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.. _intro:
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Introduction
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phpMyAdmin can manage a whole MySQL server (needs a super-user) as
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well as a single database. To accomplish the latter you'll need a
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properly set up MySQL user who can read/write only the desired
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database. It's up to you to look up the appropriate part in the MySQL
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manual.
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Currently phpMyAdmin can:
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++
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* browse and drop databases, tables, views, columns and indexes
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* display multiple results sets through stored procedures or queries
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* create, copy, drop, rename and alter databases, tables, columns and
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indexes
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* maintenance server, databases and tables, with proposals on server
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configuration
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* execute, edit and bookmark any :abbr:`SQL (structured query
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language)`-statement, even batch-queries
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* load text files into tables
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* create [#f1]_ and read dumps of tables
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* export [#f1]_ data to various formats: :abbr:`CSV (Comma Separated Values)`,
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:abbr:`XML (Extensible Markup Language)`, :abbr:`PDF (Portable
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Document Format)`, :abbr:`ISO (International Standards
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Organisation)`/:abbr:`IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission)`
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26300 - OpenDocument Text and Spreadsheet, :abbr:`Word (Microsoft Word
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2000)`, and LATEX formats
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* import data and MySQL structures from OpenDocument spreadsheets, as
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well as :abbr:`XML (Extensible Markup Language)`, :abbr:`CSV (Comma
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Separated Values)`, and :abbr:`SQL (Server Query Language)` files
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* administer multiple servers
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* manage MySQL users and privileges
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* check referential integrity in MyISAM tables
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* using Query-by-example (QBE), create complex queries automatically
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connecting required tables
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* create :abbr:`PDF (Portable Document Format)` graphics of your
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Database layout
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* search globally in a database or a subset of it
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* transform stored data into any format using a set of predefined
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functions, like displaying BLOB-data as image or download-link
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* track changes on databases, tables and views
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* support InnoDB tables and foreign keys see :ref:`faq3_6`
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* support mysqli, the improved MySQL extension see :ref:`faq1_17`
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* create, edit, call, export and drop stored procedures and functions
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* create, edit, export and drop events and triggers
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* communicate in `62 different languages
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<http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/translations.php>`_
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* synchronize two databases residing on the same as well as remote
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servers see :ref:`faq9_1`
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A word about users:
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-------------------
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Many people have difficulty understanding the concept of user
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management with regards to phpMyAdmin. When a user logs in to
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phpMyAdmin, that username and password are passed directly to MySQL.
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phpMyAdmin does no account management on its own (other than allowing
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one to manipulate the MySQL user account information); all users must
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be valid MySQL users.
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.. rubric:: Footnotes
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.. [#f1]
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phpMyAdmin can compress (Zip, GZip -RFC 1952- or Bzip2 formats)
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dumps and :abbr:`CSV (comma separated values)` exports if you use
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PHP with Zlib support (``--with-zlib``) and/or Bzip2 support
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(``--with-bz2``). Proper support may also need changes in
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:file:`php.ini`.
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