Suppose you are familiar with cPanel or Direct Admin control panel. In that case, you must be familiar with phpMyAdmin, a free and efficient tool created to access and manage databases. This article will teach us more about phpMyAdmin and its uses.
What is PhpMyAdmin?
phpMyAdmin is a free and open-source web-based application written in PHP, designed to provide a graphical user interface (GUI) for managing MySQL or MariaDB databases. It allows users to easily interact with their databases through a web browser without using the command-line interface.
phpMyAdmin, 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.) can be performed via the user interface while you can still execute any SQL statement directly.
Many hosting control panels such as cPanel and Direct Admin use phpMyAdmin by default as a tool to manage the created databases.
With phpMyAdmin, you can perform various tasks related to database management, including:
Creating, modifying, and deleting databases.
Creating, changing, and deleting database tables.
Importing and exporting database backups.
Executing SQL queries and managing database data.
Managing database users and their privileges.
Configuring database settings and options.
Support for most MySQL features:
browse and drop databases, tables, views, fields, and indexes
copy, drop, and alter databases, tables, fields, and indexes
server maintenance, databases, and tables, with proposals on server configuration
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…
phpMyAdmin offers a user-friendly interface that simplifies the process of working with databases, making it accessible to users with different technical expertise. It is widely used by web developers, system administrators, and anyone who needs to interact with MySQL or MariaDB databases graphically.
It’s worth noting that while phpMyAdmin is a popular and widely-used tool, there are other alternatives available for managing databases, such as MySQL Workbench, Adminer, and HeidiSQL. The choice of tool depends on your personal preference and requirements.