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$cfgServers array
Starting from version 1.4.2, phpMyAdmin supports multiple MySQL- Server management. Therefore, the $cfgServers array was added to store the login information of different servers. $cfgServers[1]["host"] contains the host name of the first server, $cfgServers[2]["host"] is the host of the second server, etc., etc. If you only have one server to manage, you can simply ignore the hostnames of the other $cfgServers entries.
$cfgServers[n]["port"] String
The port number of the nth MySQL server. The default value is 3300 (leave empty).
phpMyAdmin configuration $cfgServers[n]["host"] string
The host name of the nth MySQL server. For example, localhost.
$cfgServers[n]["adv_auth"] Boolean value
Basic or advanced authentication should be used for this server. Basic authentication ($adv_auth = false) is plain old:
The username and password are stored in config.inc.php3. Advanced authentication ($adv_auth = true), introduced in version 1.3.0, allows you to log in as a legitimate MySQL user via HTTP-Auth. In config.inc you only need to provide a standard user who can connect to MySQL and read the user/db table of the mysql library (see $cfgServers[n]["stduser"]).
Occasions where advanced management methods are recommended:
When phpMyAdmin is running in a multi-user environment and people have shell processing rights, you don’t want to know the MySQL username/ Password.
When you want users to access their own database and don't want them to interfere with others.
The advanced authentication method is safe because standard users only need read-only permissions to the mysql library. MySQL passwords cannot be easily cracked, so there is no chance for an ordinary user to see other users' clear text passwords.
$cfgServers[n]["user"] string
$cfgServers[n]["password"] string
When using basic authentication, the phpMyAdmin configuration will use the username/password pair to connect to this MySQL server. Not required when using advanced authentication methods.
$cfgServers[n]["stduser"] string
$cfgServers[n]["stdpass"] string
When using advanced authentication, the username/password pair is used to verify the real username/password pair. This user must be able to connect to MySQL and read the user table of the mysql library. Not required when using basic authentication.
$cfgServers[n]["only_db"] string
If a database name is set, only this database will be displayed to the user.
$cfgServers[n]["verbose"] String
This is only useful for phpMyAdmin configuration when using multiple server entries. If set, this string will be displayed in place of the hostname in the drop-down menu on the main page. For example, this might be useful if you want to display only certain databases on your system.
$cfgManualBase string
If set to a URL (which points to the MySQL documentation), the corresponding help link will be created.
$cfgPersistentConnections Boolean value
Whether to use persistent connections (mysql_connect or mysql_pconnect).
$cfgConfirm Boolean
Whether a warning message ("Are you really sure you want to...") should be displayed when you are about to lose data.
phpMyAdmin configuration $cfgMaxRows integer
The number of records displayed when browsing a result set. If the result set contains more data, links to previous/next pages will be displayed.
$cfgMaxInputsize integer
The size of the edit field when adding a new record to a table.
$cfgBorder integer
The size of the table border.
$cfgThBgcolor string [HTML color]
The color used in the table header.
$cfgBgcolorOne string [HTML color]
The color of the first row of the table row.
$cfgBgcolorTwo string [HTML color]
The color of the second row of the table row.
phpMyAdmin configuration $cfgOrder string ["DESC"|"ASC"]
defines that when you click the field name, the fields are in ascending order ("ASC ") is displayed in descending order ("DESC").
$cfgShowBlob Boolean value
defines whether to display BLOB fields when browsing the contents of a table.
$cfgShowSQL Boolean value
defines whether to display the sql query statement generated by phpMyAdmin.
$cfgColumnTypes array
All possible types of MySQL columns. In most cases you won't need to edit it.
$cfgFunctions array of phpMyAdmin configuration
List of functions supported by MySQL. In most cases you won't need to edit it.
$cfgAttributeTypes array of phpMyAdmin configuration
Possible attributes of the field. In most cases you won't need to edit it.