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phpMyAdmin - MySQL Client

There are many MySQL Clients(or database administration tools) out there - MySQL Front End, Tora, mysql etc. But in the web environment, one client rules - phpMyAdmin. phpMyAdmin is a PHP based(obviously) GUI administration tool for MySQL.

The biggest advantages of phpMyAdmin is that it is web based - it runs on any server capable of handling PHP. Because of this all the online Database Administration is done using phpMyAdmin. If you have a site of your own, and you have the control panel access to it, you will know what I mean. They database management part will be handled by phpMyAdmin. The phpMyAdmin site cites the following as the features of phpMyAdmin...

Browse, view and drop databases, tables, views, fields and indexes.
Create, copy, drop, rename and alter databases, tables, fields and indexes.
Maintain the server, databases and tables, with proposals on server configuration.
Execute, edit and bookmark any SQL-statement, even batch-queries(This will work only in the latest version of phpMyAdmin).
Create and read dumps of tables - in various formats like CSV, SQL, etc.
Export data to various formats: CSV, SQL, XML, Excel and more.
Control Multiple MySQL servers.
Manage MySQL users and privileges.
Check referential integrity in MyISAM tables.
Using Query-by-example(QBE), create complex queries automatically connecting required tables.
Search globally in a database or a subset of it.
Support InnoDB tables and foreign keys.
Support mysqli, the improved MySQL extension.
And more...

phpMyAdmin is so commonly used that there is a book - Mastering phpMyAdmin for effective MySQL Management - that aims to teach it. This book is a comprehensive guide to unlocking the full potential of phpMyAdmin. Whether you are an experienced developer, system administrator, web designer or new to MySQL and phpMyAdmin, this book will show you how to increase your productivity and control when working with your MySQL.

Reference

phpMyAdmin Project Documentation
Learning SQL Using phpMyAdmin
Doing More With phpMyAdmin - A 7 part tutorial for configuring and using phpMyAdmin.

Comments

Tim Archer at 07 Apr, 2007 02:19

Hi All. I have created a simple blog entry on how to quickly setup phpMyAdmin. It is basically a quick start guide of what I did to get phpMyAdmin running on my RedHat AS 4 server.

My blog entry is at:
http://timarcher.com/?q=node/26

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