Category Archives: phpMyAdmin

PHP Solutions second edition now available

Posted on 27 November 2010 by David Powers

It’s almost exactly four years since PHP Solutions: Dynamic Web Design Made Easy was first published. The book has proved extremely popular, but a lot has happened in PHP since it was first published. Support for PHP 4 was abandoned … Continue reading →

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New setup procedure for phpMyAdmin 3.1.x

Posted on 7 December 2008 by David Powers

I seem to be jinxed with the way phpMyAdmin “celebrates” the publication of one of my books by changing its setup process. It happened twice with Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8. I updated the instructions between the first and second … Continue reading →

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Changes in phpMyAdmin 3.0

Posted on 5 October 2008 by David Powers

phpMyAdmin, the popular front-end to the MySQL database, has issued the first stable release of the version 3.0 series. The basic functionality remains unchanged, but there are some important differences. To begin with, phpMyAdmin 3.0 requires a minimum of PHP … Continue reading →

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Confusing changes in phpMyAdmin

Posted on 13 March 2006 by David Powers

I love phpMyAdmin as a quick, easy-to-learn front-end for MySQL, but it’s just broken a cardinal rule of updates by making two changes to the installation procedure in the space of three months. In principle, the changes are well-intentioned. Instead … Continue reading →

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