Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
At this point, we have the following choices:
• Use phpMyAdmin without a coniguration ile
• Use the web-based setup script to generate a
config.inc.php
ile
• Create a
config.inc.php
file manually
These two latter options are presented in the following sections. We should note
that, even if we use the web-based setup script, we should familiarize ourselves with
the
config.inc.php
file format as the setup script does not cover all the possible
configuration options.
Web-based setup script
The web-based setup mechanism is strongly recommended in order to avoid syntax
errors that could result from the manual creation of the configuration file. Also,
as this file must respect PHP's syntax, it's common for new users to experience
problems in this phase of the installation.
A warning is in order here: The current version has only a
limited number of translation languages for the setup interface.
To access the setup script, we must visit
http://www.mydomain.com/phpMyAdmin/
setup
. On the initial execution, the following screenshot appears:
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