phpMyAdmin is a free software tool written in PHP, intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web. phpMyAdmin supports a wide range of operations on MySQL and MariaDB.
Frequently used operations (managing databases, tables, columns, relations, indexes, users, permissions, etc) you can perform via the user interface. But you still can directly execute any SQL statement.
phpMyAdmin comes with a wide range of documentation and users are welcome to update the wiki pages to share ideas and howtos for various operations. The phpMyAdmin team will try to help you if you face any problems. You can use a variety of support channels to get help.
phpMyAdmin is also very deeply documented in a book written by one of the developers. Mastering phpMyAdmin for Effective MySQL Management, which is available in English and Spanish.
phpMyAdmin is a mature project with a stable and flexible code base. It has won several awards. Translated into 72 languages and supports both LTR and RTL languages.
phpMyAdmin Features:
- Intuitive web interface
- Support for most MySQL features:
- browse and drop databases, tables, views, fields, and indexes
- create, copy, drop, rename, and alter databases, tables, fields, and indexes
- maintenance server, databases, and tables, with proposals on server configuration
- execute, edit, and bookmark any SQL statement, even batch-queries
- manage MySQL user accounts and privileges
- manage stored procedures and triggers
- Import data from CSV and SQL
- Export data to various formats: CSV, SQL, XML, PDF, ISO/IEC 26300 – OpenDocument Text and Spreadsheet, Word, LATEX and others
- Administering multiple servers
- Creating graphics of your database layout in various formats
- Creating complex queries using Query-by-example (QBE)
- Searching globally in a database or a subset of it
- Transforming stored data into any format using a set of predefined functions, like displaying BLOB-data as an image or download-link
- And much more…
New Features in phpMyAdmin Version 5.2.1 :
