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index.rst

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 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
 
+   introduction.rst
+   installation.rst
+   faq.rst
+
 
 
 Indices and tables

installation.rst

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+Installation
+============
+
+Requirements
+------------
+
+* **PHP**
+    * You need PHP 5.2.0 or newer, with `session` support (see :ref:`faq_1_31`),
+      the Standard PHP Library (SPL) extension and JSON support.
+    * To support uploading of ZIP files, you need the PHP `zip` extension.
+    * For proper support of multibyte strings (eg. UTF-8, which is
+      currently the default), you should install the `mbstring` and `ctype`
+      extensions.
+    * You need GD2 support in PHP to display inline
+      thumbnails of JPEGs ("image/jpeg: inline") with their
+      original aspect ratio.
+    * When using the "cookie" authentication method</a>, the `mcrypt` extension
+       is strongly suggested for most users and is **required** for
+       64-bit machines. Not using mcrypt will cause phpMyAdmin to
+       load pages significantly slower.
+    * to support upload progress bars, see :ref:`faq_2_9`
+    * To support XML and Open Document Spreadsheet importing, you need PHP 5.2.17 or newer and the
+      `libxml` extension.
+* **MySQL** 5.0 or newer (see :ref:`faq_1_17`).
+* **Web browser** with cookies enabled.

introduction.rst

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+Introduction
+============
+
+phpMyAdmin can manage a whole MySQL server (needs a super-user) as well as a
+single database. To accomplish the latter you'll need a properly set up MySQL
+user who can read/write only the desired database. It's up to you to look up
+the appropriate part in the MySQL manual.
+
+Supported features
+------------------
+
+* browse and drop databases, tables, views, columns and indexes
+* display multiple results sets through stored procedures or queries
+* create, copy, drop, rename and alter databases, tables, columns and
+  indexes
+* maintenance server, databases and tables, with proposals on server
+  configuration
+* execute, edit and bookmark any :abbr:`SQL (structured query language)`-statement, even
+  batch-queries
+* load text files into tables
+* create and read dumps of tables
+* export data to various formats:
+    * :abbr:`CSV (Comma Separated Values)`
+    * :abbr:`XML (Extensible Markup Language)`
+    * :abbr:`PDF (Portable Document Format)`
+    * :abbr:`ISO (International Standards Organisation)`/:abbr:`IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission)` 26300 - OpenDocument Text and Spreadsheet
+    * :abbr:`Word (Microsoft Word 2000)`
+* import data and MySQL structures from OpenDocument spreadsheets, as well as :abbr:`XML (Extensible Markup Language)`, :abbr:`CSV (Comma Separated Values)`, and :abbr:`SQL (Server Query Language)` files
+* administer multiple servers
+* manage MySQL users and privileges
+* check referential integrity in MyISAM tables
+* using Query-by-example (QBE), create complex queries automatically
+  connecting required tables
+* create :abbr:`PDF (Portable Document Format)` graphics of
+  your Database layout
+* search globally in a database or a subset of it
+* transform stored data into any format using a set of predefined
+  functions, like displaying BLOB-data as image or download-link
+    
+* track changes on databases, tables and views
+* support InnoDB tables and foreign keys, see :ref:`faq_3_6`
+* support mysqli, the improved MySQL extension, see :ref:`faq_1_17`
+* create, edit, call, export and drop stored procedures and functions
+* create, edit, export and drop events and triggers
+* communicate in 62 different languages
+* synchronize two databases residing on the same as well as remote servers, see :ref:`faq_9_1`
+