Using the phpmyadmin tool

What is phpmyadmin?

phpMyAdmin is a free and open source tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL with the use of a web browser. It can perform various tasks such as creating, modifying or deleting databases, tables, fields or rows; executing SQL statements; or managing users and permissions.

How to login to your phpmyadmin?

In order to login to your phpmyadmin use the username/password combination for the database user that you have previously created for your database. Further information is available in the following articles:

• Creating a new database
• Creating a new database user

Alternative tools

The following alternative tools which do not require any installation are available :

• SQL Buddy - http://www.sqlbuddy.com/
• Adminer - http://www.adminer.org/
• PHP Mini Admin - http://phpminiadmin.sourceforge.net/