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Version 2.7.0 was released on December 04, 2005. With this version, we ended
support for older configuration files—those prior to phpMyAdmin 2.3.0. Also, in
2.7.0, a new plug-in-based import module made its debut.
Version 2.8.0 was made available on March 06, 2006. It included a new web-based
setup mechanism. With 2.8.0, the team started a new numbering scheme for version
releases. The 2.8 family contains fixes for only those features that are already present
in 2.8.0. Here are some examples of the versions, which were expected to follow 2.8.0:
•
2.8.0.1, for anything urgent like a security fix•
•
2.8.1, containing normal fixes for the 2.8 family
•
2.9.0, with new features
Version 2.9.0, released on September 20, 2006, added many small improvements such
as a font size selector, new export formats, and the possibility of using an external
authentication method. Version 2.10.0, released on February 27, 2007, had its main
attraction as the Designer—a new graphical Ajax-based relation manager. Version
2.11.0, released on August 21, 2007, offered support for creating views. It also offered
support for managing procedures, functions, and triggers.
GoPHP5 and the 3.x branch
phpMyAdmin finally accepted an invitation to become an initial member of
the GoPHP5 initiative (see
http://GoPHP5.org
). This initiative promotes the
adoption of PHP 5 among web hosts. This means that the new feature releases of
phpMyAdmin, after February 05, 2008, require a server that can at least run PHP 5.2.
To better indicate the new PHP requirements, the team switched the major version
number to 3. At the same time, it was decided to stop supporting MySQL prior to
version 5.0 in the 3.x branch.
Version 3.0 was released on September 27, 2008, with support for MySQL 5.1
features, such as partitioning and the event scheduler. This version also had a new
start page and made use of JavaScript effects. Then, on November 11, 2008, version
3.1 incorporated a new setup script and support for BLOB streaming—the work of
two students from Google Summer of Code 2008. This version also added support
for Swekey hardware authentication.
phpMyAdmin continues to be popular. The cumulative downloads, since April 2001,
have reached an impressive count of more than seventeen million in January 2009, at
the time of writing this topic.
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