diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a3d96b391..632cea972 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ phpMyAdmin - Changelog
 $Id$
 $Source$
 
+2001-11-08  Robin Johnson  <robbat2@users.sourceforge.net>
+	* config.inc.php3,main.php3,phpinfo.php3: fixed bug #479303
+		- $cfgShowPHPInfo added, false by default
+
 2001-11-07  Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
 	* tbl_select.php3, lang/some files: modify $strLimitNumRows
 	* user_details.php3, lang/some files: modify $strRevokeGrantMessage
diff --git a/config.inc.php3 b/config.inc.php3
index 974ce6c39..c78dabb4a 100755
--- a/config.inc.php3
+++ b/config.inc.php3
@@ -94,18 +94,18 @@ unset($cfgServers[0]);
 /**
  * Other core phpMyAdmin settings
  */
-$cfgOBGzip 		          = TRUE;   // use GZIP output buffering if possible
+$cfgOBGzip 	          = TRUE;   // use GZIP output buffering if possible
 $cfgPersistentConnections = FALSE;  // use persistent connections to MySQL database
 $cfgSkipLockedTables      = FALSE;  // mark used tables, make possible to show
                                     // locked tables (since MySQL 3.23.30)
 $cfgShowSQL               = TRUE;   // show SQL queries as run
 $cfgAllowUserDropDatabase = FALSE;  // show a 'Drop database' link to normal users  
 $cfgConfirm               = TRUE;   // confirm 'DROP TABLE' & 'DROP DATABASE'
-
 $cfgShowStats             = TRUE;   // allow to display statistics and space usage in
                                     // the pages about database details and table
                                     // properties
 $cfgShowTooltip	          = TRUE;	// display table comment as tooltip in left frame
+$cfgShowPHPInfo           = FALSE;  // disable access to the phpinfo() call
 
 // In browse mode...
 $cfgShowBlob              = FALSE;  // display blob field contents
diff --git a/main.php3 b/main.php3
index 4614b6453..8bf70c7e5 100755
--- a/main.php3
+++ b/main.php3
@@ -399,6 +399,10 @@ echo "\n";
             </td>
         </tr>
 
+<?php
+
+if($cfgShowPHPInfo) 
+{ ?>
         <!-- PHP Information -->
         <tr>
             <td valign="baseline"><img src="images/item.gif" width="7" height="7" alt="item" /></td>
@@ -406,7 +410,9 @@ echo "\n";
                 <a href="phpinfo.php3" target="_new"><?php echo $strShowPHPInfo; ?></a>
             </td>
         </tr>
-
+<?php 
+}
+?>
         <!-- phpMyAdmin related urls -->
         <tr>
             <td valign="baseline"><img src="images/item.gif" width="7" height="7" alt="item" /></td>
diff --git a/phpinfo.php3 b/phpinfo.php3
index bd019b9f3..7a4be00cd 100644
--- a/phpinfo.php3
+++ b/phpinfo.php3
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ require('./libraries/common.lib.php3');
 /**
  * Displays PHP information
  */
-phpinfo();
+if($cfgShowPHPInfo)
+	phpinfo();
 ?>