First Steps - Mastering phpMyAdmin 2.8 for Effective MySQL Management - page 54

This means that we must work with the databases already created for us, or ask the
MySQL server's administrator to give us the necessary CREATE privilege.
If you are the MySQL server's administrator, refer to
Chapter 18, MySQL Server Administration with phpMyAdmin .
First Database Creation Is Authorized
If phpMyAdmin detects that we have the right to create a database, the home page
looks as shown in the following figure:
In the input field, a suggested database name appears if the
$cfg['SuggestDBName'] parameter is set to TRUE - this is the default setting. The
suggested database name is built according to the privileges we possess.
If we are restricted to the use of a prefix, the prefix might be suggested in the input
field. (A popular choice for this prefix is the username.) Note that, in this case, the
prefix is followed by an ellipsis mark; we should remove this ellipsis mark and
complete the input field with an appropriate name.
The Collation choice can be left unchanged for now - more details on this in
Chapter 17.
We will assume here that we have the right to create a database named dbbook . We
enter dbbook in the input field and click on Create . Once the database is created, we
will see the following screen: