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.. _intro:
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Introduction
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phpMyAdmin is a free software tool written in PHP that is intended to handle the
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administration of a MySQL or MariaDB database server. You can use phpMyAdmin to
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perform most administration tasks, including creating a database, running queries,
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and adding user accounts.
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Supported features
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Currently phpMyAdmin can:
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* create, browse, edit, 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 :term:`SQL`-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: :term:`CSV`, :term:`XML`, :term:`PDF`,
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:term:`ISO`/:term:`IEC` 26300 - :term:`OpenDocument` Text and Spreadsheet, Microsoft
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Word 2000, and LATEX formats
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* import data and :term:`MySQL` structures from :term:`OpenDocument` spreadsheets, as
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well as :term:`XML`, :term:`CSV`, and :term:`SQL` files
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* administer multiple servers
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* add, edit, and remove MySQL user accounts 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 :term:`PDF` 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
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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 `80 different languages
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<https://www.phpmyadmin.net/translations/>`_
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Shortcut keys
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Currently phpMyAdmin supports following shortcuts:
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* k - Toggle console
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* h - Go to home page
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* s - Open settings
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* d + s - Go to database structure (Provided you are in database related page)
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* d + f - Search database (Provided you are in database related page)
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* t + s - Go to table structure (Provided you are in table related page)
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* t + f - Search table (Provided you are in table related page)
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* backspace - Takes you to older page.
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A word about users
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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 (:term:`ZIP`, :term:`GZip` or :term:`RFC 1952`
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formats) dumps and :term:`CSV` exports if you use PHP with
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:term:`Zlib` support (``--with-zlib``).
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Proper support may also need changes in :file:`php.ini`.
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