'By the end of the book, I'm left with a superb phpMyAdmin install that does a thousand times more than I've ever accomplished with the app before.'
Discover the real power of phpMyAdmin.
Increase your MySQL productivity and control.
Get to grips with the hidden features and capabilities of phpMyAdmin
Updated for V 2.6.0 October 2004.
This book is a comprehensive guide helping you to unlock the full potential of phpMyAdmin. Whether you are an experienced developer, system administrator, web designer or new to MySQL and phpMyAdmin, this book will show you how to increase your productivity and control when working with your MySQL.
If you find yourself writing a lot of throwaway admin interfaces and hating every minute of it, the $30 cover price for this text is probably looking mighty attractive right now. Deane Barker, Gadgetopia.com
In Detail phpMyAdmin
Providing a powerful graphical interface for managing MySQL, phpMyAdmin is one of the most popular open source applications. While most MySQL developers use the routine features of phpMyAdmin every day, few are aware of the power and potential of its advanced features. This book builds a solid understanding of the core capabilities of phpMyAdmin before walking you through every facet of this legendary tool.
MySQL
Used by millions of developers, MySQL is the most popular open source database, supporting numerous large dynamic websites and applications. MySQL has acquired this wide popularity by virtue of its open source nature, performance, reliability, robustness, and support for various platforms. However, this popularity has also been helped by the existence of phpMyAdmin, the industry-standard administration tool that makes database management easy for both the experienced developer and the novice. The powerful graphical interface that it provides to MySQL has made phpMyAdmin an indispensable tool for MySQL and web developers. Every phpMyAdmin user can benefit from unlocking the full potential of this powerful application.
What you will learn from this book Whether you are an experienced developer, system administrator, web designer or new to MySQL and phpMyAdmin, this book will show you how to increase your productivity and control when working with your databases. You will learn how to:
. Administer MySQL users and privileges, and get statistics about MySQL servers and databases
. Manage databases, table data and structures, and indexes
. Use bookmarks and metadata
. Generate multiple SQL queries
. Generate better documentation of evolving table structures
Along the way you'll build a more detailed understanding of SQL and how it works in MySQL.
As an application developer you'll learn how to use phpMyAdmin to:
. Effectively perform day-to-day database and table management.
. Create better database tables and relational structures
. More easily document your evolving data structure
As a MySQL server administrator, you'll benefit from the in-depth and practical coverage of:
. Using phpMyAdmin to manage users and privileges
. Getting server and database statistics
All database users will expand and refine their knowledge of SQL in a MySQL context through using phpMyAdmin to track SQL execution and results.
Approach The book begins with a comprehensive tutorial of phpMyAdmin that systematically explains and demonstrates the potential of this tool. It then goes on to show the less well known and generally under-used features and capabilities of phpMyAdmin in depth.
In the book you'll learn about:
. Installing, configuring, and customizing phpMyAdmin.
. MySQL administration.
. Managing databases, table data and, structures.
. Managing indexes.
. Exporting databases and table data and structures.
. Searching databases and tables
. Using metadata and bookmarks
. Generating multiple SQL queries
. Documenting table structures
. Mime-based transformation
Who this book is written for phpMyAdmin is a must have tool for everyone who needs to manage MySQL databases and tables. This book is a must read for every serious phpMyAdmin user who would like to use this outstanding application to its full power.
"The book also includes some good information about PHP and MySQL in general. On page 86, in the chapter on importing data, there's a solid little discussion about PHP file upload and execution limits that trumps anything I've read before. I'm a better developer for having read these four paragraphs about the 'upload--max--filesize,' 'memory--limit,' and 'post--max--size' parameters."
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Author(s) Marc Delisle
Marc Delisle started to contribute to phpMyAdmin in December 1998, when he made the first multi-language version. He has been actively involved since May 2001 as a developer and project administrator. phpMyAdmin is now a part of his life. He has worked since 1980 at Collège de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, as an application programmer and network manager. He has also been teaching networking, security, Linux servers, and PHP/MySQL application development. In one of his classes, he was pleased to meet a phpMyAdmin user from Argentina.
