diff --git a/Documentation.html b/Documentation.html
index 12aca70b2..3a21c7a02 100755
--- a/Documentation.html
+++ b/Documentation.html
@@ -1374,13 +1374,23 @@ $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] = (!empty($_SERVER['HTTPS']) ? 'https' : 'http') . '://'
$cfg['SQLValidator']['use'] boolean
- TODO
+
+ phpMyAdmin now supports use of the Mimer SQL Validator service,
+ as originally published on
+ Slashdot.
+
+ For help in setting up your system to use the service, see the
+ FAQ #6.14.
$cfg['SQLValidator']['username'] string
$cfg['SQLValidator']['password'] string
- TODO
+
+ The SOAP service allows you to login with anonymous
+ and any password, so we use those by default.. Instead, if
+ you have an account with them, you can put your login details
+ here, and it will be used in place of the anonymous login.
@@ -2238,10 +2248,20 @@ $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] = (!empty($_SERVER['HTTPS']) ? 'https' : 'http') . '://'
work with it, nor delete it.
-
+
+
[6.14] How do I set up the SQL validator?
- TODO
+ To use it, you need a very recent version of PHP, built with
+ XML and PEAR support. On your system command line, run
+ "pear install Mail_Mime Net_DIME SOAP" to get the nessecary
+ PEAR modules for usage.
+
+ If you use it, you should be aware that any SQL statement you
+ submit will be stored anonymously (database/table/column names,
+ strings, numbers replaced with generic values). The Mimer SQL
+ Validator itself, is © 2001 Upright Database Technology.
+ We utilize it as free XML-SOAP service.
diff --git a/Documentation.txt b/Documentation.txt
index 9a7e81a7d..7f237ae36 100644
--- a/Documentation.txt
+++ b/Documentation.txt
@@ -1,40 +1,40 @@
phpMyAdmin 2.3.0 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 1.314 2002/08/11
+ * Documentation version: $Id: Documentation.html,v 1.314 2002/08/11
23:47:45 lem9 Exp $
______________________________________________________________________
-
- Top - Requirements - Introduction - Installation -
+
+ Top - Requirements - Introduction - Installation -
Configuration - FAQ - Developers - Credits
______________________________________________________________________
-
+
Requirements
- * PHP3 or PHP4: phpMyAdmin widely uses the 'str_replace()' php
- function that was added in PHP 3.0.6, but was buggy up until
+ * PHP3 or PHP4: phpMyAdmin widely uses the 'str_replace()' php
+ function that was added in PHP 3.0.6, but was buggy up until
PHP 3.0.8. Then you should not run this script with PHP3 < 3.0.8.
PHP also needs to be compiled with MySQL support;
* MySQL (tested with 3.21.x, 3.22.x, 3.23.x and 4.0.x);
* a web-browser (doh!).
______________________________________________________________________
-
- Top - Requirements - Introduction - Installation -
+
+ Top - Requirements - Introduction - Installation -
Configuration - FAQ - Developers - Credits
______________________________________________________________________
-
+
Introduction
- phpMyAdmin can manage a whole MySQL-server (needs a super-user) but
- also a single database. To accomplish the latter you'll need a
- properly set up MySQL-user who can read/write only the desired
- database. It's up to you to look up the appropriate part in the MySQL
+ phpMyAdmin can manage a whole MySQL-server (needs a super-user) but
+ also a single database. To accomplish the latter you'll need a
+ properly set up MySQL-user who can read/write only the desired
+ database. It's up to you to look up the appropriate part in the MySQL
manual. Currently phpMyAdmin can:
* create and drop databases
* create, copy, drop and alter tables
@@ -49,85 +49,85 @@ Introduction
* create complex queries automatically connecting required tables
* create PDF graphics of your Database layout
* communicate in more than 41 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 -
+
+ 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
+ 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. phpMyAdmin's "Users" page
can be used for this.
-
- Warning for Mac users: php seems not to like Mac end of lines
+
+ 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
+ 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
+
+ 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
+ 1. Use a distribution kit with the files having the extension (.php3
or .php) depending on the way your web/PHP server interprets those
extensions.
- 2. Untar or unzip the distribution (be sure to unzip the
- subdirectories): tar xzvf phpMyAdmin_x.x.x.tar.gz in your
+ 2. Untar or unzip the distribution (be sure to unzip the
+ subdirectories): tar xzvf phpMyAdmin_x.x.x.tar.gz in your
webserver's document root.
- 3. Open the file config.inc.php3 in your favourite editor and change
+ 3. Open the file config.inc.php3 in your favourite editor and change
the values for host, user, password and authentication mode to fit
- your environment. Also insert the correct value for
- $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri']. Have a look at Configuration section for
+ your environment. Also insert the correct value for
+ $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri']. Have a look at Configuration section for
an explanation of all values.
- 4. It is recommended that you protect the directory in which you
- installed phpMyAdmin (unless it's on a closed intranet, or you
- wish to use http or cookie authentication), for example with
- HTTP-AUTH (in a .htaccess file). See the FAQ section for
+ 4. It is recommended that you protect the directory in which you
+ installed phpMyAdmin (unless it's on a closed intranet, or you
+ wish to use http or cookie authentication), for example with
+ HTTP-AUTH (in a .htaccess file). See the FAQ section for
additional information.
5. Open the file //index.php3 in
- your browser. phpMyAdmin should now display a welcome screen and
- your databases, or a login dialog if using http or cookie
+ 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
+ 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
+ * 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
+ 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 more secure: the MySQL
- password does not need to be set in the phpMyAdmin configuration
- file (except for the "controluser" -see the Configuration
+ * Http and cookie authentication modes are more secure: the MySQL
+ password does not need to be set in the phpMyAdmin configuration
+ file (except for the "controluser" -see the Configuration
section-).
- However, keep in mind that the password travels in plain text,
+ However, keep in mind that the password travels in plain text,
unless you are using the https protocol.
- In cookie mode, we send the password in a temporary cookie, so
+ In cookie mode, we send the password in a temporary cookie, so
most browsers should not store the password in their cookie file.
* For 'http' and 'cookie' modes, phpMyAdmin needs a controluser that
- has only the SELECT privilege on the mysql.user (all columns
- except "Password"), mysql.db (all columns) & mysql.tables_priv
+ has only the SELECT privilege on the mysql.user (all columns
+ except "Password"), mysql.db (all columns) & mysql.tables_priv
(all columns except "Grantor" & "Timestamp") tables.
- You must specify the details for the controluser in the
+ You must specify the details for the controluser in the
config.inc.php3 file under the $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser']&
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] settings.
- This example assumes you want to use pma as the controluser and
+ 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,
@@ -137,78 +137,78 @@ Installation
GRANT SELECT ON mysql.db TO 'pma'@'localhost';
GRANT SELECT (Host, Db, User, Table_name, Table_priv, Column_priv) ON
mysql.tables_priv TO 'pma'@'localhost';
- ... and if you want to use the many new relation and bookmark
+ ... and if you want to use the many new relation and bookmark
features:
- GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON TO
- 'pma'@'localhost'; (this of course requires you to have a special DB
+ GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON TO
+ 'pma'@'localhost'; (this of course requires you to have a special DB
for phpMyAdmin, the contents will be explained later)
- * Then each of the true users should be granted of a set of
+ * Then each of the true users should be granted of a set of
privileges on a set of particular databases but shouldn't have any
- global privileges. For example, to grant the user real_user with
+ global privileges. 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
+ 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
+ What the user may now do is controlled entirely by the MySQL user
management system.
- With http or cookie auth mode, you don't need to fill the
+ With http or cookie auth mode, you don't need to fill the
user/password fields inside the $cfg['Servers'] 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
+ * 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
+ * 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
+ * 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
+ * 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
+ * This mode is the less secure one because it requires you to fill
the $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] and
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] fields.
- But you don't need to setup a "controluser" here: using the
+ But you don't need to setup a "controluser" here: using the
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['only_db'] might be enough.
- * In the ISP FAQ section, there is an entry explaining how to
+ * In the ISP FAQ 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
+ Host authentication $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['order'] and
+ $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules'] configuration
directives.
______________________________________________________________________
-
- Top - Requirements - Introduction - Installation -
+
+ 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
+ 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.
-
+
$cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] string
- Sets here the complete url (with full path) to your phpMyAdmin
+ Sets here the complete url (with full path) to your phpMyAdmin
version. E.g.
http://www.your_web.net/path_to_your_phpMyAdmin_directory/.
- phpMyAdmin needs this setting, because of requirements of the
+ phpMyAdmin needs this setting, because of requirements of the
HTTP protocol, explained in RFC2616, section 14.30.
- Don't forget the slash at the end of your url. The url must
- contain characters that are valid for a url, and on some
+ Don't forget the slash at the end of your url. The url must
+ contain characters that are valid for a url, and on some
servers, the path is case-sensitive.
- Starting with version 2.3.0, you can try to leave this
- parameter empty, because the program tries to auto-detect its
+ Starting with version 2.3.0, you can try to leave this
+ parameter empty, because the program tries to auto-detect its
proper value. Additional details are in the configuration file.
- Alternatively, this setting can be dynamically completed. For
+ Alternatively, this setting can be dynamically completed. For
example, you can try to use such a kind of code:
-
+
$cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] = (!empty($_SERVER['HTTPS']) ? 'https' : 'http') . '://'
. $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']
. (!empty($_SERVER['SERVER_PORT']) ? ':' . $_SERVER['SER
@@ -226,141 +226,141 @@ VER_PORT'] : '')
CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
- Please note that the $_SERVER array doesn't exist in
- PHP < 4.1.0. Try to replace $_SERVER by $HTTP_SERVER_VARS or
+ Please note that the $_SERVER array doesn't exist in
+ PHP < 4.1.0. Try to replace $_SERVER by $HTTP_SERVER_VARS or
$GLOBALS in this case.
-
+
$cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri_DisableWarning'] boolean
- By default, when you leave $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] empty, and
- the system detects your absolute URI automatically, we display
- a warning to remind you. If you have tested the automatic
- detection, and it works perfectly for your setup, then you can
+ By default, when you leave $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] empty, and
+ the system detects your absolute URI automatically, we display
+ a warning to remind you. If you have tested the automatic
+ detection, and it works perfectly for your setup, then you can
set this variable to squelch the warning.
-
+
$cfg['PmaNoRelation_DisableWarning'] boolean
Starting with version 2.3.0 phpMyAdmin offers a lot of features
- to work with master / foreign - tables. These features require
+ to work with master / foreign - tables. These features require
the PMA administrator to set up a special database for PMA (see
- $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']). Its contents and use will be
+ $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']). Its contents and use will be
explained further down.
If you tried to set this up and it does not work for you have a
- look on the "Structure" page of one database where you would
- like to use it. You will find a link that will analyze why
+ look on the "Structure" page of one database where you would
+ like to use it. You will find a link that will analyze why
those features have been disabled.
- If you do not want to use those features set this variable to
+ If you do not want to use those features set this variable to
TRUE to stop this message from appearing.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'] array
- Since version 1.4.2, phpMyAdmin supports the administration of
- multiple MySQL servers. Therefore, a $cfg['Servers']-array has
- been added which contains the login information for the
- different servers. The first $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']
- contains the hostname of the first server, the second
- $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] the hostname of the second server,
- etc. If you have only one server to administer, simply leave
+ Since version 1.4.2, phpMyAdmin supports the administration of
+ multiple MySQL servers. Therefore, a $cfg['Servers']-array has
+ been added which contains the login information for the
+ different servers. The first $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']
+ contains the hostname of the first server, the second
+ $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] the hostname of the second server,
+ etc. If you have only one server to administer, simply leave
free the hostname of the other $cfg['Server']-entries.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] string
The hostname of your $i-th MySQL-server. E.g. localhost.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['port'] string
- The port-number of your $i-th MySQL-server. Default is 3306
+ The port-number of your $i-th MySQL-server. Default is 3306
(leave blank).
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['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.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['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 '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.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] string
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] string
- When using http or cookie authentication modes (or 'config'
+ When using http or cookie authentication modes (or 'config'
authentication mode since phpMyAdmin 2.2.1), you need to supply
the details of a MySQL account that has SELECT privilege on the
- mysql.user (all columns except "Password"), mysql.db (all
- columns) & mysql.tables_priv (all columns except "Grantor" &
- "Timestamp") tables. This account is used to check what
+ mysql.user (all columns except "Password"), mysql.db (all
+ columns) & mysql.tables_priv (all columns except "Grantor" &
+ "Timestamp") tables. This account is used to check what
databases the user will see at login.
- Please see the install section on "Using http authentication"
+ Please see the install section on "Using http authentication"
for more information.
- Note that if you try login to phpMyAdmin with this
- "controluser", you could get some errors, depending the exact
- privileges you gave to the "controluser". phpMyAdmin does not
+ Note that if you try login to phpMyAdmin with this
+ "controluser", you could get some errors, depending the exact
+ 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".
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] string ['http'|'cookie'|'config']
- Whether config or cookie or http authentication should be used
+ Whether config or cookie or http authentication should be used
for this server.
-
- + 'config' authentication ($auth_type = 'config') is the plain
+
+ + 'config' authentication ($auth_type = 'config') is the plain
old way: username and password are stored in config.inc.php3.
- + 'cookie' authentication mode ($auth_type = 'cookie') as
- introduced in 2.2.3 allows you to log in as any valid MySQL
- user with the help of... cookies. Log name and password are
- stored in cookies during the session and password is deleted
+ + 'cookie' authentication mode ($auth_type = 'cookie') as
+ introduced in 2.2.3 allows you to log in as any valid MySQL
+ user with the help of... cookies. Log name and password are
+ stored in cookies during the session and password is deleted
when it ends.
- + 'http' authentication (was called 'advanced' in older
+ + '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"
+
+ Please see the install section on "Using authentication modes"
for more information.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] string
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] string
- The user/password-pair which phpMyAdmin will use to connect to
- this MySQL-server. This user/password pair is not needed when
+ 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.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['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,
- this/these database(s) name(s) may contain MySQL wilcards
- characters ("_" and "%"): if you want to use literal instances
- of these characters, escape them (ie use 'my\_db' and not
+ 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,
+ this/these database(s) name(s) may contain MySQL wilcards
+ characters ("_" and "%"): if you want to use literal instances
+ of these characters, escape them (ie use 'my\_db' and not
'my_db').
- This setting is an efficient way to lower the server charge
- since the latter does not need to send MySQL requests to build
- the available database list. But it does not replace the
- privileges rules of the MySQL database server. If set, it just
- means only these databases will be displayed but not at all
+ This setting is an efficient way to lower the server charge
+ since the latter does not need to send MySQL requests to build
+ the available database list. But it does not replace the
+ 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.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['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
+ 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.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] string
Starting with version 2.3.0 phpMyAdmin offers a lot of features
to work with master / foreign - tables. To use those as well as
the bookmark feature you will need to create a new db.
To use this functionality as superuser create a new database:
-
+
+ create a new database for phpmyadmin:
CREATE DATABASE phpmyadmin;
- Note that "controluser" must have SELECT, INSERT and DELETE
- privileges on this database. Here is a query to set up those
- privileges (using "phpmyadmin" as the database name, and
+ Note that "controluser" must have SELECT, INSERT and DELETE
+ privileges on this database. Here is a query to set up those
+ privileges (using "phpmyadmin" as the database name, and
"pma" as the controluser):
- GRANT SELECT,INSERT,DELETE ON phpmyadmin.* to
+ GRANT SELECT,INSERT,DELETE ON phpmyadmin.* to
'pma'@localhost;
do not give any other user rights on this database.
+ enter the databasename in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['bookmarktable'] string
Since release 2.2.0 phpMyAdmin allows to bookmark queries. This
can be useful for queries you often run.
To allow the usage of this functionality the superuser has to:
-
+
+ set up a PMA database as described above
+ within this database create a table following this scheme:
CREATE TABLE `PMA_bookmark` (
@@ -372,28 +372,28 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
PRIMARY KEY (id)
) TYPE=MyISAM COMMENT='Bookmarks';
+ enter the tablename in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['bookmarktable']
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['relation'] string
- Since release 2.2.4 you can describe, in a special 'relation'
- table, which field is a key in another table (a foreign key).
+ 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 master table, the data
+
+ + make clickable, when you browse the master table, the data
values that point to the foreign table;
- + display in an optional tooltip the "display field" when
- browsing the master table, if you move the mouse to a column
+ + display in an optional tooltip the "display field" when
+ browsing the master table, if you move the mouse to a column
containing a foreign key (use also the 'table_info' table);
- + display links on the table properties page, to check
+ + display links on the table properties page, to check
referential integrity (display missing foreign keys) for each
described key;
- + in query-by-example, create automatic joins (see an example
+ + in query-by-example, create automatic joins (see an example
in the FAQ, section "Using phpMyAdmin");
- + enable you to get a PDF schema of your database (also uses
+ + enable you to get a PDF schema of your database (also uses
the table_coords table).
-
+
The keys can be numeric or character.
To allow the usage of this functionality the superuser has to:
-
+
+ set up a PMA database as described above
+ within this database create a table following this scheme:
CREATE TABLE `PMA_relation` (
@@ -403,28 +403,28 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
`foreign_db` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
`foreign_table` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
`foreign_field` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
- PRIMARY KEY (`master_db`, `master_table`,
+ PRIMARY KEY (`master_db`, `master_table`,
`master_field`),
KEY foreign_field (foreign_db, foreign_table)
) TYPE=MyISAM COMMENT='Relation table';
+ put the relation table name in
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['relation']
- + now as normal user open phpMyAdmin and for each one of your
- tables where you want to use this feature, click
+ + now as normal user open phpMyAdmin and for each one of your
+ tables where you want to use this feature, click
"Structure/Relation view/" and choose foreign fields.
-
+
Please note that in the current (2.3.0) version, master_db must
be the same as foreign_db. Those fields have been put in future
development of the cross-db relations.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_info'] string
Since release 2.3.0 you can describe, in a special 'table_info'
- table, which field is to be displayed as a tooltip when moving
+ table, which field is to be displayed as a tooltip when moving
the cursor over the corresponding key.
- This configuration variable will hold the name of this special
- table. To allow the usage of this functionality the superuser
+ This configuration variable will hold the name of this special
+ table. To allow the usage of this functionality the superuser
has to:
-
+
+ set up a PMA database as described above
+ within this database create a table following this scheme:
CREATE TABLE `PMA_table_info` (
@@ -432,27 +432,27 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
`table_name` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
`display_field` varchar(64) NOT NULL default '',
PRIMARY KEY (`db_name`, `table_name`)
- ) TYPE=MyISAM COMMENT='Table information for
+ ) TYPE=MyISAM COMMENT='Table information for
phpMyAdmin';
+ put the table name in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_info']
+ then for each table where you want to use this feature, click
- "Structure/Relation view/Choose field to display" to choose
+ "Structure/Relation view/Choose field to display" to choose
the field.
-
+
Usage tip: Display field.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_coords'] string
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages'] string
- Since release 2.3.0 you can have phpMyAdmin create PDF pages
- showing the relations between your tables. To do this it needs
+ Since release 2.3.0 you can have phpMyAdmin create PDF pages
+ showing the relations between your tables. To do this it needs
two tables "pdf_pages" (storing information about the available
- pdf pages) and "table_coords" (storing coordinates where each
+ pdf pages) and "table_coords" (storing coordinates where each
table will be placed on a PDF schema output).
- You must be using the "relation" feature and have a table of
- PDF pages (see $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages']) to create PDF
+ You must be using the "relation" feature and have a table of
+ PDF pages (see $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages']) to create PDF
output.
To allow the usage of this functionality the superuser has to:
-
+
+ set up a PMA database as described above
+ within this database create a table following this scheme:
CREATE TABLE `PMA_table_coords` (
@@ -461,9 +461,9 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
`pdf_page_number` int NOT NULL default '0',
`x` float unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`y` float unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
- PRIMARY KEY (`db_name`, `table_name`,
+ PRIMARY KEY (`db_name`, `table_name`,
`pdf_page_number`)
- ) TYPE=MyISAM COMMENT='Table coordinates for phpMyAdmin
+ ) TYPE=MyISAM COMMENT='Table coordinates for phpMyAdmin
PDF output';
+ also within this database create:
CREATE TABLE `PMA_pdf_pages` (
@@ -476,15 +476,15 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
+ put the first table name in
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_coords'] and the second table name
in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages']
-
+
Usage tips: PDF output.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['column_comments'] string
- Since release 2.3.0 you can store comments to describe each
- column for each table. These will then be shown on the
+ Since release 2.3.0 you can store comments to describe each
+ column for each table. These will then be shown on the
"printview".
To allow the usage of this functionality the superuser has to:
-
+
+ set up a PMA database as described above
+ within this database create a table following this scheme:
CREATE TABLE `PMA_column_comments` (
@@ -497,314 +497,314 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
UNIQUE KEY db_name (db_name, table_name, column_name)
) TYPE=MyISAM COMMENT='Comments for Columns';
+ put the table name in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['column_comments']
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['order'] string
- If your rule order is empty, then IP authentication is
+ If your rule order is empty, then IP authentication is
disabled.
- If your rule order is set to 'deny,allow' then the system
- applies all deny rules followed by allow rules. Access is
- allowed by default. Any client which does not match a Deny
- command or does match an Allow command will be allowed access
+ If your rule order is set to 'deny,allow' then the system
+ applies all deny rules followed by allow rules. Access is
+ allowed by default. Any client which does not match a Deny
+ command or does match an Allow command will be allowed access
to the server.
- If your rule order is set to 'allow,deny' then the system
- applies all allow rules followed by deny rules. Access is
- denied by default. Any client which does not match an Allow
- directive or does match a Deny directive will be denied access
+ If your rule order is set to 'allow,deny' then the system
+ applies all allow rules followed by deny rules. Access is
+ denied by default. Any client which does not match an Allow
+ directive or does match a Deny directive will be denied access
to the server.
- If your rule order is set to 'explicit', the authentication is
+ If your rule order is set to 'explicit', the authentication is
performed in a similar fashion to rule order 'deny,allow', with
- the added restriction that your host/username combination must
+ the added restriction that your host/username combination must
be listed in the allow rules, and not listed in the deny rules.
- This is the most secure means of using Allow/Deny rules, and
- was available in Apache by specifying allow and deny rules
+ This is the most secure means of using Allow/Deny rules, and
+ was available in Apache by specifying allow and deny rules
without setting any order.
-
+
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules'] array of strings
The general format for the rules is as such:
<'allow' | 'deny'> [from]
- If you wish to match all users, it is possible to use a '%' as
+ If you wish to match all users, it is possible to use a '%' as
a wildcard in the username field.
- There are a few shortcuts you can use in the ipmask field as
+ There are a few shortcuts you can use in the ipmask field as
well:
'all' -> 0.0.0.0/0
'localhost' -> 127.0.0.1/8
- Having an empty rule list is equivalent to either using 'allow
- % from all' if your rule order is set to 'deny,allow' or 'deny
- % from all' if your rule order is set to 'allow,deny' or
+ Having an empty rule list is equivalent to either using 'allow
+ % from all' if your rule order is set to 'deny,allow' or 'deny
+ % from all' if your rule order is set to 'allow,deny' or
'explicit'.
For the IP matching system, the following work:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (an exact IP address)
xxx.xxx.xxx.[yyy-zzz] (an IP address range)
- xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/nn (CIDR, Classless Inter-Domain Routing type
+ xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/nn (CIDR, Classless Inter-Domain Routing type
IP addresses)
But the following does not work:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xx[yyy-zzz] (partial IP address range)
-
+
$cfg['ServerDefault'] integer
- If you have more than one server configured, you can set
+ If you have more than one server configured, you can set
$cfg['ServerDefault'] to any one of them to autoconnect to that
server when phpMyAdmin is started, or set it to 0 to be given a
list of servers without logging in.
- If you have only one server configured, $cfg['ServerDefault']
+ If you have only one server configured, $cfg['ServerDefault']
MUST be set to that server.
-
+
$cfg['OBGzip'] boolean
- Defines whether to use gzip output buffering for increased
+ Defines whether to use gzip output buffering for increased
speed in HTTP transfers.
-
+
$cfg['PersistentConnections'] boolean
- Whether persistent connections should be used or not
+ Whether persistent connections should be used or not
(mysql_connect or mysql_pconnect).
-
+
$cfg['ExecTimeLimit'] integer [number of seconds]
- Set the number of seconds a script is allowed to run. If
+ 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
+ This setting is used while importing/exporting dump files but
has no effect when PHP is running in safe mode.
-
+
$cfg['SkipLockedTables'] boolean
- Mark used tables and make it possible to show databases with
+ Mark used tables and make it possible to show databases with
locked tables (since 3.23.30).
-
+
$cfg['ShowSQL'] boolean
- Defines whether sql-queries generated by phpMyAdmin should be
+ Defines whether sql-queries generated by phpMyAdmin should be
displayed or not.
-
+
$cfg['AllowUserDropDatabase'] 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
+ 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.
-
+
$cfg['Confirm'] boolean
- Whether a warning ("Are your really sure..") should be
+ Whether a warning ("Are your really sure..") should be
displayed when you're about to loose data.
-
+
$cfg['LoginCookieRecall'] boolean
- Define whether the previous login should be recalled or not in
+ Define whether the previous login should be recalled or not in
cookie authentication mode.
-
+
$cfg['UseDbSearch'] boolean
- Define whether the "search string inside database" is enabled
+ Define whether the "search string inside database" is enabled
or not.
-
+
$cfg['LeftFrameLight'] boolean
- Defines whether to use select-based menu and display only the
+ Defines whether to use select-based menu and display only the
current tables in the left frame (smaller page).
-
+
$cfg['ShowTooltip'] boolean
- Defines whether to display table comment as tooltip in left
+ Defines whether to display table comment as tooltip in left
frame or not.
-
+
$cfg['ShowStats'] boolean
- Defines whether to display space usage and statistics about
+ 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
+ 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.
-
+
$cfg['ShowMysqlInfo'] boolean
$cfg['ShowMysqlVars'] boolean
$cfg['ShowPhpInfo'] boolean
$cfg['ShowChgPassword'] boolean
- Defines whether to display the "MySQL runtime information",
- "MySQL system variables", "PHP information" and "Change
- password " links or not for simple users at the starting main
- (right) frame. This setting does not check MySQL commands
+ Defines whether to display the "MySQL runtime information",
+ "MySQL system variables", "PHP information" and "Change
+ password " links or not for simple users at the starting main
+ (right) frame. This setting does not check MySQL commands
entered directly.
- Please note that to block the usage of phpinfo() in scripts,
+ Please note that to block the usage of phpinfo() in scripts,
you have to put this in your php.ini:
disable_functions = phpinfo()
- Also note that enabling the "Change password " link has no
- effect with "config" authentication mode: because of the hard
+ Also note that enabling the "Change password " link has no
+ 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.
-
+
$cfg['SuggestDBName'] boolean
- Defines whether to suggest a database name on the "Create
+ Defines whether to suggest a database name on the "Create
Database" form or to keep the textfield empty.
-
+
$cfg['ShowBlob'] boolean
- Defines whether BLOB fields are shown when browsing a table's
+ Defines whether BLOB fields are shown when browsing a table's
content or not.
-
+
$cfg['NavigationBarIconic'] boolean
- Defines whether navigation bar buttons contain text or symbols
+ Defines whether navigation bar buttons contain text or symbols
only.
-
+
$cfg['ShowAll'] boolean
- Defines whether an user should be displayed a "show all
+ Defines whether an user should be displayed a "show all
(records)" button in browse mode or not.
-
+
$cfg['MaxRows'] integer
- Number of rows displayed when browsing a resultset. If the
- resultset contains more rows, Previous/Next links will be
+ Number of rows displayed when browsing a resultset. If the
+ resultset contains more rows, Previous/Next links will be
shown.
-
+
$cfg['Order'] 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 &
+ 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.
-
+
$cfg['ProtectBinary'] boolean or string
- Defines whether BLOB or BINARY fields are protected from
- edition when browsing a table's content or not. Valid values
+ Defines whether BLOB or BINARY fields are protected from
+ edition when browsing a table's content or not. Valid values
are:
- 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.
-
+
$cfg['ShowFunctionFields'] boolean
- Defines whether MySQL functions fields should be displayed or
+ Defines whether MySQL functions fields should be displayed or
not in edit/insert mode.
-
+
$cfg['ZipDump'] boolean
$cfg['GZipDump'] boolean
$cfg['BZipDump'] boolean
- Defines whether to allow the use of zip/gzip/bzip compression
+ Defines whether to allow the use of zip/gzip/bzip compression
when creating a dump file or not.
-
+
$cfg['DefaultTabDatabase'] string
Defines the tab displayed by default on database view. Possible
- values: "db_details_structure.php3", "db_details.php3" or
+ values: "db_details_structure.php3", "db_details.php3" or
"db_search.php3".
-
+
$cfg['DefaultTabTable'] string
- Defines the tab displayed by default on table view. Possible
+ Defines the tab displayed by default on table view. Possible
values: "tbl_properties_structure.php3", "tbl_properties.php3",
"tbl_select.php3" or "tbl_change.php3".
-
+
$cfg['ManualBaseShort'] string
- If set to an URL which points to the MySQL documentation (on
+ If set to an URL which points to the MySQL documentation (on
short pages), appropriate help links are generated.
-
+
$cfg['DefaultLang'] string
- Defines the default language to use, if not browser-defined or
+ 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
+ See the select_lang.inc.php3 script to know the valid values
for this setting.
-
+
$cfg['Lang'] string
- Force: always use this language (must be defined in the
+ Force: always use this language (must be defined in the
select_lang.inc.php3 script).
-
+
$cfg['DefaultCharset'] string
Default charset to use for recoding of MySQL queries. This must
- be enabled and it's described by $cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding']
+ be enabled and it's described by $cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding']
option.
- You can give here any charset which is in
- $cfg['AvailableCharsets'] array and this is just default
+ You can give here any charset which is in
+ $cfg['AvailableCharsets'] array and this is just default
choice, user can select any of them.
-
+
$cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding'] boolean
- Allow charset recoding of MySQL queries. You need recode or
- iconv support (compiled in or module) in php to allow MySQL
- queries recoding and used language file must have it enabled
- (by default only these which are in unicode, just to avoid
+ Allow charset recoding of MySQL queries. You need recode or
+ iconv support (compiled in or module) in php to allow MySQL
+ queries recoding and used language file must have it enabled
+ (by default only these which are in unicode, just to avoid
losing some characters).
-
+
$cfg['AvailableCharsets'] array
- Available charsets for MySQL conversion. You can add your own
- (any of supported by recode/iconv) or remove these which you
+ Available charsets for MySQL conversion. You can add your own
+ (any of supported by recode/iconv) or remove these which you
don't use. Charsets will be shown in same order as here listed,
so if you frequently use some of these move them to the top.
-
+
$cfg['LeftWidth'] integer
Left frame width in pixel.
-
+
$cfg['LeftBgColor'] string [HTML color]
$cfg['RightBgColor'] string [HTML color]
The background colors (HTML) used for both the frames.
-
+
$cfg['RightBgImage'] string
- The URI of the background image used for the right frame. It
- can be absolute as well as relative from your phpMyAdmin
+ The URI of the background image used for the right frame. It
+ can be absolute as well as relative from your phpMyAdmin
directory.
-
+
$cfg['LeftPointerColor'] string [HTML color]
- The color (HTML) used for the pointer in the left frame (does
+ The color (HTML) used for the pointer in the left frame (does
not work with NS4).
-
+
$cfg['Border'] integer
The size of a table's border.
-
+
$cfg['ThBgcolor'] string [HTML color]
The color (HTML) used for table headers.
-
+
$cfg['BgcolorOne'] string [HTML color]
The color (HTML) #1 for table rows.
-
+
$cfg['BgcolorTwo'] string [HTML color]
The color (HTML) #2 for table rows.
-
+
$cfg['BrowsePointerColor'] string [HTML color]
$cfg['BrowseMarkerColor'] string [HTML color]
The colors (HTML) uses for the pointer and the marker in browse
mode (does not work with NS4).
- The former feature highlights the row over which your mouse is
- passing and the latter lets you visually mark/unmark rows by
+ The former feature highlights the row over which your mouse is
+ passing and the latter lets you visually mark/unmark rows by
clicking on them.
- You can disable both of these features by emptying the
+ You can disable both of these features by emptying the
respective directive.
-
+
$cfg['TextareaCols'] integer
$cfg['TextareaRows'] integer
Number of columns and rows for the textareas.
This value will be emphasized (*2) for sql query textareas.
-
+
$cfg['LimitChars'] integer
- Maximal number of Chars showed in a TEXT OR a BLOB field on
+ 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.
-
+
$cfg['ModifyDeleteAtLeft'] boolean
$cfg['ModifyDeleteAtRight'] boolean
- Defines the place where modify and delete links would be put
+ 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
+ both at the left and at the right). "Left" and "right" are
parsed as "top" and "bottom" with vertical display mode.
-
+
$cfg['DefaultDisplay'] string
- There are 2 display modes: horizontal and vertical. Define
+ There are 2 display modes: horizontal and vertical. Define
which one is displayed by default.
-
+
$cfg['RepeatCells'] integer
Repeat the headers every X cells, or 0 to deactivate.
-
+
$cfg['SQP']['enable'] boolean
- As of phpMyAdmin 2.3.0, we now have a fully functional SQL
- Parser system. It is enabled by default, as it is used to
+ As of phpMyAdmin 2.3.0, we now have a fully functional SQL
+ Parser system. It is enabled by default, as it is used to
format the SQL queries.
- As of 2.3.1, it will become an integral part of phpMyAdmin, as
- it will analyze certain queries to improve the behavior of
+ As of 2.3.1, it will become an integral part of phpMyAdmin, as
+ it will analyze certain queries to improve the behavior of
phpMyAdmin. But as it is very new, and not yet heavily used, we
offer you an option to turn it off.
-
+
$cfg['SQP']['fmtType'] string [html|none]
- The main use of the new SQL Parser is to pretty-print SQL
- queries. By default we use HTML to format the query, but you
+ The main use of the new SQL Parser is to pretty-print SQL
+ queries. By default we use HTML to format the query, but you
can disable this by setting this varible to 'none'
-
+
$cfg['SQP']['fmtInd'] float
$cfg['SQP']['fmtIndUnit'] string [em|px|pt|ex]
- For the pretty-printing of SQL queries, under some cases the
- part of a query inside a bracket is indented. By changing
+ For the pretty-printing of SQL queries, under some cases the
+ part of a query inside a bracket is indented. By changing
$cfg['SQP']['fmtInd'] you can change the amount of this indent.
Related in purpose is $cfg['SQP']['fmtIndUnit'] which specifies
the units of the indent amount that you specified. This is used
via stylesheets.
-
+
$cfg['SQP']['fmtColor'] array of string tuples
- This array is used to define the colours for each type of
+ This array is used to define the colours for each type of
element of the pretty-printed SQL queries. The tuple format is
class => [HTML colour code | empty string]
- If you specify an empty string for the color of a class, it is
- ignored in creating the stylesheet. You should not alter the
+ If you specify an empty string for the color of a class, it is
+ ignored in creating the stylesheet. You should not alter the
class names, only the colour strings.
Class name key:
-
+
+ comment Applies to all comment sub-classes
+ comment_mysql Comments as "#...\n"
+ comment_ansi Comments as "-- ...\n"
@@ -821,10 +821,10 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
+ punct_queryend End of query marker ";"
+ alpha Applies to all alphabetic classes
+ alpha_columnType Identifers matching a column type
- + alpha_columnAttrib Identifers matching a
+ + alpha_columnAttrib Identifers matching a
database/table/column attribute
+ alpha_functionName Identifiers matching a MySQL function name
- + alpha_reservedWord Identifiers matching any other reserved
+ + alpha_reservedWord Identifiers matching any other reserved
word
+ alpha_variable Identifers matching a SQL variable "@foo"
+ alpha_identifier All other identifiers
@@ -832,225 +832,231 @@ CRIPT_NAME'], '/')+1);
+ quote_double Double quotes "
+ quote_single Single quotes '
+ quote_backtick Backtick quotes `
-
+
$cfg['SQLValidator']['use'] boolean
- TODO
-
+ phpMyAdmin now supports use of the Mimer SQL Validator service,
+ as originally published on Slashdot.
+ For help in setting up your system to use the service, see the
+ FAQ #6.14.
+
$cfg['SQLValidator']['username'] string
$cfg['SQLValidator']['password'] string
- TODO
-
+ The SOAP service allows you to login with anonymous and any
+ password, so we use those by default.. Instead, if you have an
+ account with them, you can put your login details here, and it
+ will be used in place of the anonymous login.
+
$cfg['ColumnTypes'] array
- All possible types of a MySQL column. In most cases you don't
+ All possible types of a MySQL column. In most cases you don't
need to edit this.
-
+
$cfg['AttributeTypes'] array
Possible attributes for fields. In most cases you don't need to
edit this.
-
+
$cfg['Functions'] array
- A list of functions MySQL supports. In most cases you don't
+ A list of functions MySQL supports. In most cases you don't
need to edit this.
______________________________________________________________________
-
- Top - Requirements - Introduction - Installation -
+
+ Top - Requirements - Introduction - Installation -
Configuration - FAQ - Developers - Credits
______________________________________________________________________
-
+
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
- Server - Configuration - Limitations - Multi-user - Browsers
+ Server - Configuration - Limitations - Multi-user - Browsers
- Usage tips - Project
-
+
[1. Server]
-
- [1.1] I'm running php 4+ and my server is crashing each time a
+
+ [1.1] 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?
There are some known php bugs with output buffering and compression.
- Try to set the $cfg['OBGzip'] directive to FALSE in your
+ Try to set the $cfg['OBGzip'] directive to FALSE in your
config.inc.php or .php3 file and the zlib.output_compression directive
to Off in your php configuration file.
- Furthermore, we know about such problems connected to the release
- candidates of php 4.2.0 (tested with php 4.2.0 RC1 to RC4) together
- with MS Internet Explorer. Please upgrade to the release version php
+ Furthermore, we know about such problems connected to the release
+ candidates of php 4.2.0 (tested with php 4.2.0 RC1 to RC4) together
+ with MS Internet Explorer. Please upgrade to the release version php
4.2.0.
-
+
[1.2] My Apache server crashes when using phpMyAdmin.
- You should first try the latest versions of Apache (and possibly
+ 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
+ If your server keeps crashing, please ask for help in the various
Apache support groups.
-
- [1.3] I'm running phpMyAdmin with "cookie" authentication mode under
- PHP 4.2.0 or 4.2.1 loaded as an Apache 2+ module but can't enter the
+
+ [1.3] I'm running phpMyAdmin with "cookie" authentication mode under
+ PHP 4.2.0 or 4.2.1 loaded as an Apache 2+ module but can't enter the
script: I'm always displayed the login screen.
This is a kown PHP bug (see this bug report) from the official php bug
database. It means there is and won't be any phpMyAdmin fix against it
because there is no way to code a fix.
-
- [1.4] Using phpMyAdmin on IIS, I'm displayed the error message: "The
- specified CGI application misbehaved by not returning a complete set
+
+ [1.4] 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
+ 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.
-
- [1.5] Using phpMyAdmin on IIS, I'm facing crashes and/or many error
+
+ [1.5] 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.
- For some more information and complete testings see the messages
- posted by André B. aka "djdeluxe76" in this thread from the phpWizard
+ For some more information and complete testings see the messages
+ posted by André B. aka "djdeluxe76" in this thread from the phpWizard
forum.
Please use instead the cookie authentication mode.
-
+
[1.6] 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,
+ 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.
-
- [1.7] How can I GZip or Bzip a dump or a CSV export. It seems to not
+
+ [1.7] 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
+ 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).
- We faced php crashes when trying to download a dump with MS Internet
+ We faced php crashes when trying to download a dump with MS Internet
Explorer when phpMyAdmin is run with a release candidate of php 4.2.0.
In this case you should switch to the release version of php 4.2.0.
-
+
[1.8] 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
- php.ini by the variable upload_tmp_dir (usually the system default is
+ Your uploaded file is saved by PHP in the "upload dir", as defined in
+ php.ini by the variable upload_tmp_dir (usually the system default is
/tmp).
- We recommend the following setup for Apache servers running in safe
+ We recommend the following setup for Apache servers running in safe
mode, to enable uploads of files while being reasonably secure:
* create a separate directory for uploads: mkdir /tmp/php
- * give ownership to the Apache server's user.group: chown
+ * give ownership to the Apache server's user.group: chown
apache.apache /tmp/php
* give proper permission: chmod 600 /tmp/php
* put upload_tmp_dir = /tmp/php in php.ini
* restart Apache
-
- [1.9] I'm having troubles when uploading files. In general file
- uploads don't work on my system and uploaded files have a
+
+ [1.9] 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.
- It's not really phpMyAdmin related but RedHat 7.0. You have a RedHat
- 7.0 and you updated your php rpm to php-4.0.4pl1-3.i386.rpm, didn't
+ It's not really phpMyAdmin related but RedHat 7.0. You have a RedHat
+ 7.0 and you updated your php rpm to php-4.0.4pl1-3.i386.rpm, didn't
you?
- So the problem is that this package has a serious bug that was
- corrected ages ago in php (2001-01-28: see php's bug tracking system
- for more details). The problem is that the bugged package is still
- available though it was corrected (see redhat's bugzilla for more
+ So the problem is that this package has a serious bug that was
+ corrected ages ago in php (2001-01-28: see php's bug tracking system
+ for more details). The problem is that the bugged package is still
+ available though it was corrected (see redhat's bugzilla for more
details).
- So please download the fixed package (4.0.4pl1-9) and the problem
+ 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!
-
- [1.10] I'm having troubles when uploading files with phpMyAdmin
- running on a secure server. My browser is Internet Explorer and I'm
+
+ [1.10] 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.
- As suggested by "Rob M" in the phpWizard forum, add this line to your
+ As suggested by "Rob M" in the phpWizard forum, add this line to your
httpd.conf:
SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown
It seems to clear up many problems between IE and SSL.
-
+
[1.11] 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
- restrictions. Assuming that the restriction allows you to open files
- in the current directory ('.'), all you have to do is create a 'tmp'
+ Since version 2.2.4, phpMyAdmin supports servers with open_basedir
+ restrictions. Assuming that the restriction allows you to open files
+ in the current directory ('.'), all you have to do is create a 'tmp'
directory under the phpMyAdmin install directory, with permissions 777
- and the same owner as the owner of your phpMyAdmin directory. The
- uploaded files will be moved there, and after execution of your SQL
+ 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.
-
+
[1.12] I have lost my MySQL root password, what can I do?
The MySql manual explains how to reset the permissions.
-
- [1.13] I get an error 'No SQL query' when trying to execute a
+
+ [1.13] 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
+ If PHP does not have read/write access to its upload_tmp_dir, it
cannot access the uploaded query.
-
- [1.14] I get an error 'No SQL query' when trying to submit a query
+
+ [1.14] 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.
-
+
[1.15] 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
+ In older MySQL versions, the User and Password fields were named user
+ and password. Please modify your field names to align with current
standards.
-
+
[1.16] I cannot upload big dump files.
The first things to check (or ask your host provider to check) are the
- values of upload_max_filesize, memory_limit and post_max_size in the
+ values of upload_max_filesize, memory_limit and post_max_size in the
php.ini configuration file.
All of these three settings limit the maximum size of data that can be
- submitted and handled by php. One user also said that post_max_size
+ submitted and handled by php. One user also said that post_max_size
and memory_limit need to be larger than upload_max_filesize.
-
+
[1.17] Does phpMyAdmin support MySQL 4?
MySQL 4 is not yet fully supported by phpMyAdmin.
- Because of MySQL 4's backwards compatibility you can use phpMyAdmin
+ Because of MySQL 4's backwards compatibility you can use phpMyAdmin
for administering MySQL 4 servers, but phpMyAdmin does not yet support
its new features. Please notice that in this case it is recommended to
- use php >= 4.1 since older versions of php are not compatible to
+ use php >= 4.1 since older versions of php are not compatible to
MySQL 4.
- Furthermore, several users reported problems with phpMyAdmin related
- to bugs in MySQL 4. MySQL 4 is still an alpha release and should be
+ Furthermore, several users reported problems with phpMyAdmin related
+ to bugs in MySQL 4. MySQL 4 is still an alpha release and should be
used for test purposes only!
-
+
[1.18] I'm running MySQL <= 4.0.1 having lower_case_table_names set to
- 1. If I create a new table with a capital letter in its name it is
- changed to lowercase as it should. But if I try to DROP this table
+ 1. If I create a new table with a capital letter in its name it is
+ changed to lowercase as it should. But if I try to DROP this table
MySQL is unable to find the corresponding file.
- This is a bug of MySQL <= 4.0.1. Please upgrade to at least
+ This is a bug of MySQL <= 4.0.1. Please upgrade to at least
MySQL 4.0.2 or turn off your lower_case_table_names directive.
-
- [1.19] I can't run the "display relations" feature because the script
+
+ [1.19] I can't run the "display relations" feature because the script
seems not to know the font face I'm using!
- The "FPDF" library we're using for this feature requires some special
+ The "FPDF" library we're using for this feature requires some special
files to use font faces.
Please refers to the FPDF manual to build these files.
-
- [1.20] I receive the error "cannot load MySQL extension, please check
+
+ [1.20] I receive the error "cannot load MySQL extension, please check
PHP Configuration".
- To connect to a MySQL server, PHP needs a set of MySQL functions
+ To connect to a MySQL server, PHP needs a set of MySQL functions
called "MySQL extension". This extension may be part of the PHP server
- (compiled-in), otherwise it needs to be loaded dynamically. Its name
- is probably mysql.so or mysql.dll. phpMyAdmin tried to load the
+ (compiled-in), otherwise it needs to be loaded dynamically. Its name
+ is probably mysql.so or mysql.dll. phpMyAdmin tried to load the
extension but failed.
Usually, the problem is solved by installing a software package called
"PHP-MySQL" or something similar.
-
- [1.21] I am running the CGI version of PHP under Unix, and I cannot
+
+ [1.21] I am running the CGI version of PHP under Unix, and I cannot
login using cookie auth.
In php.ini, set mysql.max_links higher than 1.
-
+
[2. Configuration]
-
- [2.1] The error message "Warning: Cannot add header information -
+
+ [2.1] 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.
-
+
[2.2] 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
+ 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.
-
- [2.3] The error message "Warning: MySQL Connection Failed: Can't
- connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock'
+
+ [2.3] 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?
For RedHat users, Harald Legner suggests this on the mailing list:
- On my RedHat-Box the socket of mysql is /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock. In
+ On my RedHat-Box the socket of mysql is /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock. In
your php.ini you will find a line
mysql.default_socket = /tmp/mysql.sock
change it to
@@ -1058,115 +1064,115 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
Then restart apache and it will work.
Here is a fix suggested by Brad Ummer in the phpwizard forum:
* First, you need to determine what socket is being used by MySQL.
- To do this, telnet to your server and go to the MySQL bin
- directory. In this directory there should be a file named
- mysqladmin. Type ./mysqladmin variables, and this should give you
- a bunch of info about your MySQL server, including the socket
+ To do this, telnet to your server and go to the MySQL bin
+ directory. In this directory there should be a file named
+ mysqladmin. Type ./mysqladmin variables, and this should give you
+ a bunch of info about your MySQL server, including the socket
(/tmp/mysql.sock, for example).
* Then, you need to tell PHP to use this socket.
- Assuming you are using PHP 3.0.10 or better, you can specify the
- socket to use when you open the connection. To do this in
- phpMyAdmin, you need to complete the socket information in the
+ Assuming you are using PHP 3.0.10 or better, you can specify the
+ socket to use when you open the connection. To do this in
+ phpMyAdmin, you need to complete the socket information in the
config.inc.php3.
For example: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] = '/tmp/mysql.sock';
-
- Have also a look at the corresponding section of the MySQL
+
+ Have also a look at the corresponding section of the MySQL
documentation.
-
+
[2.4] Nothing is displayed by my browser when I try to run phpMyAdmin,
what can I do?
- Try to set the $cfg['OBGZip'] directive to FALSE in the phpMyAdmin
+ Try to set the $cfg['OBGZip'] directive to FALSE in the phpMyAdmin
configuration file. It helps sometime.
- 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
+ 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.
-
+
[2.5] 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 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 $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] directive in
+ Check the value you set for the $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] directive in
the phpMyAdmin configuration file.
-
+
[3. Known limitations]
-
- [3.1] When using http authentication, an user who logged out can not
+
+ [3.1] 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
- phpMyAdmin. We plan to change it as soon as we may find enough free
- 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
+ This is related to the authentication mechanism (protocol) used by
+ phpMyAdmin. We plan to change it as soon as we may find enough free
+ 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.
-
- [3.2] When dumping a large table in compressed mode, I get a memory
+
+ [3.2] 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
- tables dumps may hang. The only alternative we can think about (using
- system calls to mysqldump then gzip or bzip2) would not be applicable
- in environments where PHP is in safe mode: access to system programs
+ As of version 2.2.4, we build the compressed dump in memory, so large
+ tables dumps may hang. The only alternative we can think about (using
+ 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.
-
- [3.3] With InnoDB tables, I lose foreign key relationships when I
+
+ [3.3] With InnoDB tables, I lose foreign key relationships when I
rename or alter a table.
This seems to be a InnoDB bug (fixed in MySQL 3.23.50?). However, keep
in mind that phpMyAdmin as of version 2.3.0 does not support InnoDB.
-
+
[4. ISPs, multi-user installations ]
-
- [4.1] I'm an ISP. Can I setup one central copy of phpMyAdmin or do I
+
+ [4.1] 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
- all your users. The development of this feature was kindly sponsored
- by NetCologne GmbH. This requires a properly setup MySQL user
- management and phpMyAdmin http or cookie authentication. See the
+ Since version 2.0.3, you can setup a central copy of phpMyAdmin for
+ all your users. The development of this feature was kindly sponsored
+ by NetCologne GmbH. This requires a properly setup MySQL user
+ management and phpMyAdmin http or cookie authentication. See the
install section on "Using http authentication".
-
- [4.2] What's the preferred way of making phpMyAdmin secure against
+
+ [4.2] What's the preferred way of making phpMyAdmin secure against
evil access?
This depends on your system.
- If you're running a server which cannot be accessed by other people,
- it's sufficient to use the directory protection bundled with your
+ If you're running a server which cannot be accessed by other people,
+ it's sufficient to use the directory protection bundled with your
webserver (with Apache you can use .htaccess files, for example).
- If other people have telnet access to your server, you should use
+ If other people have telnet access to your server, you should use
phpMyAdmin's http authentication feature.
Suggestions:
* Your config.inc.php3 file should be chmod 660.
- * All your phpMyAdmin files should be chown phpmy.apache, where
+ * All your phpMyAdmin files should be chown phpmy.apache, where
phpmy is a user whose password is only known to you, and apache is
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.
-
- [4.3] I get errors about not being able to include a file in /lang or
+
+ [4.3] I get errors about not being able to include a file in /lang or
in /libraries.
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
+ contain "." somewhere in it, and open_basedir, if used, must contain
"." and "./lang" to allow normal operation of phpMyAdmin.
-
- [4.4] phpMyAdmin always gives "Access denied" when using http
+
+ [4.4] phpMyAdmin always gives "Access denied" when using http
authentication.
This could happen for several reasons:
- * $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] and/or
+ * $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] and/or
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] are wrong.
* The username/password you specify in the login-dialog are invalid.
- * You have already setup a security mechanism for the
- phpMyAdmin-directory, eg. a .htaccess file. This would interfere
+ * 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.
-
+
[4.5] 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,
+ 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).
-
+
[4.6] How can I use the Host-based authentication additions?
- If you have existing rules from an old .htaccess file, you can take
+ If you have existing rules from an old .htaccess file, you can take
them and add a username between the 'deny'/'allow' and 'from' strings.
- Using the username wildcard of '%' would be a major benefit here if
- your installation is suited to using it. Then you can just add those
- updated lines into the $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules']
+ Using the username wildcard of '%' would be a major benefit here if
+ your installation is suited to using it. Then you can just add those
+ updated lines into the $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules']
array.
If you want a pre-made sample, you can try this fragment. It stops the
- 'root' user from logging in from any networks other than the private
+ 'root' user from logging in from any networks other than the private
network IP blocks.
//block root from logging in except from the private networks
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['order'] = 'deny,allow';
@@ -1177,119 +1183,119 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
'allow root from 192.168.0.0/16',
'allow root from 172.16.0.0/12',
);
-
+
[5. Browsers or client OS]
-
- [5.1] I get an out of memory error, and my controls are
- non-functional, when trying to create a table with more than 14
+
+ [5.1] 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
+ 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
+ A workaround is to create a smaller number of fields, then come back
to your table properties and add the other fields.
-
+
[5.2] With Xitami 2.5b4, phpMyAdmin won't process form fields.
- This is not a phpMyAdmin problem but a Xitami known bug: you'll face
+ 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.
-
+
[5.3] 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'.
+ 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'.
Bzip2 dumps don't seem to work.
- With Konqueror 2.2.1: plain dumps work; zip dumps are placed into the
- user's temporary directory, so they must be moved before closing
+ With Konqueror 2.2.1: plain dumps work; zip dumps are placed into the
+ 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.
-
- [5.4] I can't use the cookie authentication mode because Internet
+
+ [5.4] 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
+ 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
+ Then, if you're running php 4.1.1, try to upgrade or downgrade... it
may work!
-
- [5.5] In Internet Explorer 5.0, I get Javascript errors when browsing
+
+ [5.5] In Internet Explorer 5.0, I get Javascript errors when browsing
my rows.
Upgrade to at least Internet Explorer 5.5SP2.
-
+
[5.6] 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
+ Your table neither have a primary key nor an unique one, so we must
use a long URL to identify this row. There is a limit on the lenght of
- 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
+ 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.
-
- [5.7] I refresh (reload) my browser, and come back to the welcome
+
+ [5.7] I refresh (reload) my browser, and come back to the welcome
page.
- Some browsers support right-clicking into the frame you want to
+ Some browsers support right-clicking into the frame you want to
refresh, just do this in the right frame.
-
- [5.8] With Mozilla 0.9.7 I have problems sending a query modified in
+
+ [5.8] 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
+ Looks like a Mozilla bug: 0.9.6 was ok. We will keep an eye on future
Mozilla versions.
-
- [5.9] With Mozilla 0.9.? to 1.0 and Netscape 7.0-PR1 I can't type a
+
+ [5.9] With Mozilla 0.9.? to 1.0 and Netscape 7.0-PR1 I can't type a
whitespace in the SQL-Query edit area: the page scrolls down.
This is a Mozilla bug (see bug #26882 at Bugzilla).
-
+
[5.10] With Netscape 4.75 I get empty rows between each row of data in
a CSV exported file.
- This is a known Netscape 4.75 bug: it adds some line feeds when
- exporting data in octet-stream mode. Since we can't detect the
+ This is a known Netscape 4.75 bug: it adds some line feeds when
+ exporting data in octet-stream mode. Since we can't detect the
specific Netscape version, we cannot workaround this bug.
-
+
[6. Using phpMyAdmin]
-
- [6.1] I can't insert new rows into a table - MySQL brings up a
+
+ [6.1] 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
+ 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
+
+ Also, look at the syntax chapter in the MySQL manual to confirm that
your syntax is correct.
-
- [6.2] When I create a table, I click the Index checkbox for 2 fields
+
+ [6.2] 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
+ 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
+ creating the table, save, then display the table properties and click
the Index link to create the other index.
-
+
[6.3] 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
+ 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.
-
+
[6.4] How can I backup my database or table?
- Click on a database or table name in the left frame, the properties
- will be displayed. Then on the menu, click "Export", you can dump the
- structure, the data, or both. This will generate standard SQL
+ Click on a database or table name in the left frame, the properties
+ will be displayed. Then on the menu, click "Export", you can dump the
+ structure, the data, or both. This will generate standard SQL
statements that can be used to recreate your database/table.
- You will need to choose "Save as file", so that phpMyAdmin can
- transmit the resulting dump to your station. Depending on your PHP
+ You will need to choose "Save as file", so that phpMyAdmin can
+ transmit the resulting dump to your station. Depending on your PHP
configuration, you will see options to compress the dump. See also the
$cfg['ExecTimeLimit'] configuration variable.
- For additional help on this subject, look for the word "dump" in this
+ For additional help on this subject, look for the word "dump" in this
document.
-
+
[6.5] How can I restore (upload) my database or table using a dump?
- Click on a database name in the left frame, the properties will be
- local displayed. Then in the "Run SQL query" section, type in your
+ Click on a database name in the left frame, the properties will be
+ local displayed. Then in the "Run SQL query" section, type in your
dump filename, or use the Browse button. Then click Go.
- For additional help on this subject, look for the word "upload" in
+ For additional help on this subject, look for the word "upload" in
this document.
-
+
[6.6] How can I use the relation table in Query-by-example?
- Here is an example with the tables persons, towns and countries, all
- located in the database mydb. If you don't have a PMA_relation table,
- create it as explained in the configuration section. Then create the
+ Here is an example with the tables persons, towns and countries, all
+ located in the database mydb. If you don't have a PMA_relation table,
+ create it as explained in the configuration section. Then create the
example tables:
CREATE TABLE countries (
country_code char(1) NOT NULL default '',
@@ -1313,9 +1319,9 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
) TYPE=MyISAM;
INSERT INTO towns VALUES ('S', 'Sherbrooke');
INSERT INTO towns VALUES ('M', 'Montréal');
- INSERT INTO `PMA_relation` VALUES ('mydb', 'persons',
+ INSERT INTO `PMA_relation` VALUES ('mydb', 'persons',
'town_code', 'mydb', 'towns', 'town_code');
- INSERT INTO `PMA_relation` VALUES ('mydb', 'persons',
+ INSERT INTO `PMA_relation` VALUES ('mydb', 'persons',
'country_code', 'mydb', 'countries', 'country_code');
Then test like this:
* Click on your db name in the left frame
@@ -1324,21 +1330,21 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
* Click "Update query"
* In the fields row, choose persons.person_name and click the "Show"
tickbox
- * Do the same for towns.description and countries.descriptions in
+ * Do the same for towns.description and countries.descriptions in
the other 2 columns
- * Click "Update query" and you will see in the query box that the
+ * Click "Update query" and you will see in the query box that the
correct joins have been generated
* Click "Submit query"
-
+
[6.7] How can I use the "display field" feature?
- Starting from the previous example, create the PMA_table_info as
- explained in the configuration section, then browse your persons
+ Starting from the previous example, create the PMA_table_info as
+ explained in the configuration section, then browse your persons
table, and move the mouse over a town code or country code.
-
+
[6.8] How can I produce a PDF schema of my database?
- First you have to fill the "relation", "table_coords" and "pdf_pages"
+ First you have to fill the "relation", "table_coords" and "pdf_pages"
configuration variables.
- Then, think about your schema layout: which tables will go on which
+ Then, think about your schema layout: which tables will go on which
pages.
* Click on your db name in the left frame
* Choose "Structure" in the navigation on top
@@ -1348,86 +1354,93 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
* Choose this page to edit
* Now add a table you want to show on this page and it's coordinates
and submit
- First you will have to guess this coordinates of course, so just
- expect to have an area of about 297 * 210 and put the tables
+ First you will have to guess this coordinates of course, so just
+ expect to have an area of about 297 * 210 and put the tables
coordinates somewhere in there, you will be able to have a look at
what happened and change them later.
- For example, x=100 and y=200 means that the table will be at 200
+ For example, x=100 and y=200 means that the table will be at 200
mm down and 100 mm right from the upper left corner.
- Actually if you have a width of more than 300 or a height of more
- than 200 than it will automatically be scaled but 300*100 is a
+ Actually if you have a width of more than 300 or a height of more
+ than 200 than it will automatically be scaled but 300*100 is a
good start to have an idea of what coordinates to use.
- * After every table you submitted you will have the possibility to
+ * After every table you submitted you will have the possibility to
submit more tables
- * When you have entered enough tables Click on your db name in the
+ * When you have entered enough tables Click on your db name in the
left frame again
- * Now, again at the bottom of the page you should be able to choose
+ * Now, again at the bottom of the page you should be able to choose
"Display PDF schema"
- For testing it might be useful to show the grid as well, so you
+ For testing it might be useful to show the grid as well, so you
can see the coordinates used.
Maybe also choose color and submit.
- * Save the file he will offer you to something like Schema.pdf
+ * Save the file he will offer you to something like Schema.pdf
(Internet Explorer has some bug there which might make it offer it
- without an extension. Under Windows it is important to have the
- extension ".pdf", under other OSes you should be fine just saving
+ without an extension. Under Windows it is important to have the
+ extension ".pdf", under other OSes you should be fine just saving
the file under the name it offers).
-
+
[6.9] phpMyAdmin is changing the type of one of my columns!
No, it's MySQL that is doing silent column type changing.
-
- [6.10] My database has an underscore in it's name, and when I grant
- privileges to a user for this database, a backslash is added before
+
+ [6.10] My database has an underscore in it's name, and when I grant
+ privileges to a user for this database, a backslash is added before
the underscore.
- This is normal and means that the grant is done only for this
- database. If there was no backslash, this would be a wildcard grant,
- and the underscore would mean "any character". So, if the database
- name is "john_db", the user would get rights to john1db, john2db...
+ This is normal and means that the grant is done only for this
+ database. If there was no backslash, this would be a wildcard grant,
+ and the underscore would mean "any character". So, if the database
+ name is "john_db", the user would get rights to john1db, john2db...
instead of just john_db.
- If you really want to grant using a wildcard, there is a dialog box "
+ If you really want to grant using a wildcard, there is a dialog box "
Database (wildcards allowed)" for this.
-
+
[6.11] What is the curious symbol ø in the table statistics?
It means "average".
-
+
[6.12] I want to understand some Export options.
- "Complete inserts" adds the column names on every INSERT command, for
+ "Complete inserts" adds the column names on every INSERT command, for
better documentation (but resulting file is bigger).
"Extended inserts" provides a shorter dump file by using only once the
INSERT verb and the table name.
"Enclose table and field names with backquotes" ensures that field and
table names formed with special characters are protected.
-
+
[6.13] I would like to create a database with a dot in its name.
- This is a bad idea, because in MySQL the syntax "database.table" is
- the normal way to reference a database and table name. Worse, MySQL
+ This is a bad idea, because in MySQL the syntax "database.table" is
+ the normal way to reference a database and table name. Worse, MySQL
will usually let you create a database with a dot, but then you cannot
work with it, nor delete it.
-
+
[6.14] How do I set up the SQL validator?
- TODO
-
+ To use it, you need a very recent version of PHP, built with XML and
+ PEAR support. On your system command line, run "pear install Mail_Mime
+ Net_DIME SOAP" to get the nessecary PEAR modules for usage.
+ If you use it, you should be aware that any SQL statement you submit
+ will be stored anonymously (database/table/column names, strings,
+ numbers replaced with generic values). The Mimer SQL Validator itself,
+ is © 2001 Upright Database Technology. We utilize it as free XML-SOAP
+ service.
+
[7. phpMyAdmin project]
-
+
[7.1] 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)
-
+
[7.2] 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
- language, start from english-iso-8859-1.inc.php3. If you don't know
+ Always use the current cvs version of your language file. For a new
+ language, start from english-iso-8859-1.inc.php3. If you don't know
how to get the cvs version, please ask one of the developers.
- Please note that we try not to use html entities like é in the
- translations, since we define the right character set in the file.
+ Please note that we try not to use html entities like é in the
+ translations, since we define the right character set in the file.
With html entities, the text on buttons would not display correctly.
- You can then put your translations, as a zip file to avoid losing
+ You can then put your translations, as a zip file to avoid losing
special characters, on the sourceforge.net translation tracker.
- It would be a good idea to subscribe to the phpmyadmin-translators
- mailing list, because this is where we ask for translations of new
+ It would be a good idea to subscribe to the phpmyadmin-translators
+ mailing list, because this is where we ask for translations of new
messages.
-
+
[7.3] I would like to help out with the development of phpMyAdmin. How
should I proceed?
The following method is preferred for new developers:
@@ -1441,48 +1454,48 @@ FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
admin checkout phpMyAdmin
[This will create a new sub-directory named phpMyAdmin]
* add your stuff
- * put the modified files (tar'ed and gzip'ed) inside the patch
+ * 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 -
+
+ 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
+ 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
+
+ If you're planning to contribute source, please read the following
information:
- * All files include header.inc.php3 (layout),
+ * All files include header.inc.php3 (layout),
libraries/common.lib.php3 (common functions) and config.inc.php3.
- All configuration data belongs in config.inc.php3. Please keep it
+ All configuration data belongs in config.inc.php3. Please keep it
free from other code.
Commonly used functions should be added to
- libraries/common.lib.php3 and more specific ones may be added
+ libraries/common.lib.php3 and more specific ones may be added
within a library stored into the libraries sub-directory.
- * Obviously, you're free to use whatever coding style you want. But
- please try to keep your code as simple as possible: beginners are
+ * Obviously, you're free to use whatever coding style you want. But
+ please try to keep your code as simple as possible: beginners are
using phpMyAdmin as an example application.
- As far as possible, we want the scripts to be XHTML1.0 and CSS2
+ As far as possible, we want the scripts to be XHTML1.0 and CSS2
compliant on one hand, they fit PEAR coding standards on the other
hand. Please pay attention to this.
- * Please try to keep up the file-naming conventions. Table-related
+ * Please try to keep up the file-naming conventions. Table-related
stuff goes to tbl_*.php3, db-related code to db_*.php3 and so on.
- * Please don't use verbose strings in your code, instead add the
- string (at least) to english-iso-8859-1.inc.php3 and print() it
+ * Please don't use verbose strings in your code, instead add the
+ string (at least) to english-iso-8859-1.inc.php3 and print() it
out.
- * If you want to be really helpful, write an entry for the
+ * 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
+
+ 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:
cvs
@@ -1494,20 +1507,20 @@ Developers Information
admin checkout phpMyAdmin
[This will create a new sub-directory named phpMyAdmin]
* add your stuff
- * put the modified files (tar'ed and gzip'ed) inside the patch
- tracker of the phpMyAdmin SourceForge account
+ * 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
+
+ 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 -
+
+ Top - Requirements - Introduction - Installation -
Configuration - FAQ - Developers - Credits
______________________________________________________________________
-
+
Credits
@@ -1663,9 +1676,9 @@ 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 -
+
+ Top - Requirements - Introduction - Installation -
Configuration - FAQ - Developers - Credits
______________________________________________________________________
-
+
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