Databases Reference
In-Depth Information
Server View
This view is entered each time we choose a MySQL-related option from the
Home
page—for example,
Databases
or
Show
MySQL
runtime information
. A privileged
user will of course see more choices in the Server view. The Server view panel was
created to group together related server management sub-pages and enable easy
navigation between them.
The default Server page is controlled by the
$cfg['DefaultTabServer']
parameter.
This parameter defines the initial starting page as well. For multi-user installations, it
is recommended to keep the default value (
main.php
), which displays the traditional
home page. We could choose to display server statistics instead by changing this
parameter to
server_status.php
, or to see the users list with
server_privileges.
php
. Other possible choices are explained in the configuration file, and the server
administration pages are explained in Chapter 19.
Icons for Home Page and Menu Tabs
A configuration parameter,
$cfg['MainPageIconic']
, controls the appearance of
icons at various places on the right panel:
•
•
•
On the home page
At top of page when listing the
Server
,
Database
, and
Table
information
On the menu tabs in Database, Table, and Server views
This parameter is set to
TRUE
by default producing, for example:
We can also display menu items without tabs by setting the
$cfg['LightTabs']
parameter to
true
, producing:
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