Welcome to the phpMyAdmin Starter. This book has been especially created to provide you with all the information that you need to get set up with phpMyAdmin. You will learn the basics of phpMyAdmin, get started with creating your own tables, and discover some tips and tricks for using phpMyAdmin.

This document contains the following sections:

So what is phpMyAdmin? — find out what phpMyAdmin actually is, what you can do with it, and why it’s so great.

Installation — learn how to download and install phpMyAdmin with the minimum fuss and then set it up so that you can use it as soon as possible.

Quick start— this section will show you how to perform one of the core tasks of phpMyAdmin, creating tables. Follow the steps to create your own tables, which will be the basis of most of your work in phpMyAdmin.

Top features you need to know about— here you will learn how to perform five tasks with the most important features in phpMyAdmin. By the end of this section you will be able to browse, search, and change data, and create relations.

People and places you should get to know — every Open Source project is centered around a community. This section provides you with many useful links to the project page and forums, as well as a number of helpful articles, tutorials, blogs, and the Twitter feeds of phpMyAdmin super-contributors.