Managing a MySQL database in PHPMyAdmin
In this article, we'll give a brief introduction to phpMyAdmin, a web based mySQL client you can use to manage your databases. There are many tools and features that phpMyAdmin includes, but in this article we're only going to cover a few basics.
Before you can manage a database within phpMyAdmin, you must first create the database. After you have created the database, you can now access the database within phpMyAdmin.
How to log into phpMyAdmin
To log into phpMyadmin:
- Log into your cPanel
- Click the phpMyAdmin icon under the "Databases" heading.
- Congratulations, you are now logged into phpMyAdmin!
What am I looking at when I log into phpMyAdmin?
When you first log into phpMyAdmin, you'll see quite a bit of data. For most basic tasks, you'll select a database in the left menu (see screenshot below) and then begin to manage that individual database.
Besides a list of databases in the left menu, there are server details and configuration settings in the middle and right side of the page, but we will not cover those in this article.
Selecting a Database
If you click on a database in the left column, it will then load more information specific to that database:
In the left menu, it now shows a listing of all of the tables in the database. If you click any of the tables, it will allow you to view and manage the data in each of those tables.
In the top menu, you'll see various options for the database you're working with, such as:
- Structure
- SQL
- Search
- Query
- Export
- Import
- Operations
