authentication (for example, if you're running IIS). * Obviously, the user must enable cookies in the browser. * With this mode, the use can truly logout of phpMyAdmin and login back with the same username. - + 'config' authentication mode: * This mode is the less secure one because it requires you to fill the $cfgServers[n]['user'] and $cfgServers[n]['password'] fields. @@ -166,26 +168,34 @@ Installation In the ISP FAQ section, there is an entry explaining how to protect your configuration file. ______________________________________________________________________ - + Top - Requirements - Introduction - Installation - Configuration - FAQ - Developers - Credits ______________________________________________________________________ - + Configuration Warning for Mac users: php seems not to like Mac end of lines character ("\r"). So ensure you choose the option that allows to use the *nix end of line character ("\n") in your text editor before registering a script you have modified. - + All configurable data is placed in config.inc.php3. - + $cfgPmaAbsoluteUri string Sets here the complete url (with full path) to your phpMyAdmin version. E.g. http://www.your_web.net/path_to_your_phpMyAdmin_directory/. Don't forget the slash at the end of your url. - + This setting can be dynamically completed. For example, you can + try to use such a kind of code: + +$cfgPmaAbsoluteUri = (!empty($HTTPS) ? 'https' : 'http') . '://' + . $SERVER_NAME . (!empty($SERVER_PORT) ? ':' . $SERVER_PORT +: '') + . substr($SCRIPT_NAME, 0, strrpos($SCRIPT_NAME, '/')+1); + + $cfgServers array Since version 1.4.2, phpMyAdmin supports the administration of multiple MySQL servers. Therefore, a $cfgServers-array has been @@ -194,24 +204,24 @@ Configuration first server, $cfgServers[2]['host'] the hostname of the second server, etc. If you have only one server to administer, simply leave free the hostname of the other $cfgServer-entries. - + $cfgServers[n]['host'] string The hostname of your n-th MySQL-server. E.g. localhost. - + $cfgServers[n]['port'] string The port-number of your n-th MySQL-server. Default is 3306 (leave blank). - + $cfgServers[n]['socket'] string The path to the socket to use. Leave blank for default. To use the socket feature you must run php 3.0.10 or more. - + $cfgServers[n]['connect_type'] string What type connection to use with the MySQL server. Your options are 'socket' & 'tcp'. It defaults to 'tcp' as that is nearly guarenteed to be available on all MySQL servers, while sockets are not supported on some platforms. - + $cfgServers[n]['controluser'] string $cfgServers[n]['controlpass'] string When using http or cookie authentication modes (or 'config' @@ -228,11 +238,11 @@ Configuration privileges you gave to the "controluser". phpMyAdmin does not support a direct login with the "controluser". In versions before 2.2.5, those were called "stduser/stdpass". - + $cfgServers[n]['auth_type'] string ['http'|'cookie'|'config'] Whether config or cookie or http authentication should be used for this server. - + + 'config' authentication ($auth_type = 'config') is the plain old way: username and password are stored in config.inc.php3. + 'cookie' authentication mode ($auth_type = 'cookie') as @@ -243,16 +253,16 @@ Configuration + 'http' authentication (was called 'advanced' in older versions) ($auth_type = 'http') as introduced in 1.3.0 allows you to log in as any valid MySQL user via HTTP-Auth. - + Please see the install section on "Using authentication modes" for more information. - + $cfgServers[n]['user'] string $cfgServers[n]['password'] string The user/password-pair which phpMyAdmin will use to connect to this MySQL-server. This user/password pair is not needed when http or cookie authentication is used, and should be empty. - + $cfgServers[n]['only_db'] string or array If set to a(an array of) database name(s), only this(these) database(s) will be shown to the user. Since phpMyAdmin 2.2.1, @@ -266,20 +276,20 @@ Configuration privileges rules of the MySQL database server. If set, it just means only these databases will be displayed but not at all other databases can't be used. - + $cfgServers[n]['verbose'] string Only useful when using phpMyAdmin with multiple server entries. If set, this string will be displayed instead of the hostname in the pulldown menu on the main page. This can be useful if you want to show only certain databases on your system, for example. - + $cfgServers[n]['bookmarkdb'] string $cfgServers[n]['bookmarktable'] string Since release 2.2.0 phpMyAdmin allows to bookmark queries. This can be useful for queries you often run. To use this functionality you have to: - + + create a table following this scheme: CREATE TABLE bookmark ( id int(11) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL auto_increment, @@ -293,20 +303,27 @@ Configuration and $cfgServers[n]['bookmarktable'] with the database and table names you've choosen so phpMyAdmin will be able to find the bookmarks. - + Note that controluser must have SELECT, INSERT and DELETE privileges on the bookmark table. Here is a query to set up those privileges (using "pma" as the controluser: GRANT SELECT,INSERT,DELETE ON . to 'pma'@localhost; - + $cfgServers[n]['relation'] string - Since release 2.2.4 you can describe in a relation table which - field is a key in another table. phpMyAdmin currently uses this - to make clickable the data values that point to another table. - Currently, the keys must be numeric. + Since release 2.2.4 you can describe, in a special 'relation' + table, which field is a key in another table (a foreign key). + phpMyAdmin currently uses this to + + + make clickable, when you browse the src table, the data + values that point to the dest table; + + display links on the table properties page, to check + referential integrity (display missing foreign keys) for each + described key. + + The keys can be numeric or character. To use this functionality you have to: - + + create in the same database a table (for example 'relation') following this scheme: CREATE TABLE `relation` ( @@ -319,7 +336,7 @@ Configuration + put the relation table name in $cfgServers[n]['relation'] + then manually fill the relation table with information about the keys. - + $cfgServerDefault integer If you have more than one server configured, you can set $cfgServerDefault to any one of them to autoconnect to that @@ -327,48 +344,48 @@ Configuration list of servers without logging in. If you have only one server configured, $cfgServerDefault MUST be set to that server. - + $cfgOBGzip boolean Defines whether to use gzip output buffering for increased speed in HTTP transfers. - + $cfgPersistentConnections boolean Whether persistent connections should be used or not (mysql_connect or mysql_pconnect). - + $cfgExecTimeLimit integer [number of seconds] Set the number of seconds a script is allowed to run. If seconds is set to zero, no time limit is imposed. This setting is used while importing/exporting dump files but has no effect when PHP is running in safe mode. - + $cfgSkipLockedTables boolean Mark used tables and make it possible to show databases with locked tables (since 3.23.30). - + $cfgShowSQL boolean Defines whether sql-queries generated by phpMyAdmin should be displayed or not. - + $cfgAllowUserDropDatabase boolean Defines whether normal users (non-administrator) are allowed to delete their own database or not. If set as FALSE, the link "Drop Database" will not be shown, and even a "DROP DATABASE mydatabase" will be rejected. Quite practical for ISP's with many customers. - + $cfgConfirm boolean Whether a warning ("Are your really sure..") should be displayed when you're about to loose data. - + $cfgShowTooltip boolean Defines whether to display table comment as tooltip in left frame or not. - + $cfgLeftFrameLight boolean Defines whether to use select-based menu and display only the current tables in the left frame (smaller page). - + $cfgShowMysqlInfo boolean $cfgShowMysqlVars boolean $cfgShowPhpInfo boolean @@ -385,41 +402,41 @@ Configuration effect with "config" authentication mode: because of the hard coded password value in the configuration file, end users can't be allowed to change their passwords. - + $cfgLoginCookieRecall boolean Define whether the previous login should be recalled or not in cookie authentication mode. - + $cfgShowStats boolean Defines whether to display space usage and statistics about databases and tables or not. Note that statistics requires at least MySQL 3.23.3 and that, at this date, MySQL doesn't return such information for Berkeley DB tables. - + $cfgShowBlob boolean Defines whether BLOB fields are shown when browsing a table's content or not. - + $cfgNavigationBarIconic boolean Defines whether navigation bar buttons contain text or symbols only. - + $cfgShowAll boolean Defines whether an user should be displayed a "show all (records)" button in browse mode or not. - + $cfgMaxRows integer Number of rows displayed when browsing a resultset. If the resultset contains more rows, Previous/Next links will be shown. - + $cfgOrder string [DESC|ASC|SMART] Defines whether fields are displayed in ascending (ASC) order, in descending (DESC) order or in a "smart" (SMART) order -ie descending order for fields of type TIME, DATE, DATETIME & TIMESTAMP, ascending order else- by default. - + $cfgProtectBinary boolean or string Defines whether BLOB or BINARY fields are protected from edition when browsing a table's content or not. Valid values @@ -427,107 +444,108 @@ Configuration - FALSE to allow edition of all fields; - blob to allow edition of all fields except BLOBS; - all to disallow edition of all BINARY or BLOB fields. - + $cfgShowFunctionFields boolean Defines whether MySQL functions fields should be displayed or not in edit/insert mode. - + $cfgZipDump boolean $cfgGZipDump boolean $cfgBZipDump boolean Defines whether to allow the use of zip/gzip/bzip compression when creating a dump file or not. - + $cfgManualBaseShort string If set to an URL which points to the MySQL documentation (on short pages), appropriate help links are generated. - + $cfgDefaultLang string Defines the default language to use, if not browser-defined or user-defined. See the select_lang.inc.php3 script to know the valid values for this setting. - + $cfgLang string Force: always use this language (must be defined in the select_lang.inc.php3 script). - + $cfgLeftWidth integer Left frame width in pixel. - + $cfgLeftBgColor string [HTML color] $cfgRightBgColor string [HTML color] The background colors (HTML) used for both the frames. - + $cfgLeftPointerColor string [HTML color] The color (HTML) used for the pointer in the left frame (does not work with NS4). - + $cfgBorder integer The size of a table's border. - + $cfgThBgcolor string [HTML color] The color (HTML) used for table headers. - + $cfgBgcolorOne string [HTML color] The color (HTML) #1 for table rows. - + $cfgBgcolorTwo string [HTML color] The color (HTML) #2 for table rows. - + $cfgBrowsePointerColor string [HTML color] - The color (HTML) used for the pointer in browse mode (does not - work with NS4). - - $cfgBrowseMarkRow boolean - If the value is 1, you can visually mark rows with the color in - $cfgBrowsePointerColor, by clicking on them. Works on browsers - that support 'onmousedown'. - + $cfgBrowseMarkerColor string [HTML color] + The colors (HTML) used for the pointer and the marker in browse + mode (does not work with NS4). + The former feature enlights the row you're mouse is passing + over and the latter lets you visually mark/unmark rows by + clicking on them. + You can disable both of these features by emptying the + convenient directive. + $cfgTextareaCols integer $cfgTextareaRows integer Number of columns and rows for the textareas. - + $cfgLimitChars integer Maximal number of Chars showed in a TEXT OR a BLOB field on browse view. Can be turned off by a toggle button on the browse page. - + $cfgModifyDeleteAtLeft boolean $cfgModifyDeleteAtRight boolean Defines the place where modify and delete links would be put when tables contents are displayed (you may have them displayed both at the left and at the right). "Left" and "right" are parsed as "top" and "bottom" with vertical display mode. - + $cfgDefaultDisplay string There are 2 display modes: horizontal and vertical. Define which one is displayed by default. - + $cfgRepeatCells integer Repeat the headers every X cells, or 0 to deactivate. - + $cfgColumnTypes array All possible types of a MySQL column. In most cases you don't need to edit this. - + $cfgAttributeTypes array Possible attributes for fields. In most cases you don't need to edit this. - + $cfgFunctions array A list of functions MySQL supports. In most cases you don't need to edit this. ______________________________________________________________________ - + Top - Requirements - Introduction - Installation - Configuration - FAQ - Developers - Credits ______________________________________________________________________ - + FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions [Server] - + I'm running php 4+ and my server is crashing each time a specific action is required or phpMyAdmin sends a blank page or a page full of cryptic characters to my browser, what can I do? @@ -535,21 +553,21 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions Try to set the $cfgOBGzip directive to FALSE in your config.inc.php or .php3 file and the zlib.output_compression directive to Off in your php configuration file. - + My Apache server crashes when using phpMyAdmin. You should first try the latest versions of Apache (and possibly MySQL). See also the other FAQ entry about php bugs with output buffering. If your server keeps crashing, please ask for help in the various Apache support groups. - + Using phpMyAdmin on IIS, I'm displayed the error message: "The specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set of HTTP headers...." You just forgot to read the install.txt file from the php distribution. Have a look at the last message in this bug report from the official php bug database. - + Using phpMyAdmin on IIS, I'm facing crashes and/or many error messages with the http or advanced authentication mode. This is a known problem with the php ISAPI filter: it's not so stable. @@ -557,19 +575,19 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions posted by André B. aka "djdeluxe76" in this thread from the phpWizard forum. Please use instead the cookie authentication mode. - + I can't use phpMyAdmin on PWS: nothing is displayed! This seems to be a PWS bug. Filippo Simoncini found a workaroud (at this time there is no better fix): remove or comment the DOCTYPE declarations (3 lines) from the scripts header.inc.php3, index.php3, left.php3 and libraries/common.lib.php3. - + How can I GZip or Bzip a dump or a CSV export. It seems to not work? These features are based on the gzencode() and bzcompress() php functions to be more independent of the platform (Unix/Windows, Safe Mode or not, and so on). So, you must have PHP4 >= 4.0.4 and Zlib/Bzip2 support (--with-zlib and --with-bz2). - + I cannot insert a text file in a table, and I get an error about safe mode being in effect. Your uploaded file is saved by PHP in the "upload dir", as defined in @@ -583,7 +601,7 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions * give proper permission: chmod 600 /tmp/php * put upload_tmp_dir = /tmp/php in php.ini * restart Apache - + I'm having troubles when uploading files. In general file uploads don't work on my system and uploaded files have a Content-Type: header in the first line. @@ -598,7 +616,7 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions So please download the fixed package (4.0.4pl1-9) and the problem should go away. And that fixes the \r\n problem with file uploads! - + I'm having troubles when uploading files with phpMyAdmin running on a secure server. My browser is Internet Explorer and I'm using the Apache server. @@ -606,7 +624,7 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions httpd.conf: SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown It seems to clear up many problems between IE and SSL. - + I get an 'open_basedir restriction' while uploading a file from the query box. Since version 2.2.4, phpMyAdmin supports servers with open_basedir @@ -616,38 +634,42 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions and the same owner as the owner of your phpMyAdmin directory. The uploaded files will be moved there, and after execution of your SQL commands, removed. - + I have lost my MySQL root password, what can I do? The MySql manual explains how to reset the permissions. - + I get an error 'No SQL query' when trying to execute a bookmark. If PHP does not have read/write access to its upload_tmp_dir, it cannot access the uploaded query. - + I get an error 'No SQL query' when trying to submit a query from the convenient text area. Check the post_max_size directive from your php configuration file and try to increase it. - + I have problems with mysql.user field names. In older MySQL versions, the User and Password fields were named user and password. Please modify your field names to align with current standards. - + + I cannot upload big dump files. + The first thing to check (or ask your host provider to check) is the + value of upload_max_filesize in php.ini. + [Configuration] - + The error message "Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by ..." is displayed, what's the problem? Edit your config.inc.php or .php3 file and ensure there is nothing (ie no blank lines, no spaces, no characters...) neither before the tag at the end. - + phpMyAdmin can't connect to MySQL. What's wrong? Either there is an error with your PHP setup or your username/password is wrong. Try to make a small script which uses mysql_connect and see if it works. If it doesn't, it may be you haven't even compiled MySQL support into PHP. - + The error message "Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (111)...") is displayed. What can I do? @@ -671,10 +693,10 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions phpMyAdmin, you need to complete the socket information in the config.inc.php3. For example: $cfgServers[n]['socket'] = '/tmp/mysql.sock'; - + Have also a look at the corresponding section of the MySQL documentation. - + Nothing is displayed by my browser when I try to run phpMyAdmin, what can I do? Try to set the $cfgOBGZip directive to FALSE in the phpMyAdmin @@ -682,15 +704,15 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions Also have a look at your php version number: if it contains "4.0b..." it means you're running a beta version of PHP. That's not a so good idea, please upgrade to a plain revision. - + Each time I want to insert or change a record or drop a database or a table, an error 404 (page not found) is displayed or, with http or cookie authentication, I'm asked to login again. What's wrong? Check the value you set for the $cfgPmaAbsoluteUri directive in the phpMyAdmin configuration file. - + [Known limitations] - + When using http authentication, an user who logged out can not relog in with the same nick. This is related to the authentication mechanism (protocol) used by @@ -698,7 +720,7 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions time to do it, but you can bypass this problem: just close all the opened browser windows and then go back to phpMyAdmin. You should be able to logs in again. - + When dumping a large table in compressed mode, I get a memory limit error or a time limit error. As of version 2.2.4, we build the compressed dump in memory, so large @@ -706,9 +728,9 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions system calls to mysqldump then gzip or bzip2) would not be applicable in environments where PHP is in safe mode: access to system programs is is limited by the system administrator, and time limit is enforced. - + [ISPs, multi-user installations ] - + I'm an ISP. Can I setup one central copy of phpMyAdmin or do I need to install it for each customer? Since version 2.0.3, you can setup a central copy of phpMyAdmin for @@ -716,7 +738,7 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions by NetCologne GmbH. This requires a properly setup MySQL user management and phpMyAdmin http authentication. See the install section on "Using http authentication". - + What's the preferred way of making phpMyAdmin secure against evil access? This depends on your system. @@ -732,12 +754,12 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions the group under which Apache runs. * You should use PHP safe mode, to protect from other users that try to include your config.inc.php3 in their scripts. - + I get errors about not being able to include a file in /lang Check php.ini, or ask your sysadmin to check it. The include_path must contain "." somewhere in it, and open_basedir, if used, must contain "." and "./lang" to allow normal operation of phpMyAdmin. - + phpMyAdmin always gives "Access denied" when using http authentication. This could happen for several reasons: @@ -747,27 +769,27 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions * You have already setup a security mechanism for the phpMyAdmin-directory, eg. a .htaccess file. This would interfere with phpMyAdmin's authentication, so remove it. - + Is it possible to let users create their own databases? Starting with 2.2.5, in the user management page, you can enter a wildcard database name for a user, and put the privileges you want. For example, adding SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, INDEX, ALTER would let a user create/manage his/her database(s). - + [Browsers or client OS] - + I get an out of memory error, and my controls are non-functional, when trying to create a table with more than 14 fields. We could reproduce this problem only under Win98/98SE. Testing under WinNT4 or Win2K, we could easily create more than 60 fields. A workaround is to create a smaller number of fields, then come back to your table properties and add the other fields. - + With Xitami 2.5b4, phpMyAdmin won't process form fields. This is not a phpMyAdmin problem but a Xitami known bug: you'll face it with each script/website that use forms. Upgrade or downgrade your Xitami server. - + I have problems dumping tables with Konqueror (phpMyAdmin 2.2.2) With Konqueror 2.1.1: plain dumps, zip and gzip dumps work ok, except that the proposed file name for the dump is always 'tbl_dump.php'. @@ -776,11 +798,19 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions user's temporary directory, so they must be moved before closing Konqueror, or else they disappear. Gzip dumps give an error message. Testing needs to be done for Konqueror 2.2.2. - + + I can't use the cookie authentication mode because Internet Explorer + never stores the cookies. + MS Internet Explorer seems to be really buggy about cookies, at least + till version 6. And thanks to Andrew Zivolup we've traced also a php + 4.1.1 bug in this area! + Then, If you're running php 4.1.1, try to upgrade or downgrade... it + may works! + In Internet Explorer 5.0, I get Javascript errors when browsing my rows. Upgrade to at least Internet Explorer 5.5SP2. - + In Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5 or 6.0, I get an error when trying to modify a row in a table with many fields, or with a text field. Your table neither have a primary key nor an unique one, so we must @@ -788,50 +818,48 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions the URL in those browsers, and this not happen in Netscape, for example. The workaround is to create a primary or unique key, or use another browser. - + I refresh (reload) my browser, and come back to the welcome page. Some browsers support right-clicking into the frame you want to refresh, just do this in the right frame. - + With Mozilla 0.9.7 I have problems sending a query modified in the query box. Looks like a Mozilla bug: 0.9.6 was ok. We will keep an eye on future Mozilla versions. - + [Using phpMyAdmin] - + I can't insert new rows into a table - MySQL brings up a SQL-error. Examine the SQL error with care. I've found that many programmers specifying a wrong field-type. Common errors include: * Using VARCHAR without a size argument * Using TEXT or BLOB with a size argument - + Also, look at the syntax chapter in the MySQL manual to confirm that your syntax is correct. - + When I create a table, I click the Index checkbox for 2 fields and phpMyAdmin generates only one index with those 2 fields. In phpMyAdmin 2.2.0 and 2.2.1, this is the way to create a multi-fields index. If you want two indexes, create the first one when creating the table, save, then display the table properties and click the Index link to create the other index. - + How can I insert a null value into my table? Since version 2.2.3, you have a checkbox for each field that can be null. Before 2.2.3, you had to enter "null", without the quotes, as the field's value. - + [phpMyAdmin project] - + I have found a bug. How do I inform developers? Our Bug Tracker is located at http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ under the Bugs section. But please first discuss your bug with other users: http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ (and choose Forums) - http://www.phpwizard.net/projects/phpMyAdmin/ (and choose Support - Forum) - + I want to translate the messages to a new language or upgrade an existing language, where do I start? Always use the current cvs version of your language file. For a new @@ -841,7 +869,7 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions because this is where we ask for translations of new messages. You can then send your translations to the sourceforge.net translation tracker. - + I would like to help out with the development of phpMyAdmin. How should I proceed? The following method is preferred for new developers: @@ -857,22 +885,22 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions * add your stuff * put the modified files (tar'ed and gzip'ed) inside the patch tracker of the phpMyAdmin SourceForge account. - + Write access to the CVS tree is granted only to experienced developers who have already contributed something useful to phpMyAdmin. Also, have a look at the Developers section. ______________________________________________________________________ - + Top - Requirements - Introduction - Installation - Configuration - FAQ - Developers - Credits ______________________________________________________________________ - + Developers Information phpMyAdmin is Open Source, so you're invited to contribute to it. Many great features have been written by other people and you too can help to make phpMyAdmin a useful tool. - + If you're planning to contribute source, please read the following information: * All files include header.inc.php3 (layout), @@ -894,7 +922,7 @@ Developers Information string (at least) to english.inc.php3 and print() it out. * If you want to be really helpful, write an entry for the ChangeLog. - + IMPORTANT: With 1.4.1, development has switched to CVS. The following method is preferred for new developers: * fetch the current CVS tree over anonymous CVS: @@ -910,17 +938,17 @@ Developers Information * put the modified files (tar'ed and gzip'ed) inside the patch tracker of the phpMyAdmin SourceForge account (http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/) - + Write access to the CVS tree is granted only to developers who have already contributed something useful to phpMyAdmin. If you're interested in that, please contact us using the phpmyadmin-devel mailing list. ______________________________________________________________________ - + Top - Requirements - Introduction - Installation - Configuration - FAQ - Developers - Credits ______________________________________________________________________ - + Credits @@ -1005,7 +1033,8 @@ P Kristof Hamann, Thomas Kläger, Lubos Klokner, Martin Marconcini, Girish Nair, David Nordenberg, Bernard M. Piller, Laurent Haas, "Sakamoto", Yuval Sarna, www.securereality.com.au, -Alvar Soome, Peter Svec, Michael Tacelosky, Luís V., Daniel Villanueva, Vinay, +Alvar Soome, Peter Svec, Michael Tacelosky, Rachim Tamsjadi, +Luís V., Algis Vainauskas, Daniel Villanueva, Vinay, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams, Chee Wai, Jakub Wilk, Thomas Michael Winningham. @@ -1049,9 +1078,9 @@ Original Credits of Version 2.1.0 And thanks to everyone else who sent me email with suggestions, bug-reports and or just some feedback. ______________________________________________________________________ - + Top - Requirements - Introduction - Installation - Configuration - FAQ - Developers - Credits ______________________________________________________________________ - + Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS! diff --git a/README b/README index 9b8a0e03b..13c086519 100755 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - Readme Version 2.2.0 - August 2001 --------------------------- - http://phpwizard.net/projects/phpMyAdmin/ - http://phpmyadmin.sourceforge.net/ + http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller Copyright (C) 2001- Olivier Müller @@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - Readme - communicate in more than 20 different languages Download: - You can get the newest version at http://phpmyadmin.sourceforge.net/. + You can get the newest version at http://www.phpmyadmin.net/. Credits: Please see the Documentation.txt/.html file. @@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - Readme Basic documentation available in Documentation.txt/.html Support: - There is a support forum under http://phpwizard.net/phorum/list.php?f=1 + There is are 2 support forums under http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ Enjoy! diff --git a/main.php3 b/main.php3 index 945ea96a0..346712694 100755 --- a/main.php3 +++ b/main.php3 @@ -475,14 +475,7 @@ echo "\n"; item - - - - - item - - -
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