Configuring Authentication and Security - Mastering phpMyAdmin 3.4 for Effective MySQL Management - page 38

If we are using PmaAbsoluteUri auto-detection, shown as follows:
$cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] = '';
phpMyAdmin will see that we are using HTTPS in the URL and react accordingly.
If not, we must put the https part in this parameter as follows:
$cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] = 'https://www.mydomain.com/phpMyAdmin';
We can automatically switch users to an HTTPS connection with the following setting:
$cfg['ForceSSL'] = TRUE;
Summary
This chapter gave us an overview of how to use a single copy of phpMyAdmin to
manage multiple servers, and also of using authentication types to fulfill the needs of
a users' group while protecting authentication credentials. The chapter also covered
the ways of securing our phpMyAdmin installation.
In the next chapter, we will have a look at all the panels and windows that comprise
the user interface of phpMyAdmin.