This article covers how to install PhpMyAdmin on Mac OS X. PhpMyAdmin is a software tool written in PHP to manage and administer MySQL databases. It supports not only MySQL, but also MariaDB and Drizzle databases. PhpMyAdmin supports a variety of database operations such as managing databases, tables, columns, relations, indexes, users, and permissions.
This article is part of a series of articles on how to manually install Apache, PHP, MySQL on the Mac OS. Installing the popular MAMP application is as simple as installing any other application on the Mac, but it will not give you any valuable learning experience, nor will you have complete control of your development environment. I recommend manually installing the individual applications to maximize your learning experience.
How to Install PhpMyAdmin on Mac OS X
To install PhpMyAdmin, download the latest version.
A video tutorial on how to setup a localhost and how to open phpMyAdmin control panel using Xampp server. MAMP and PHPMyAdmin: #1045, The MySQL server must be running to change the password, open and start MAMP now. Keep it running until the end of this. You'll be prompted for a password. Enter the current password for the root user.
Unzip the file and rename the folder to ‘phpmyadmin.’
Move the ‘phpmyadmin’ folder to ‘/usr/local/phpmyadmin.’
Copy the config.sample.inc.php to config.inc.php.
Localhost Dashboard Phpmyadmin
Create a config file in ‘/etc/apache2/other.’
Edit the config file.
Localhost 1234 Phpmyadmin
Add the following:
Restart Apache
Localhost Phpmyadmin Mysql Localhost Xampp
Finally, access PhpMyAdmin from your browser. Example: http://localhost/phpmyadmin