Guide: How to Install phpMyAdmin

vbgunz · 2003-02-10T16:45:17+00:00

Introduction phpMyAdmin is a super fantastic front end php script to the popular MySQL database server. It makes administrating your databases a whole lot ea...

LordZero

Well, although I've installed phpMyAdmin before I had never had to install it on my comp and though its not much difrent your guide sure did help me to undertsand/fix what was diffrent. Thanx and BTW, a nice guide and I for one like the layout of it although I never say the old layoutl Anyways, thanx!

vbgunz

Thank you for your comment and I am glad you find it useful 🙂

Deledar

Well I get the folloing info when I look at a database I get the following error:
Error
The additional Features for working with linked Tables have been deactivated. To find out why click here.
What's wrong?

vbgunz

Deledar wrote
Well I get the folloing info when I look at a database I get the following error:
Error
The additional Features for working with linked Tables have been deactivated. To find out why click here.
What's wrong?

"click here" I wouldn't know what else to say 🙂

Deledar

I alreayd did that :p but I do what it tells me and I still get that error.

vbgunz

First you should understand this is an "installation" guide and not a "configuration" guide. This guide is only here to help you install phpMyAdmin... In order to configure it you must dig deeper into the phpMyAdmin manual...
Did you vote on this installation guide "no - I have problems?". Please if you read any of the other guides try to understand thier only purpose is to help you through installation and nothing more. You're best hitting the manuals which accompany the scripts you're working with.
Good luck 8)

Deledar

I didn't even vote, well thanks for trying to help. And thanks for the installation guide.I just thought that the installation affected something because when I upgraded I began having that problem.
Continue making awsome guides,
Deledar

vbgunz

Thank you Deledar 🙂 I really do not think an upgrade affected your installation. Best bet and its possible, maybe you've got a corrupt package. Its not uncommon for a package to get corrupted at any phase, download, unzipping and even copying or moving the files... A hard disk which is about to fail can also corrupt data.
Thanks for the comment, I hope you get the problem solved soon enough. Good luck 🙂

Vampireli

Hello! I made an install on abyss server...And it works perfect! Y0u 0wnz th3 w0rld!!

vbgunz

I am glad you find the guide useful 🙂 Good luck 😉

Vampireli

Oh, only one thing that boders me...How can I protect phpmyadmin with password? I tried like you wrote and nothing. I asked my friend if he can go on phpmyadmin and it let him without entering passowrd or username. Can you help me, please? :roll:

vbgunz

phpMyAdmin can only password protect MySQL and Abyss password protects phpMyAdmin. Open the Abyss console and navigate to > Home > Server Configuration > Advanced... The two options which help you in protecting your directories is Users and Groups and Access Control. Good luck 🙂

holiday

AHHHHHHHHHHH...can someone pleeeeease explain this part???

1. Create a new folder called scripts in your Abyss program root
directory...
2. Unpackage phpMyAdmin 2.4.0 and go one level deep...
3. Rename the last phpMyAdmin 2.4.0 folder to phpMyAdmin... Drag that
folder into the scripts folder located in the Abyss program root
directory

when i go to http://localhost/phpMyAdmin i just get the phpMyAdmin index. meaning the files and stuff, not the program?

vbgunz

1. Create a new folder called scripts in your Abyss program root
directory...

C:\Program Files\Abyss Web Server\scripts (inside the Abyss root directory (not htdocs).

2. Unpackage phpMyAdmin 2.4.0 and go one level deep...

Usually when you do an unzip most of the time you get the programs folder... then you click in and get another "programs folder" which inside holds all of the content needed...

3. Rename the last phpMyAdmin 2.4.0 folder to phpMyAdmin... Drag that folder into the scripts folder located in the Abyss program root directory

Ultimately you're trying to get this:
C:\Program Files\Abyss Web Server\scripts\phpMyAdmin\index.php
1.Though phpMyAdmin is not in your root web folder (htdocs), an alias is created which fills the gap.
2. You need php.net to get the script to work. Good luck 🙂

holiday

everything your clarified is what i already did. BUt yet the index.php page is coming up as either source code, or its showing the entire index of phpMyAdmin. Is there anything else that could cause the index.php to not execute correctly?
And in the last response you said

2. You need php.net to get the script to work. Good luck

i didnt see anything like that in the initial instructions....and what is it?

vbgunz

php.net = core php language files at http://www.php.net... You need php in order to run phpMyAdmin... If you're seeing an index trying to access phpMyAdmin a directorie is out of order and if you're seeing source code php is not configured correctly... Trouble shoot your setup and let me know. Good luck 🙂

holiday

i just reinstalled everything, and it is still doing it!!!!!!! i dont know what else to do...i've installed phpMyAdmin on my linux server, never had issues...there has to be something im missing...could you explain that needing php.net thing more?

vbgunz

Abyss is not bundled with php and Windows does not by default carry a copy of php like Linux does... You have to download the build from http://www.php.net and then install it as according to these instructions: http://www.aprelium.com/abyssws/php.html
Good luck 🙂

holiday

aaaaaaaaahhhh...that makes more sense, i will try that, thanks

vbgunz

Happy to help you out 😉

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