1 .. index:: config.inc.php
8 All configurable data is placed in :file:`config.inc.php` in phpMyAdmin's
9 toplevel directory. If this file does not exist, please refer to the
10 :ref:`setup` section to create one. This file only needs to contain the
11 parameters you want to change from their corresponding default value.
15 :ref:`config-examples` for examples of configurations
17 If a directive is missing from your file, you can just add another line with
18 the file. This file is for over-writing the defaults; if you wish to use the
19 default value there's no need to add a line here.
21 The parameters which relate to design (like colors) are placed in
22 :file:`themes/themename/scss/_variables.scss`. You might also want to create
23 :file:`config.footer.inc.php` and :file:`config.header.inc.php` files to add
24 your site specific code to be included on start and end of each page.
28 Some distributions (eg. Debian or Ubuntu) store :file:`config.inc.php` in
29 ``/etc/phpmyadmin`` instead of within phpMyAdmin sources.
34 .. config:option:: $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri']
39 .. versionchanged:: 4.6.5
41 This setting was not available in phpMyAdmin 4.6.0 - 4.6.4.
43 Sets here the complete :term:`URL` (with full path) to your phpMyAdmin
44 installation's directory. E.g.
45 ``https://www.example.net/path_to_your_phpMyAdmin_directory/``. Note also
46 that the :term:`URL` on most of web servers are case sensitive (even on
47 Windows). Don’t forget the trailing slash at the end.
49 Starting with version 2.3.0, it is advisable to try leaving this blank. In
50 most cases phpMyAdmin automatically detects the proper setting. Users of
51 port forwarding or complex reverse proxy setup might need to set this.
53 A good test is to browse a table, edit a row and save it. There should be
54 an error message if phpMyAdmin is having trouble auto–detecting the correct
55 value. If you get an error that this must be set or if the autodetect code
56 fails to detect your path, please post a bug report on our bug tracker so
57 we can improve the code.
59 .. seealso:: :ref:`faq1_40`, :ref:`faq2_5`, :ref:`faq4_7`, :ref:`faq5_16`
61 .. config:option:: $cfg['PmaNoRelation_DisableWarning']
66 Starting with version 2.3.0 phpMyAdmin offers a lot of features to
67 work with master / foreign – tables (see :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']`).
69 If you tried to set this
70 up and it does not work for you, have a look on the :guilabel:`Structure` page
71 of one database where you would like to use it. You will find a link
72 that will analyze why those features have been disabled.
74 If you do not want to use those features set this variable to ``true`` to
75 stop this message from appearing.
77 .. config:option:: $cfg['AuthLog']
82 .. versionadded:: 4.8.0
84 This is supported since phpMyAdmin 4.8.0.
86 Configure authentication logging destination. Failed (or all, depending on
87 :config:option:`$cfg['AuthLogSuccess']`) authentication attempts will be
88 logged according to this directive:
91 Let phpMyAdmin automatically choose between ``syslog`` and ``php``.
93 Log using syslog, using AUTH facility, on most systems this ends up
94 in :file:`/var/log/auth.log`.
96 Log into PHP error log.
98 Log into PHP SAPI logging.
100 Any other value is treated as a filename and log entries are written there.
104 When logging to a file, make sure its permissions are correctly set
105 for a web server user, the setup should closely match instructions
106 described in :config:option:`$cfg['TempDir']`:
108 .. config:option:: $cfg['AuthLogSuccess']
113 .. versionadded:: 4.8.0
115 This is supported since phpMyAdmin 4.8.0.
117 Whether to log successful authentication attempts into
118 :config:option:`$cfg['AuthLog']`.
120 .. config:option:: $cfg['SuhosinDisableWarning']
125 A warning is displayed on the main page if Suhosin is detected.
127 You can set this parameter to ``true`` to stop this message from appearing.
129 .. config:option:: $cfg['LoginCookieValidityDisableWarning']
134 A warning is displayed on the main page if the PHP parameter
135 ``session.gc_maxlifetime`` is lower than cookie validity configured in phpMyAdmin.
137 You can set this parameter to ``true`` to stop this message from appearing.
139 .. config:option:: $cfg['ServerLibraryDifference_DisableWarning']
144 .. deprecated:: 4.7.0
146 This setting was removed as the warning has been removed as well.
148 A warning is displayed on the main page if there is a difference
149 between the MySQL library and server version.
151 You can set this parameter to ``true`` to stop this message from appearing.
153 .. config:option:: $cfg['ReservedWordDisableWarning']
158 This warning is displayed on the Structure page of a table if one or more
159 column names match with words which are MySQL reserved.
161 If you want to turn off this warning, you can set it to ``true`` and
162 warning will no longer be displayed.
164 .. config:option:: $cfg['TranslationWarningThreshold']
169 Show warning about incomplete translations on certain threshold.
171 .. config:option:: $cfg['SendErrorReports']
182 Sets the default behavior for JavaScript error reporting.
184 Whenever an error is detected in the JavaScript execution, an error report
185 may be sent to the phpMyAdmin team if the user agrees.
187 The default setting of ``'ask'`` will ask the user everytime there is a new
188 error report. However you can set this parameter to ``'always'`` to send error
189 reports without asking for confirmation or you can set it to ``'never'`` to
190 never send error reports.
192 This directive is available both in the configuration file and in users
193 preferences. If the person in charge of a multi-user installation prefers
194 to disable this feature for all users, a value of ``'never'`` should be
195 set, and the :config:option:`$cfg['UserprefsDisallow']` directive should
196 contain ``'SendErrorReports'`` in one of its array values.
198 .. config:option:: $cfg['ConsoleEnterExecutes']
203 Setting this to ``true`` allows the user to execute queries by pressing Enter
204 instead of Ctrl+Enter. A new line can be inserted by pressing Shift+Enter.
206 The behaviour of the console can be temporarily changed using console's
209 .. config:option:: $cfg['AllowThirdPartyFraming']
211 :type: boolean|string
214 Setting this to ``true`` allows phpMyAdmin to be included inside a frame,
215 and is a potential security hole allowing cross-frame scripting attacks or
216 clickjacking. Setting this to 'sameorigin' prevents phpMyAdmin to be
217 included from another document in a frame, unless that document belongs
220 Server connection settings
221 --------------------------
223 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers']
226 :default: one server array with settings listed below
228 Since version 1.4.2, phpMyAdmin supports the administration of multiple
229 MySQL servers. Therefore, a :config:option:`$cfg['Servers']`-array has been
230 added which contains the login information for the different servers. The
231 first :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']` contains the hostname of
232 the first server, the second :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']`
233 the hostname of the second server, etc. You can put as many sections for server definition as you need in
234 :file:`config.inc.php`, copy that block or needed parts (you don't have to
235 define all settings, just those you need to change).
239 The :config:option:`$cfg['Servers']` array starts with
240 ``$cfg['Servers'][1]``. Do not use ``$cfg['Servers'][0]``. If you want more
241 than one server, just copy following section (including ``$i``
242 increment) several times. There is no need to define full server
243 array, just define values you need to change.
245 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']
248 :default: ``'localhost'``
250 The hostname or :term:`IP` address of your ``$i``-th MySQL-server. E.g.
255 * hostname, e.g., ``'localhost'`` or ``'mydb.example.org'``
256 * IP address, e.g., ``'127.0.0.1'`` or ``'192.168.10.1'``
257 * IPv6 address, e.g. ``2001:cdba:0000:0000:0000:0000:3257:9652``
258 * dot - ``'.'``, i.e., use named pipes on windows systems
259 * empty - ``''``, disables this server
263 The hostname ``localhost`` is handled specially by MySQL and it uses
264 the socket based connection protocol. To use TCP/IP networking, use an
265 IP address or hostname such as ``127.0.0.1`` or ``db.example.com``. You
266 can configure the path to the socket with
267 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket']`.
271 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['port']`,
272 <https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/connecting.html>
274 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['port']
279 The port-number of your ``$i``-th MySQL-server. Default is 3306 (leave
284 If you use ``localhost`` as the hostname, MySQL ignores this port number
285 and connects with the socket, so if you want to connect to a port
286 different from the default port, use ``127.0.0.1`` or the real hostname
287 in :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']`.
291 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']`,
292 <https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/connecting.html>
294 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket']
299 The path to the socket to use. Leave blank for default. To determine
300 the correct socket, check your MySQL configuration or, using the
301 :command:`mysql` command–line client, issue the ``status`` command. Among the
302 resulting information displayed will be the socket used.
306 This takes effect only if :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']` is set
311 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']`,
312 <https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/connecting.html>
314 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl']
319 Whether to enable SSL for the connection between phpMyAdmin and the MySQL
320 server to secure the connection.
322 When using the ``'mysql'`` extension,
323 none of the remaining ``'ssl...'`` configuration options apply.
325 We strongly recommend the ``'mysqli'`` extension when using this option.
330 :ref:`example-google-ssl`,
331 :ref:`example-aws-ssl`,
332 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_key']`,
333 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_cert']`,
334 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ca']`,
335 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ca_path']`,
336 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ciphers']`,
337 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_verify']`
339 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_key']
344 Path to the client key file when using SSL for connecting to the MySQL
345 server. This is used to authenticate the client to the server.
351 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_key'] = '/etc/mysql/server-key.pem';
356 :ref:`example-google-ssl`,
357 :ref:`example-aws-ssl`,
358 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl']`,
359 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_cert']`,
360 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ca']`,
361 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ca_path']`,
362 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ciphers']`,
363 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_verify']`
365 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_cert']
370 Path to the client certificate file when using SSL for connecting to the
371 MySQL server. This is used to authenticate the client to the server.
376 :ref:`example-google-ssl`,
377 :ref:`example-aws-ssl`,
378 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl']`,
379 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_key']`,
380 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ca']`,
381 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ca_path']`,
382 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ciphers']`,
383 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_verify']`
385 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ca']
390 Path to the CA file when using SSL for connecting to the MySQL server.
395 :ref:`example-google-ssl`,
396 :ref:`example-aws-ssl`,
397 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl']`,
398 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_key']`,
399 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_cert']`,
400 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ca_path']`,
401 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ciphers']`,
402 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_verify']`
404 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ca_path']
409 Directory containing trusted SSL CA certificates in PEM format.
414 :ref:`example-google-ssl`,
415 :ref:`example-aws-ssl`,
416 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl']`,
417 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_key']`,
418 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_cert']`,
419 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ca']`,
420 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ciphers']`,
421 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_verify']`
423 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ciphers']
428 List of allowable ciphers for SSL connections to the MySQL server.
433 :ref:`example-google-ssl`,
434 :ref:`example-aws-ssl`,
435 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl']`,
436 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_key']`,
437 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_cert']`,
438 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ca']`,
439 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ca_path']`,
440 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_verify']`
442 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_verify']
447 .. versionadded:: 4.6.0
449 This is supported since phpMyAdmin 4.6.0.
451 If your PHP install uses the MySQL Native Driver (mysqlnd), your
452 MySQL server is 5.6 or later, and your SSL certificate is self-signed,
453 there is a chance your SSL connection will fail due to validation.
454 Setting this to ``false`` will disable the validation check.
456 Since PHP 5.6.0 it also verifies whether server name matches CN of its
457 certificate. There is currently no way to disable just this check without
458 disabling complete SSL verification.
462 Disabling the certificate verification defeats purpose of using SSL.
463 This will make the connection vulnerable to man in the middle attacks.
467 This flag only works with PHP 5.6.16 or later.
472 :ref:`example-google-ssl`,
473 :ref:`example-aws-ssl`,
474 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl']`,
475 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_key']`,
476 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_cert']`,
477 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ca']`,
478 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ca_path']`,
479 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ciphers']`,
480 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_verify']`
482 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type']
487 .. deprecated:: 4.7.0
489 This setting is no longer used as of 4.7.0, since MySQL decides the
490 connection type based on host, so it could lead to unexpected results.
491 Please set :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']` accordingly
494 What type connection to use with the MySQL server. Your options are
495 ``'socket'`` and ``'tcp'``. It defaults to tcp as that is nearly guaranteed
496 to be available on all MySQL servers, while sockets are not supported on
497 some platforms. To use the socket mode, your MySQL server must be on the
498 same machine as the Web server.
500 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['compress']
505 Whether to use a compressed protocol for the MySQL server connection
506 or not (experimental).
509 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlhost']
514 Permits to use an alternate host to hold the configuration storage
519 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['control_*']`
522 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlport']
527 Permits to use an alternate port to connect to the host that
528 holds the configuration storage.
532 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['control_*']`
535 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser']
540 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass']
545 This special account is used to access :ref:`linked-tables`.
546 You don't need it in single user case, but if phpMyAdmin is shared it
547 is recommended to give access to :ref:`linked-tables` only to this user
548 and configure phpMyAdmin to use it. All users will then be able to use
549 the features without need to have direct access to :ref:`linked-tables`.
551 .. versionchanged:: 2.2.5
552 those were called ``stduser`` and ``stdpass``
557 :ref:`authentication_modes`,
558 :ref:`linked-tables`,
559 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']`,
560 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlhost']`,
561 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlport']`,
562 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['control_*']`
564 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['control_*']
568 .. versionadded:: 4.7.0
570 You can change any MySQL connection setting for control link (used to
571 access :ref:`linked-tables`) using configuration prefixed with ``control_``.
573 This can be used to change any aspect of the control connection, which by
574 default uses same parameters as the user one.
576 For example you can configure SSL for the control connection:
581 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['control_ssl'] = true;
583 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['control_ssl_key'] = '../client-key.pem';
584 // Client certificate
585 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['control_ssl_cert'] = '../client-cert.pem';
586 // Server certification authority
587 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['control_ssl_ca'] = '../server-ca.pem';
591 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl']`,
592 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_key']`,
593 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_cert']`,
594 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ca']`,
595 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ca_path']`,
596 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ciphers']`,
597 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_verify']`,
598 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket']`,
599 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['compress']`,
600 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['hide_connection_errors']`
602 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type']
605 :default: ``'cookie'``
607 Whether config or cookie or :term:`HTTP` or signon authentication should be
608 used for this server.
610 * 'config' authentication (``$auth_type = 'config'``) is the plain old
611 way: username and password are stored in :file:`config.inc.php`.
612 * 'cookie' authentication mode (``$auth_type = 'cookie'``) allows you to
613 log in as any valid MySQL user with the help of cookies.
614 * 'http' authentication allows you to log in as any
615 valid MySQL user via HTTP-Auth.
616 * 'signon' authentication mode (``$auth_type = 'signon'``) allows you to
617 log in from prepared PHP session data or using supplied PHP script.
619 .. seealso:: :ref:`authentication_modes`
621 .. _servers_auth_http_realm:
622 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_http_realm']
627 When using ``'http'`` for :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type']`, this field allows to define a custom
628 :term:`HTTP` Basic Auth Realm which will be displayed to the user. If not
629 explicitly specified in your configuration, a string combined of
630 "phpMyAdmin " and either :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose']` or
631 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']` will be used.
633 .. _servers_auth_swekey_config:
634 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_swekey_config']
639 .. versionadded:: 3.0.0.0
641 This setting was named ``$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_feebee_config']`` and was renamed before the `3.0.0.0` release.
643 .. deprecated:: 4.6.4
645 This setting was removed because their servers are no longer working and it was not working correctly.
647 .. deprecated:: 4.0.10.17
649 This setting was removed in a maintenance release because their servers are no longer working and it was not working correctly.
651 The name of the file containing swekey ids and login names for hardware
652 authentication. Leave empty to deactivate this feature.
655 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user']
660 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password']
665 When using :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type']` set to
666 ``'config'``, this is the user/password-pair which phpMyAdmin will use to
667 connect to the MySQL server. This user/password pair is not needed when
668 :term:`HTTP` or cookie authentication is used
671 .. _servers_nopassword:
672 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['nopassword']
677 .. deprecated:: 4.7.0
679 This setting was removed as it can produce unexpected results.
681 Allow attempt to log in without password when a login with password
682 fails. This can be used together with http authentication, when
683 authentication is done some other way and phpMyAdmin gets user name
684 from auth and uses empty password for connecting to MySQL. Password
685 login is still tried first, but as fallback, no password method is
690 It is possible to allow logging in with no password with
691 the :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword']` directive.
694 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['only_db']
696 :type: string or array
699 If set to a (an array of) database name(s), only this (these)
700 database(s) will be shown to the user. Since phpMyAdmin 2.2.1,
701 this/these database(s) name(s) may contain MySQL wildcards characters
702 ("\_" and "%"): if you want to use literal instances of these
703 characters, escape them (I.E. use ``'my\_db'`` and not ``'my_db'``).
705 This setting is an efficient way to lower the server load since the
706 latter does not need to send MySQL requests to build the available
707 database list. But **it does not replace the privileges rules of the
708 MySQL database server**. If set, it just means only these databases
709 will be displayed but **not that all other databases can't be used.**
711 An example of using more that one database:
715 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['only_db'] = ['db1', 'db2'];
717 .. versionchanged:: 4.0.0
718 Previous versions permitted to specify the display order of
719 the database names via this directive.
721 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['hide_db']
726 Regular expression for hiding some databases from unprivileged users.
727 This only hides them from listing, but a user is still able to access
728 them (using, for example, the SQL query area). To limit access, use
729 the MySQL privilege system. For example, to hide all databases
730 starting with the letter "a", use
734 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['hide_db'] = '^a';
736 and to hide both "db1" and "db2" use
740 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['hide_db'] = '^(db1|db2)$';
742 More information on regular expressions can be found in the `PCRE
744 <https://www.php.net/manual/en/reference.pcre.pattern.syntax.php>`_ portion
745 of the PHP reference manual.
747 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose']
752 Only useful when using phpMyAdmin with multiple server entries. If
753 set, this string will be displayed instead of the hostname in the
754 pull-down menu on the main page. This can be useful if you want to
755 show only certain databases on your system, for example. For HTTP
756 auth, all non-US-ASCII characters will be stripped.
758 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension']
761 :default: ``'mysqli'``
763 .. deprecated:: 4.2.0
765 This setting was removed. The ``mysql`` extension will only be used when
766 the ``mysqli`` extension is not available. As of 5.0.0, only the
767 ``mysqli`` extension can be used.
769 The PHP MySQL extension to use (``mysql`` or ``mysqli``).
771 It is recommended to use ``mysqli`` in all installations.
773 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']
778 The name of the database containing the phpMyAdmin configuration
781 See the :ref:`linked-tables` section in this document to see the benefits of
782 this feature, and for a quick way of creating this database and the needed
785 If you are the only user of this phpMyAdmin installation, you can use your
786 current database to store those special tables; in this case, just put your
787 current database name in :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']`. For a
788 multi-user installation, set this parameter to the name of your central
789 database containing the phpMyAdmin configuration storage.
792 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['bookmarktable']
794 :type: string or false
797 .. versionadded:: 2.2.0
799 Since release 2.2.0 phpMyAdmin allows users to bookmark queries. This
800 can be useful for queries you often run. To allow the usage of this
803 * set up :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']` and the phpMyAdmin configuration storage
804 * enter the table name in :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['bookmarktable']`
806 This feature can be disabled by setting the configuration to ``false``.
809 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['relation']
811 :type: string or false
814 .. versionadded:: 2.2.4
816 Since release 2.2.4 you can describe, in a special 'relation' table,
817 which column is a key in another table (a foreign key). phpMyAdmin
818 currently uses this to:
820 * make clickable, when you browse the master table, the data values that
821 point to the foreign table;
822 * display in an optional tool-tip the "display column" when browsing the
823 master table, if you move the mouse to a column containing a foreign
824 key (use also the ``table_info`` table); (see :ref:`faqdisplay`)
825 * in edit/insert mode, display a drop-down list of possible foreign keys
826 (key value and "display column" are shown) (see :ref:`faq6_21`)
827 * display links on the table properties page, to check referential
828 integrity (display missing foreign keys) for each described key;
829 * in query-by-example, create automatic joins (see :ref:`faq6_6`)
830 * enable you to get a :term:`PDF` schema of
831 your database (also uses the ``table_coords`` table).
833 The keys can be numeric or character.
835 To allow the usage of this functionality:
837 * set up :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']` and the phpMyAdmin configuration storage
838 * put the relation table name in :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['relation']`
839 * now as normal user open phpMyAdmin and for each one of your tables
840 where you want to use this feature, click :guilabel:`Structure/Relation view/`
841 and choose foreign columns.
843 This feature can be disabled by setting the configuration to ``false``.
847 In the current version, ``master_db`` must be the same as ``foreign_db``.
848 Those columns have been put in future development of the cross-db
852 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_info']
854 :type: string or false
857 .. versionadded:: 2.3.0
859 Since release 2.3.0 you can describe, in a special ``table_info``
860 table, which column is to be displayed as a tool-tip when moving the
861 cursor over the corresponding key. This configuration variable will
862 hold the name of this special table. To allow the usage of this
865 * set up :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']` and the phpMyAdmin configuration storage
866 * put the table name in :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table\_info']` (e.g.
868 * then for each table where you want to use this feature, click
869 "Structure/Relation view/Choose column to display" to choose the
872 This feature can be disabled by setting the configuration to ``false``.
874 .. seealso:: :ref:`faqdisplay`
877 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_coords']
879 :type: string or false
882 The designer feature can save your page layout; by pressing the "Save page" or "Save page as"
883 button in the expanding designer menu, you can customize the layout and have it loaded the next
884 time you use the designer. That layout is stored in this table. Furthermore, this table is also
885 required for using the PDF relation export feature, see
886 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf\_pages']` for additional details.
888 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages']
890 :type: string or false
893 .. versionadded:: 2.3.0
895 Since release 2.3.0 you can have phpMyAdmin create :term:`PDF` pages
896 showing the relations between your tables. Further, the designer interface
897 permits visually managing the relations. To do this it needs two tables
898 "``pdf_pages``" (storing information about the available :term:`PDF` pages)
899 and "``table_coords``" (storing coordinates where each table will be placed on
900 a :term:`PDF` schema output). You must be using the "relation" feature.
902 To allow the usage of this functionality:
904 * set up :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']` and the phpMyAdmin configuration storage
905 * put the correct table names in
906 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table\_coords']` and
907 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf\_pages']`
909 This feature can be disabled by setting either of the configurations to ``false``.
911 .. seealso:: :ref:`faqpdf`.
914 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['designer_coords']
919 .. versionadded:: 2.10.0
921 Since release 2.10.0 a Designer interface is available; it permits to
922 visually manage the relations.
924 .. deprecated:: 4.3.0
926 This setting was removed and the Designer table positioning data is now stored into :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table\_coords']`.
929 You can now delete the table `pma__designer_coords` from your phpMyAdmin configuration storage database and remove :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['designer\_coords']` from your configuration file.
932 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['column_info']
934 :type: string or false
937 .. versionadded:: 2.3.0
939 This part requires a content update! Since release 2.3.0 you can
940 store comments to describe each column for each table. These will then
941 be shown on the "printview".
943 Starting with release 2.5.0, comments are consequently used on the table
944 property pages and table browse view, showing up as tool-tips above the
945 column name (properties page) or embedded within the header of table in
946 browse view. They can also be shown in a table dump. Please see the
947 relevant configuration directives later on.
949 Also new in release 2.5.0 is a MIME- transformation system which is also
950 based on the following table structure. See :ref:`transformations` for
951 further information. To use the MIME- transformation system, your
952 ``column_info`` table has to have the three new columns ``'mimetype'``,
953 ``'transformation'``, ``'transformation_options'``.
955 Starting with release 4.3.0, a new input-oriented transformation system
956 has been introduced. Also, backward compatibility code used in the old
957 transformations system was removed. As a result, an update to ``column_info``
958 table is necessary for previous transformations and the new input-oriented
959 transformation system to work. phpMyAdmin will upgrade it automatically
960 for you by analyzing your current ``column_info`` table structure.
961 However, if something goes wrong with the auto-upgrade then you can
962 use the SQL script found in ``./resources/sql/upgrade_column_info_4_3_0+.sql``
963 to upgrade it manually.
965 To allow the usage of this functionality:
967 * set up :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']` and the phpMyAdmin configuration storage
968 * put the table name in :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['column\_info']` (e.g.
969 ``pma__column_info``)
970 * to update your PRE-2.5.0 ``column_comments`` table use this: and
971 remember that the Variable in :file:`config.inc.php` has been renamed from
972 :samp:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['column\_comments']` to
973 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['column\_info']`
975 .. code-block:: mysql
977 ALTER TABLE `pma__column_comments`
978 ADD `mimetype` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL,
979 ADD `transformation` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL,
980 ADD `transformation_options` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL;
981 * to update your PRE-4.3.0 ``column_info`` table manually use this
982 ``./resources/sql/upgrade_column_info_4_3_0+.sql`` SQL script.
984 This feature can be disabled by setting the configuration to ``false``.
988 For auto-upgrade functionality to work, your
989 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser']` must have ALTER privilege on
990 ``phpmyadmin`` database. See the `MySQL documentation for GRANT
991 <https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/grant.html>`_ on how to
992 ``GRANT`` privileges to a user.
995 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['history']
997 :type: string or false
1000 .. versionadded:: 2.5.0
1002 Since release 2.5.0 you can store your :term:`SQL` history, which means all
1003 queries you entered manually into the phpMyAdmin interface. If you don't
1004 want to use a table-based history, you can use the JavaScript-based
1007 Using that, all your history items are deleted when closing the window.
1008 Using :config:option:`$cfg['QueryHistoryMax']` you can specify an amount of
1009 history items you want to have on hold. On every login, this list gets cut
1010 to the maximum amount.
1012 The query history is only available if JavaScript is enabled in
1015 To allow the usage of this functionality:
1017 * set up :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']` and the phpMyAdmin configuration storage
1018 * put the table name in :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['history']` (e.g.
1021 This feature can be disabled by setting the configuration to ``false``.
1024 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['recent']
1026 :type: string or false
1029 .. versionadded:: 3.5.0
1031 Since release 3.5.0 you can show recently used tables in the
1032 navigation panel. It helps you to jump across table directly, without
1033 the need to select the database, and then select the table. Using
1034 :config:option:`$cfg['NumRecentTables']` you can configure the maximum number
1035 of recent tables shown. When you select a table from the list, it will jump to
1036 the page specified in :config:option:`$cfg['NavigationTreeDefaultTabTable']`.
1038 Without configuring the storage, you can still access the recently used tables,
1039 but it will disappear after you logout.
1041 To allow the usage of this functionality persistently:
1043 * set up :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']` and the phpMyAdmin configuration storage
1044 * put the table name in :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['recent']` (e.g.
1047 This feature can be disabled by setting the configuration to ``false``.
1050 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['favorite']
1052 :type: string or false
1055 .. versionadded:: 4.2.0
1057 Since release 4.2.0 you can show a list of selected tables in the
1058 navigation panel. It helps you to jump to the table directly, without
1059 the need to select the database, and then select the table. When you
1060 select a table from the list, it will jump to the page specified in
1061 :config:option:`$cfg['NavigationTreeDefaultTabTable']`.
1063 You can add tables to this list or remove tables from it in database
1064 structure page by clicking on the star icons next to table names. Using
1065 :config:option:`$cfg['NumFavoriteTables']` you can configure the maximum
1066 number of favorite tables shown.
1068 Without configuring the storage, you can still access the favorite tables,
1069 but it will disappear after you logout.
1071 To allow the usage of this functionality persistently:
1073 * set up :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']` and the phpMyAdmin configuration storage
1074 * put the table name in :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['favorite']` (e.g.
1077 This feature can be disabled by setting the configuration to ``false``.
1080 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_uiprefs']
1082 :type: string or false
1085 .. versionadded:: 3.5.0
1087 Since release 3.5.0 phpMyAdmin can be configured to remember several
1088 things (sorted column :config:option:`$cfg['RememberSorting']`, column order,
1089 and column visibility from a database table) for browsing tables. Without
1090 configuring the storage, these features still can be used, but the values will
1091 disappear after you logout.
1093 To allow the usage of these functionality persistently:
1095 * set up :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']` and the phpMyAdmin configuration storage
1096 * put the table name in :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table\_uiprefs']` (e.g.
1097 ``pma__table_uiprefs``)
1099 This feature can be disabled by setting the configuration to ``false``.
1101 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['users']
1103 :type: string or false
1106 The table used by phpMyAdmin to store user name information for associating with user groups.
1107 See the next entry on :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['usergroups']` for more details
1108 and the suggested settings.
1110 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['usergroups']
1112 :type: string or false
1115 .. versionadded:: 4.1.0
1117 Since release 4.1.0 you can create different user groups with menu items
1118 attached to them. Users can be assigned to these groups and the logged in
1119 user would only see menu items configured to the usergroup they are assigned to.
1120 To do this it needs two tables "usergroups" (storing allowed menu items for each
1121 user group) and "users" (storing users and their assignments to user groups).
1123 To allow the usage of this functionality:
1125 * set up :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']` and the phpMyAdmin configuration storage
1126 * put the correct table names in
1127 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['users']` (e.g. ``pma__users``) and
1128 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['usergroups']` (e.g. ``pma__usergroups``)
1130 This feature can be disabled by setting either of the configurations to ``false``.
1132 .. seealso:: :ref:`configurablemenus`
1134 .. _navigationhiding:
1135 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['navigationhiding']
1137 :type: string or false
1140 .. versionadded:: 4.1.0
1142 Since release 4.1.0 you can hide/show items in the navigation tree.
1144 To allow the usage of this functionality:
1146 * set up :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']` and the phpMyAdmin configuration storage
1147 * put the table name in :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['navigationhiding']` (e.g.
1148 ``pma__navigationhiding``)
1150 This feature can be disabled by setting the configuration to ``false``.
1152 .. _central_columns:
1153 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['central_columns']
1155 :type: string or false
1158 .. versionadded:: 4.3.0
1160 Since release 4.3.0 you can have a central list of columns per database.
1161 You can add/remove columns to the list as per your requirement. These columns
1162 in the central list will be available to use while you create a new column for
1163 a table or create a table itself. You can select a column from central list
1164 while creating a new column, it will save you from writing the same column definition
1165 over again or from writing different names for similar column.
1167 To allow the usage of this functionality:
1169 * set up :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']` and the phpMyAdmin configuration storage
1170 * put the table name in :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['central_columns']` (e.g.
1171 ``pma__central_columns``)
1173 This feature can be disabled by setting the configuration to ``false``.
1175 .. _designer_settings:
1176 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['designer_settings']
1178 :type: string or false
1181 .. versionadded:: 4.5.0
1183 Since release 4.5.0 your designer settings can be remembered.
1184 Your choice regarding 'Angular/Direct Links', 'Snap to Grid', 'Toggle Relation Lines',
1185 'Small/Big All', 'Move Menu' and 'Pin Text' can be remembered persistently.
1187 To allow the usage of this functionality:
1189 * set up :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']` and the phpMyAdmin configuration storage
1190 * put the table name in :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['designer_settings']` (e.g.
1191 ``pma__designer_settings``)
1193 This feature can be disabled by setting the configuration to ``false``.
1196 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['savedsearches']
1198 :type: string or false
1201 .. versionadded:: 4.2.0
1203 Since release 4.2.0 you can save and load query-by-example searches from the Database > Query panel.
1205 To allow the usage of this functionality:
1207 * set up :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']` and the phpMyAdmin configuration storage
1208 * put the table name in :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['savedsearches']` (e.g.
1209 ``pma__savedsearches``)
1211 This feature can be disabled by setting the configuration to ``false``.
1213 .. _export_templates:
1214 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['export_templates']
1216 :type: string or false
1219 .. versionadded:: 4.5.0
1221 Since release 4.5.0 you can save and load export templates.
1223 To allow the usage of this functionality:
1225 * set up :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']` and the phpMyAdmin configuration storage
1226 * put the table name in :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['export_templates']` (e.g.
1227 ``pma__export_templates``)
1229 This feature can be disabled by setting the configuration to ``false``.
1232 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking']
1234 :type: string or false
1237 .. versionadded:: 3.3.x
1239 Since release 3.3.x a tracking mechanism is available. It helps you to
1240 track every :term:`SQL` command which is
1241 executed by phpMyAdmin. The mechanism supports logging of data
1242 manipulation and data definition statements. After enabling it you can
1243 create versions of tables.
1245 The creation of a version has two effects:
1247 * phpMyAdmin saves a snapshot of the table, including structure and
1249 * phpMyAdmin logs all commands which change the structure and/or data of
1250 the table and links these commands with the version number.
1252 Of course you can view the tracked changes. On the :guilabel:`Tracking`
1253 page a complete report is available for every version. For the report you
1254 can use filters, for example you can get a list of statements within a date
1255 range. When you want to filter usernames you can enter \* for all names or
1256 you enter a list of names separated by ','. In addition you can export the
1257 (filtered) report to a file or to a temporary database.
1259 To allow the usage of this functionality:
1261 * set up :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']` and the phpMyAdmin configuration storage
1262 * put the table name in :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking']` (e.g.
1265 This feature can be disabled by setting the configuration to ``false``.
1268 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking_version_auto_create']
1273 Whether the tracking mechanism creates versions for tables and views
1276 If this is set to true and you create a table or view with
1281 and no version exists for it, the mechanism will create a version for
1285 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking_default_statements']
1288 :default: ``'CREATE TABLE,ALTER TABLE,DROP TABLE,RENAME TABLE,CREATE INDEX,DROP INDEX,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,TRUNCATE,REPLACE,CREATE VIEW,ALTER VIEW,DROP VIEW,CREATE DATABASE,ALTER DATABASE,DROP DATABASE'``
1290 Defines the list of statements the auto-creation uses for new
1294 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking_add_drop_view']
1299 Whether a `DROP VIEW IF EXISTS` statement will be added as first line to
1300 the log when creating a view.
1303 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking_add_drop_table']
1308 Whether a `DROP TABLE IF EXISTS` statement will be added as first line
1309 to the log when creating a table.
1312 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking_add_drop_database']
1317 Whether a `DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS` statement will be added as first
1318 line to the log when creating a database.
1321 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['userconfig']
1323 :type: string or false
1326 .. versionadded:: 3.4.x
1328 Since release 3.4.x phpMyAdmin allows users to set most preferences by
1329 themselves and store them in the database.
1331 If you don't allow for storing preferences in
1332 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']`, users can still personalize
1333 phpMyAdmin, but settings will be saved in browser's local storage, or, it
1334 is is unavailable, until the end of session.
1336 To allow the usage of this functionality:
1338 * set up :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']` and the phpMyAdmin configuration storage
1339 * put the table name in :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['userconfig']`
1341 This feature can be disabled by setting the configuration to ``false``.
1343 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['MaxTableUiprefs']
1348 Maximum number of rows saved in
1349 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_uiprefs']` table.
1351 When tables are dropped or renamed,
1352 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_uiprefs']` may contain invalid data
1353 (referring to tables which no longer exist). We only keep this number of newest
1354 rows in :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_uiprefs']` and automatically
1357 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['SessionTimeZone']
1362 Sets the time zone used by phpMyAdmin. Leave blank to use the time zone of your
1363 database server. Possible values are explained at
1364 https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/time-zone-support.html
1366 This is useful when your database server uses a time zone which is different from the
1367 time zone you want to use in phpMyAdmin.
1369 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowRoot']
1374 Whether to allow root access. This is just a shortcut for the
1375 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules']` below.
1377 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword']
1382 Whether to allow logins without a password. The default value of
1383 ``false`` for this parameter prevents unintended access to a MySQL
1384 server with was left with an empty password for root or on which an
1385 anonymous (blank) user is defined.
1387 .. _servers_allowdeny_order:
1388 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['order']
1393 If your rule order is empty, then :term:`IP`
1394 authorization is disabled.
1396 If your rule order is set to
1397 ``'deny,allow'`` then the system applies all deny rules followed by
1398 allow rules. Access is allowed by default. Any client which does not
1399 match a Deny command or does match an Allow command will be allowed
1400 access to the server.
1402 If your rule order is set to ``'allow,deny'``
1403 then the system applies all allow rules followed by deny rules. Access
1404 is denied by default. Any client which does not match an Allow
1405 directive or does match a Deny directive will be denied access to the
1408 If your rule order is set to ``'explicit'``, authorization is
1409 performed in a similar fashion to rule order 'deny,allow', with the
1410 added restriction that your host/username combination **must** be
1411 listed in the *allow* rules, and not listed in the *deny* rules. This
1412 is the **most** secure means of using Allow/Deny rules, and was
1413 available in Apache by specifying allow and deny rules without setting
1416 Please also see :config:option:`$cfg['TrustedProxies']` for
1417 detecting IP address behind proxies.
1419 .. _servers_allowdeny_rules:
1420 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules']
1422 :type: array of strings
1425 The general format for the rules is as such:
1427 .. code-block:: none
1429 <'allow' | 'deny'> <username> [from] <ipmask>
1431 If you wish to match all users, it is possible to use a ``'%'`` as a
1432 wildcard in the *username* field.
1434 There are a few shortcuts you can
1435 use in the *ipmask* field as well (please note that those containing
1436 ``SERVER_ADDRESS`` might not be available on all webservers):
1438 .. code-block:: none
1441 'localhost' -> 127.0.0.1/8
1442 'localnetA' -> SERVER_ADDRESS/8
1443 'localnetB' -> SERVER_ADDRESS/16
1444 'localnetC' -> SERVER_ADDRESS/24
1446 Having an empty rule list is equivalent to either using ``'allow %
1447 from all'`` if your rule order is set to ``'deny,allow'`` or ``'deny %
1448 from all'`` if your rule order is set to ``'allow,deny'`` or
1451 For the :term:`IP Address` matching
1452 system, the following work:
1454 * ``xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx`` (an exact :term:`IP Address`)
1455 * ``xxx.xxx.xxx.[yyy-zzz]`` (an :term:`IP Address` range)
1456 * ``xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/nn`` (CIDR, Classless Inter-Domain Routing type :term:`IP` addresses)
1458 But the following does not work:
1460 * ``xxx.xxx.xxx.xx[yyy-zzz]`` (partial :term:`IP` address range)
1462 For :term:`IPv6` addresses, the following work:
1464 * ``xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx`` (an exact :term:`IPv6` address)
1465 * ``xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:[yyyy-zzzz]`` (an :term:`IPv6` address range)
1466 * ``xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx/nn`` (CIDR, Classless Inter-Domain Routing type :term:`IPv6` addresses)
1468 But the following does not work:
1470 * ``xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xx[yyy-zzz]`` (partial :term:`IPv6` address range)
1474 .. code-block:: none
1476 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['order'] = 'allow,deny';
1477 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules'] = ['allow bob from all'];
1478 // Allow only 'bob' to connect from any host
1480 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['order'] = 'allow,deny';
1481 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules'] = ['allow mary from 192.168.100.[50-100]'];
1482 // Allow only 'mary' to connect from host 192.168.100.50 through 192.168.100.100
1484 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['order'] = 'allow,deny';
1485 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules'] = ['allow % from 192.168.[5-6].10'];
1486 // Allow any user to connect from host 192.168.5.10 or 192.168.6.10
1488 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['order'] = 'allow,deny';
1489 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules'] = ['allow root from 192.168.5.50','allow % from 192.168.6.10'];
1490 // Allow any user to connect from 192.168.6.10, and additionally allow root to connect from 192.168.5.50
1492 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['DisableIS']
1497 Disable using ``INFORMATION_SCHEMA`` to retrieve information (use
1498 ``SHOW`` commands instead), because of speed issues when many
1499 databases are present.
1503 Enabling this option might give you a big performance boost on older
1506 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['SignonScript']
1511 .. versionadded:: 3.5.0
1513 Name of PHP script to be sourced and executed to obtain login
1514 credentials. This is alternative approach to session based single
1515 signon. The script has to provide a function called
1516 ``get_login_credentials`` which returns list of username and
1517 password, accepting single parameter of existing username (can be
1518 empty). See :file:`examples/signon-script.php` for an example:
1520 .. literalinclude:: ../examples/signon-script.php
1523 .. seealso:: :ref:`auth_signon`
1525 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['SignonSession']
1530 Name of session which will be used for signon authentication method.
1531 You should use something different than ``phpMyAdmin``, because this
1532 is session which phpMyAdmin uses internally. Takes effect only if
1533 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['SignonScript']` is not configured.
1535 .. seealso:: :ref:`auth_signon`
1537 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['SignonCookieParams']
1542 .. versionadded:: 4.7.0
1544 An associative array of session cookie parameters of other authentication system.
1545 It is not needed if the other system doesn't use ``session_set_cookie_params()``.
1546 Keys should include ``'lifetime'``, ``'path'``, ``'domain'``, ``'secure'`` or ``'httponly'``.
1547 Valid values are mentioned in `session_get_cookie_params <https://www.php.net/manual/en/
1548 function.session-get-cookie-params.php>`_, they should be set to same values as the
1549 other application uses. Takes effect only if
1550 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['SignonScript']` is not configured.
1552 .. seealso:: :ref:`auth_signon`
1554 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['SignonURL']
1559 :term:`URL` where user will be redirected
1560 to log in for signon authentication method. Should be absolute
1563 .. seealso:: :ref:`auth_signon`
1565 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['LogoutURL']
1570 :term:`URL` where user will be redirected
1571 after logout (doesn't affect config authentication method). Should be
1572 absolute including protocol.
1574 .. config:option:: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['hide_connection_errors']
1579 .. versionadded:: 4.9.8
1581 Whether to show or hide detailed MySQL/MariaDB connection errors on the login page.
1585 This error message can contain the target database server hostname or IP address,
1586 which may reveal information about your network to an attacker.
1591 .. config:option:: $cfg['DisableShortcutKeys']
1596 You can disable phpMyAdmin shortcut keys by setting :config:option:`$cfg['DisableShortcutKeys']` to true.
1598 .. config:option:: $cfg['ServerDefault']
1603 If you have more than one server configured, you can set
1604 :config:option:`$cfg['ServerDefault']` to any one of them to autoconnect to that
1605 server when phpMyAdmin is started, or set it to 0 to be given a list
1606 of servers without logging in.
1608 If you have only one server configured,
1609 :config:option:`$cfg['ServerDefault']` MUST be set to that server.
1611 .. config:option:: $cfg['VersionCheck']
1616 Enables check for latest versions using JavaScript on the main phpMyAdmin
1617 page or by directly accessing ``index.php?route=/version-check``.
1621 This setting can be adjusted by your vendor.
1623 .. config:option:: $cfg['ProxyUrl']
1628 The url of the proxy to be used when phpmyadmin needs to access the outside
1629 internet such as when retrieving the latest version info or submitting error
1630 reports. You need this if the server where phpMyAdmin is installed does not
1631 have direct access to the internet.
1632 The format is: "hostname:portnumber"
1634 .. config:option:: $cfg['ProxyUser']
1639 The username for authenticating with the proxy. By default, no
1640 authentication is performed. If a username is supplied, Basic
1641 Authentication will be performed. No other types of authentication
1642 are currently supported.
1644 .. config:option:: $cfg['ProxyPass']
1649 The password for authenticating with the proxy.
1651 .. config:option:: $cfg['MaxDbList']
1656 The maximum number of database names to be displayed in the main panel's
1659 .. config:option:: $cfg['MaxTableList']
1664 The maximum number of table names to be displayed in the main panel's
1665 list (except on the Export page).
1667 .. config:option:: $cfg['ShowHint']
1672 Whether or not to show hints (for example, hints when hovering over
1675 .. config:option:: $cfg['MaxCharactersInDisplayedSQL']
1680 The maximum number of characters when a :term:`SQL` query is displayed. The
1681 default limit of 1000 should be correct to avoid the display of tons of
1682 hexadecimal codes that represent BLOBs, but some users have real
1683 :term:`SQL` queries that are longer than 1000 characters. Also, if a
1684 query's length exceeds this limit, this query is not saved in the history.
1686 .. config:option:: $cfg['PersistentConnections']
1691 Whether `persistent connections <https://www.php.net/manual/en/features
1692 .persistent-connections.php>`_ should be used or not.
1696 `mysqli documentation for persistent connections <https://www.php.net/manual/en/mysqli.persistconns.php>`_
1698 .. config:option:: $cfg['ForceSSL']
1703 .. deprecated:: 4.6.0
1705 This setting is no longer available since phpMyAdmin 4.6.0. Please
1706 adjust your webserver instead.
1708 Whether to force using https while accessing phpMyAdmin. In a reverse
1709 proxy setup, setting this to ``true`` is not supported.
1713 In some setups (like separate SSL proxy or load balancer) you might
1714 have to set :config:option:`$cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri']` for correct
1717 .. config:option:: $cfg['MysqlSslWarningSafeHosts']
1720 :default: ``['127.0.0.1', 'localhost']``
1722 This search is case-sensitive and will match the exact string only.
1723 If your setup does not use SSL but is safe because you are using a
1724 local connection or private network, you can add your hostname or :term:`IP` to the list.
1725 You can also remove the default entries to only include yours.
1727 This check uses the value of :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']`.
1729 .. versionadded:: 5.1.0
1731 Example configuration
1735 $cfg['MysqlSslWarningSafeHosts'] = ['127.0.0.1', 'localhost', 'mariadb.local'];
1738 .. config:option:: $cfg['ExecTimeLimit']
1740 :type: integer [number of seconds]
1743 Set the number of seconds a script is allowed to run. If seconds is
1744 set to zero, no time limit is imposed. This setting is used while
1745 importing/exporting dump files but has
1746 no effect when PHP is running in safe mode.
1748 .. config:option:: $cfg['SessionSavePath']
1753 Path for storing session data (`session\_save\_path PHP parameter
1754 <https://www.php.net/session_save_path>`_).
1758 This folder should not be publicly accessible through the webserver,
1759 otherwise you risk leaking private data from your session.
1761 .. config:option:: $cfg['MemoryLimit']
1763 :type: string [number of bytes]
1766 Set the number of bytes a script is allowed to allocate. If set to
1767 ``'-1'``, no limit is imposed. If set to ``'0'``, no change of the
1768 memory limit is attempted and the :file:`php.ini` ``memory_limit`` is
1771 This setting is used while importing/exporting dump files
1772 so you definitely don't want to put here a too low
1773 value. It has no effect when PHP is running in safe mode.
1775 You can also use any string as in :file:`php.ini`, eg. ``'16M'``. Ensure you
1776 don't omit the suffix (16 means 16 bytes!)
1778 .. config:option:: $cfg['SkipLockedTables']
1783 Mark used tables and make it possible to show databases with locked
1784 tables (since MySQL 3.23.30).
1786 .. config:option:: $cfg['ShowSQL']
1791 Defines whether :term:`SQL` queries
1792 generated by phpMyAdmin should be displayed or not.
1794 .. config:option:: $cfg['RetainQueryBox']
1799 Defines whether the :term:`SQL` query box
1800 should be kept displayed after its submission.
1802 .. config:option:: $cfg['CodemirrorEnable']
1807 Defines whether to use a Javascript code editor for SQL query boxes.
1808 CodeMirror provides syntax highlighting and line numbers. However,
1809 middle-clicking for pasting the clipboard contents in some Linux
1810 distributions (such as Ubuntu) is not supported by all browsers.
1812 .. config:option:: $cfg['LintEnable']
1817 .. versionadded:: 4.5.0
1819 Defines whether to use the parser to find any errors in the query before executing.
1821 .. config:option:: $cfg['DefaultForeignKeyChecks']
1824 :default: ``'default'``
1826 Default value of the checkbox for foreign key checks, to disable/enable
1827 foreign key checks for certain queries. The possible values are ``'default'``,
1828 ``'enable'`` or ``'disable'``. If set to ``'default'``, the value of the
1829 MySQL variable ``FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS`` is used.
1831 .. config:option:: $cfg['AllowUserDropDatabase']
1838 This is not a security measure as there will be always ways to
1839 circumvent this. If you want to prohibit users from dropping databases,
1840 revoke their corresponding DROP privilege.
1842 Defines whether normal users (non-administrator) are allowed to delete
1843 their own database or not. If set as false, the link :guilabel:`Drop
1844 Database` will not be shown, and even a ``DROP DATABASE mydatabase`` will
1845 be rejected. Quite practical for :term:`ISP` 's with many customers.
1847 This limitation of :term:`SQL` queries is not as strict as when using MySQL
1848 privileges. This is due to nature of :term:`SQL` queries which might be
1849 quite complicated. So this choice should be viewed as help to avoid
1850 accidental dropping rather than strict privilege limitation.
1852 .. config:option:: $cfg['Confirm']
1857 Whether a warning ("Are your really sure...") should be displayed when
1858 you're about to lose data.
1860 .. config:option:: $cfg['UseDbSearch']
1865 Define whether the "search string inside database" is enabled or not.
1867 .. config:option:: $cfg['IgnoreMultiSubmitErrors']
1872 Define whether phpMyAdmin will continue executing a multi-query
1873 statement if one of the queries fails. Default is to abort execution.
1875 .. config:option:: $cfg['enable_drag_drop_import']
1880 Whether or not the drag and drop import feature is enabled.
1881 When enabled, a user can drag a file in to their browser and phpMyAdmin will
1882 attempt to import the file.
1884 .. config:option:: $cfg['URLQueryEncryption']
1889 .. versionadded:: 4.9.8
1891 Define whether phpMyAdmin will encrypt sensitive data (like database name
1892 and table name) from the URL query string. Default is to not encrypt the URL
1895 .. config:option:: $cfg['URLQueryEncryptionSecretKey']
1900 .. versionadded:: 4.9.8
1902 A secret key used to encrypt/decrypt the URL query string.
1903 Should be 32 bytes long.
1905 .. seealso:: :ref:`faq2_10`
1907 .. config:option:: $cfg['maxRowPlotLimit']
1912 Maximum number of rows retrieved for zoom search.
1914 Cookie authentication options
1915 -----------------------------
1917 .. config:option:: $cfg['blowfish_secret']
1922 The ``'cookie'`` :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type']` uses the :term:`Sodium` extension to encrypt the cookies (see :term:`Cookie`). If you are
1923 using the ``'cookie'`` :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type']`, enter here a generated string of random bytes to be used as an encryption key. It
1924 will be used internally by the :term:`Sodium` extension: you won't be prompted for this encryption key.
1926 Since a binary string is usually not printable, it can be converted into a hexadecimal representation (using a
1927 function like `sodium_bin2hex <https://www.php.net/sodium_bin2hex>`_) and then used in the configuration file. For
1932 // The string is a hexadecimal representation of a 32-bytes long string of random bytes.
1933 $cfg['blowfish_secret'] = sodium_hex2bin('f16ce59f45714194371b48fe362072dc3b019da7861558cd4ad29e4d6fb13851');
1935 Using a binary string is recommended. However, if all 32 bytes of the string are visible
1936 characters, then a function like `sodium_bin2hex <https://www.php.net/sodium_bin2hex>`_ is not required. For
1941 // A string of 32 characters.
1942 $cfg['blowfish_secret'] = 'JOFw435365IScA&Q!cDugr!lSfuAz*OW';
1946 The encryption key must be 32 bytes long. If it is longer than the length of bytes, only the first 32 bytes will
1947 be used, and if it is shorter, a new temporary key will be automatically generated for you. However, this
1948 temporary key will only last for the duration of the session.
1952 The configuration is called blowfish_secret for historical reasons as
1953 Blowfish algorithm was originally used to do the encryption.
1955 .. versionchanged:: 3.1.0
1957 Since version 3.1.0 phpMyAdmin can generate this on the fly, but it
1958 makes a bit weaker security as this generated secret is stored in
1959 session and furthermore it makes impossible to recall user name from
1962 .. versionchanged:: 5.2.0
1964 Since version 5.2.0, phpMyAdmin uses the
1965 `sodium\_crypto\_secretbox <https://www.php.net/sodium_crypto_secretbox>`_ and
1966 `sodium\_crypto\_secretbox\_open <https://www.php.net/sodium_crypto_secretbox_open>`_ PHP functions to encrypt
1967 and decrypt cookies, respectively.
1969 .. seealso:: :ref:`faq2_10`
1971 .. config:option:: $cfg['CookieSameSite']
1974 :default: ``'Strict'``
1976 .. versionadded:: 5.1.0
1978 It sets SameSite attribute of the Set-Cookie :term:`HTTP` response header.
1985 .. seealso:: `rfc6265 bis <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-rfc6265bis-03#section-5.3.7>`_
1987 .. config:option:: $cfg['LoginCookieRecall']
1992 Define whether the previous login should be recalled or not in cookie
1993 authentication mode.
1995 This is automatically disabled if you do not have
1996 configured :config:option:`$cfg['blowfish_secret']`.
1998 .. config:option:: $cfg['LoginCookieValidity']
2000 :type: integer [number of seconds]
2003 Define how long a login cookie is valid. Please note that php
2004 configuration option `session.gc\_maxlifetime
2005 <https://www.php.net/manual/en/session.configuration.php#ini.session.gc-
2006 maxlifetime>`_ might limit session validity and if the session is lost,
2007 the login cookie is also invalidated. So it is a good idea to set
2008 ``session.gc_maxlifetime`` at least to the same value of
2009 :config:option:`$cfg['LoginCookieValidity']`.
2011 .. config:option:: $cfg['LoginCookieStore']
2013 :type: integer [number of seconds]
2016 Define how long login cookie should be stored in browser. Default 0
2017 means that it will be kept for existing session. This is recommended
2018 for not trusted environments.
2020 .. config:option:: $cfg['LoginCookieDeleteAll']
2025 If enabled (default), logout deletes cookies for all servers,
2026 otherwise only for current one. Setting this to false makes it easy to
2027 forget to log out from other server, when you are using more of them.
2029 .. _AllowArbitraryServer:
2030 .. config:option:: $cfg['AllowArbitraryServer']
2035 If enabled, allows you to log in to arbitrary servers using cookie
2040 Please use this carefully, as this may allow users access to MySQL servers
2041 behind the firewall where your :term:`HTTP` server is placed.
2042 See also :config:option:`$cfg['ArbitraryServerRegexp']`.
2044 .. config:option:: $cfg['ArbitraryServerRegexp']
2049 Restricts the MySQL servers to which the user can log in when
2050 :config:option:`$cfg['AllowArbitraryServer']` is enabled by
2051 matching the :term:`IP` or the hostname of the MySQL server
2052 to the given regular expression. The regular expression must be enclosed
2053 with a delimiter character.
2055 It is recommended to include start and end symbols in the regular
2056 expression, so that you can avoid partial matches on the string.
2062 // Allow connection to three listed servers:
2063 $cfg['ArbitraryServerRegexp'] = '/^(server|another|yetdifferent)$/';
2065 // Allow connection to range of IP addresses:
2066 $cfg['ArbitraryServerRegexp'] = '@^192\.168\.0\.[0-9]{1,}$@';
2068 // Allow connection to server name ending with -mysql:
2069 $cfg['ArbitraryServerRegexp'] = '@^[^:]\-mysql$@';
2073 The whole server name is matched, it can include port as well. Due to
2074 way MySQL is permissive in connection parameters, it is possible to use
2075 connection strings as ```server:3306-mysql```. This can be used to
2076 bypass regular expression by the suffix, while connecting to another
2079 .. config:option:: $cfg['CaptchaMethod']
2082 :default: ``'invisible'``
2086 * ``'invisible'`` Use an invisible captcha checking method;
2087 * ``'checkbox'`` Use a checkbox to confirm the user is not a robot.
2089 .. versionadded:: 5.0.3
2091 .. config:option:: $cfg['CaptchaApi']
2094 :default: ``'https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js'``
2096 .. versionadded:: 5.1.0
2098 The URL for the reCaptcha v2 service's API, either Google's or a compatible one.
2100 .. config:option:: $cfg['CaptchaCsp']
2103 :default: ``'https://apis.google.com https://www.google.com/recaptcha/ https://www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/ https://ssl.gstatic.com/'``
2105 .. versionadded:: 5.1.0
2107 The Content-Security-Policy snippet (URLs from which to allow embedded content)
2108 for the reCaptcha v2 service, either Google's or a compatible one.
2110 .. config:option:: $cfg['CaptchaRequestParam']
2113 :default: ``'g-recaptcha'``
2115 .. versionadded:: 5.1.0
2117 The request parameter used for the reCaptcha v2 service.
2119 .. config:option:: $cfg['CaptchaResponseParam']
2122 :default: ``'g-recaptcha-response'``
2124 .. versionadded:: 5.1.0
2126 The response parameter used for the reCaptcha v2 service.
2128 .. config:option:: $cfg['CaptchaLoginPublicKey']
2133 The public key for the reCaptcha service that can be obtained from the
2134 "Admin Console" on https://www.google.com/recaptcha/about/.
2136 .. seealso:: <https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/docs/v3>
2138 reCaptcha will be then used in :ref:`cookie`.
2140 .. versionadded:: 4.1.0
2142 .. config:option:: $cfg['CaptchaLoginPrivateKey']
2147 The private key for the reCaptcha service that can be obtained from the
2148 "Admin Console" on https://www.google.com/recaptcha/about/.
2150 .. seealso:: <https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/docs/v3>
2152 reCaptcha will be then used in :ref:`cookie`.
2154 .. versionadded:: 4.1.0
2156 .. config:option:: $cfg['CaptchaSiteVerifyURL']
2161 The URL for the reCaptcha service to do siteverify action.
2163 reCaptcha will be then used in :ref:`cookie`.
2165 .. versionadded:: 5.1.0
2167 Navigation panel setup
2168 ----------------------
2170 .. config:option:: $cfg['ShowDatabasesNavigationAsTree']
2175 In the navigation panel, replaces the database tree with a selector
2177 .. config:option:: $cfg['FirstLevelNavigationItems']
2182 The number of first level databases that can be displayed on each page
2185 .. config:option:: $cfg['MaxNavigationItems']
2190 The number of items (tables, columns, indexes) that can be displayed on each
2191 page of the navigation tree.
2193 .. config:option:: $cfg['NavigationTreeEnableGrouping']
2198 Defines whether to group the databases based on a common prefix
2199 in their name :config:option:`$cfg['NavigationTreeDbSeparator']`.
2201 .. config:option:: $cfg['NavigationTreeDbSeparator']
2206 The string used to separate the parts of the database name when
2207 showing them in a tree.
2209 .. config:option:: $cfg['NavigationTreeTableSeparator']
2211 :type: string or array
2214 Defines a string to be used to nest table spaces. This means if you have
2215 tables like ``first__second__third`` this will be shown as a three-level
2216 hierarchy like: first > second > third. If set to false or empty, the
2217 feature is disabled. NOTE: You should not use this separator at the
2218 beginning or end of a table name or multiple times after another without
2219 any other characters in between.
2221 .. config:option:: $cfg['NavigationTreeTableLevel']
2226 Defines how many sublevels should be displayed when splitting up
2227 tables by the above separator.
2229 .. config:option:: $cfg['NumRecentTables']
2234 The maximum number of recently used tables shown in the navigation
2235 panel. Set this to 0 (zero) to disable the listing of recent tables.
2237 .. config:option:: $cfg['NumFavoriteTables']
2242 The maximum number of favorite tables shown in the navigation
2243 panel. Set this to 0 (zero) to disable the listing of favorite tables.
2245 .. config:option:: $cfg['ZeroConf']
2250 Enables Zero Configuration mode in which the user will be offered a choice to
2251 create phpMyAdmin configuration storage in the current database
2252 or use the existing one, if already present.
2254 This setting has no effect if the phpMyAdmin configuration storage database
2255 is properly created and the related configuration directives (such as
2256 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']` and so on) are configured.
2258 .. config:option:: $cfg['NavigationLinkWithMainPanel']
2263 Defines whether or not to link with main panel by highlighting
2264 the current database or table.
2266 .. config:option:: $cfg['NavigationDisplayLogo']
2271 Defines whether or not to display the phpMyAdmin logo at the top of
2272 the navigation panel.
2274 .. config:option:: $cfg['NavigationLogoLink']
2277 :default: ``'index.php'``
2279 Enter the :term:`URL` where the logo in the navigation panel will point to.
2280 For use especially with self made theme which changes this.
2281 For relative/internal URLs, you need to have leading ``./`` or trailing characters ``?`` such as ``'./index.php?route=/server/sql?'``.
2282 For external URLs, you should include URL protocol schemes (``http`` or ``https``) with absolute URLs.
2284 You may want to make the link open in a new browser tab, for that you need to use :config:option:`$cfg['NavigationLogoLinkWindow']`
2286 .. config:option:: $cfg['NavigationLogoLinkWindow']
2289 :default: ``'main'``
2291 Whether to open the linked page in the main window (``main``) or in a
2292 new one (``new``). Note: use ``new`` if you are linking to
2295 To open the link in the main window you will need to add the value of :config:option:`$cfg['NavigationLogoLink']`
2296 to :config:option:`$cfg['CSPAllow']` because of the :term:`Content Security Policy` header.
2298 .. config:option:: $cfg['NavigationTreeDisplayItemFilterMinimum']
2303 Defines the minimum number of items (tables, views, routines and
2304 events) to display a JavaScript filter box above the list of items in
2305 the navigation tree.
2307 To disable the filter completely some high number can be used (e.g. 9999)
2309 .. config:option:: $cfg['NavigationTreeDisplayDbFilterMinimum']
2314 Defines the minimum number of databases to display a JavaScript filter
2315 box above the list of databases in the navigation tree.
2317 To disable the filter completely some high number can be used
2320 .. config:option:: $cfg['NavigationDisplayServers']
2325 Defines whether or not to display a server choice at the top of the
2328 .. config:option:: $cfg['DisplayServersList']
2333 Defines whether to display this server choice as links instead of in a
2336 .. config:option:: $cfg['NavigationTreeDefaultTabTable']
2339 :default: ``'structure'``
2341 Defines the tab displayed by default when clicking the small icon next
2342 to each table name in the navigation panel. The possible values are the
2343 localized equivalent of:
2351 .. config:option:: $cfg['NavigationTreeDefaultTabTable2']
2356 Defines the tab displayed by default when clicking the second small icon next
2357 to each table name in the navigation panel. The possible values are the
2358 localized equivalent of:
2367 .. config:option:: $cfg['NavigationTreeEnableExpansion']
2372 Whether to offer the possibility of tree expansion in the navigation panel.
2374 .. config:option:: $cfg['NavigationTreeShowTables']
2379 Whether to show tables under database in the navigation panel.
2381 .. config:option:: $cfg['NavigationTreeShowViews']
2386 Whether to show views under database in the navigation panel.
2388 .. config:option:: $cfg['NavigationTreeShowFunctions']
2393 Whether to show functions under database in the navigation panel.
2395 .. config:option:: $cfg['NavigationTreeShowProcedures']
2400 Whether to show procedures under database in the navigation panel.
2402 .. config:option:: $cfg['NavigationTreeShowEvents']
2407 Whether to show events under database in the navigation panel.
2409 .. config:option:: $cfg['NavigationTreeAutoexpandSingleDb']
2414 Whether to expand single database in the navigation tree automatically.
2416 .. config:option:: $cfg['NavigationWidth']
2421 Navigation panel width, set to 0 to collapse it by default.
2426 .. config:option:: $cfg['ShowStats']
2431 Defines whether or not to display space usage and statistics about
2432 databases and tables. Note that statistics requires at least MySQL
2433 3.23.3 and that, at this date, MySQL doesn't return such information
2434 for Berkeley DB tables.
2436 .. config:option:: $cfg['ShowServerInfo']
2438 :type: boolean|string
2441 Defines whether to display detailed server information on main page.
2442 Possible values are:
2444 * ``true`` to show all server information
2445 * ``false`` to hide server information
2446 * ``'database-server'`` to show only database server information
2447 * ``'web-server'`` to show only web server information
2449 You can additionally hide more information by using
2450 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose']`.
2452 .. versionchanged:: 6.0.0
2453 Added ``'database-server'`` and ``'web-server'`` options.
2455 .. config:option:: $cfg['ShowPhpInfo']
2460 Defines whether to display the :guilabel:`PHP information` or not at
2461 the starting main (right) frame.
2463 Please note that to block the usage of ``phpinfo()`` in scripts, you have to
2464 put this in your :file:`php.ini`:
2468 disable_functions = phpinfo()
2472 Enabling phpinfo page will leak quite a lot of information about server
2473 setup. Is it not recommended to enable this on shared installations.
2475 This might also make easier some remote attacks on your installations,
2476 so enable this only when needed.
2478 .. config:option:: $cfg['ShowChgPassword']
2483 Defines whether to display the :guilabel:`Change password` link or not at
2484 the starting main (right) frame. This setting does not check MySQL commands
2487 Please note that enabling the :guilabel:`Change password` link has no effect
2488 with config authentication mode: because of the hard coded password value
2489 in the configuration file, end users can't be allowed to change their
2492 .. config:option:: $cfg['ShowCreateDb']
2497 Defines whether to display the form for creating database or not at the
2498 starting main (right) frame. This setting does not check MySQL commands
2501 .. config:option:: $cfg['ShowGitRevision']
2506 Defines whether to display information about the current Git revision (if
2507 applicable) on the main panel.
2509 .. config:option:: $cfg['MysqlMinVersion']
2513 Defines the minimum supported MySQL version. The default is chosen
2514 by the phpMyAdmin team; however this directive was asked by a developer
2515 of the Plesk control panel to ease integration with older MySQL servers
2516 (where most of the phpMyAdmin features work).
2521 .. config:option:: $cfg['ShowDbStructureCharset']
2526 Defines whether to show a column displaying the charset for all tables in the database structure page.
2528 .. config:option:: $cfg['ShowDbStructureComment']
2533 Defines whether to show a column displaying the comments for all tables in the database structure page.
2535 .. config:option:: $cfg['ShowDbStructureCreation']
2540 Defines whether the database structure page (tables list) has a
2541 "Creation" column that displays when each table was created.
2543 .. config:option:: $cfg['ShowDbStructureLastUpdate']
2548 Defines whether the database structure page (tables list) has a "Last
2549 update" column that displays when each table was last updated.
2551 .. config:option:: $cfg['ShowDbStructureLastCheck']
2556 Defines whether the database structure page (tables list) has a "Last
2557 check" column that displays when each table was last checked.
2559 .. config:option:: $cfg['HideStructureActions']
2564 Defines whether the table structure actions are hidden under a ":guilabel:`More`"
2567 .. config:option:: $cfg['ShowColumnComments']
2572 Defines whether to show column comments as a column in the table structure view.
2577 .. config:option:: $cfg['TableNavigationLinksMode']
2580 :default: ``'icons'``
2582 Defines whether the table navigation links contain ``'icons'``, ``'text'``
2585 .. config:option:: $cfg['ActionLinksMode']
2588 :default: ``'both'``
2590 If set to ``icons``, will display icons instead of text for db and table
2591 properties links (like :guilabel:`Browse`, :guilabel:`Select`,
2592 :guilabel:`Insert`, ...). Can be set to ``'both'``
2593 if you want icons AND text. When set to ``text``, will only show text.
2595 .. config:option:: $cfg['RowActionType']
2598 :default: ``'both'``
2600 Whether to display icons or text or both icons and text in table row action
2601 segment. Value can be either of ``'icons'``, ``'text'`` or ``'both'``.
2603 .. config:option:: $cfg['ShowAll']
2608 Defines whether a user should be displayed a ":guilabel:`Show all`" button in browse
2609 mode or not in all cases. By default it is shown only on small tables (less
2610 than 500 rows) to avoid performance issues while getting too many rows.
2612 .. config:option:: $cfg['MaxRows']
2617 Number of rows displayed when browsing a result set and no LIMIT
2618 clause is used. If the result set contains more rows, ":guilabel:`Previous`" and
2619 ":guilabel:`Next`" links will be shown. Possible values: 25,50,100,250,500.
2621 .. config:option:: $cfg['Order']
2624 :default: ``'SMART'``
2626 Defines whether columns are displayed in ascending (``ASC``) order, in
2627 descending (``DESC``) order or in a "smart" (``SMART``) order - I.E.
2628 descending order for columns of type TIME, DATE, DATETIME and
2629 TIMESTAMP, ascending order else- by default.
2631 .. versionchanged:: 3.4.0
2632 Since phpMyAdmin 3.4.0 the default value is ``'SMART'``.
2634 .. config:option:: $cfg['DisplayBinaryAsHex']
2639 Defines whether the ":guilabel:`Show binary contents as HEX`" browse option is
2642 .. versionadded:: 3.3.0
2643 .. deprecated:: 4.3.0
2645 This setting was removed.
2647 .. config:option:: $cfg['GridEditing']
2650 :default: ``'double-click'``
2652 Defines which action (``double-click`` or ``click``) triggers grid
2653 editing. Can be deactivated with the ``disabled`` value.
2655 .. config:option:: $cfg['RelationalDisplay']
2660 Defines the initial behavior for Options > Relational. ``K``, which
2661 is the default, displays the key while ``D`` shows the display column.
2663 .. config:option:: $cfg['SaveCellsAtOnce']
2668 Defines whether or not to save all edited cells at once for grid
2674 .. config:option:: $cfg['ProtectBinary']
2676 :type: boolean or string
2677 :default: ``'blob'``
2679 Defines whether ``BLOB`` or ``BINARY`` columns are protected from
2680 editing when browsing a table's content. Valid values are:
2682 * ``false`` to allow editing of all columns;
2683 * ``'blob'`` to allow editing of all columns except ``BLOBS``;
2684 * ``'noblob'`` to disallow editing of all columns except ``BLOBS`` (the
2685 opposite of ``'blob'``);
2686 * ``'all'`` to disallow editing of all ``BINARY`` or ``BLOB`` columns.
2688 .. config:option:: $cfg['ShowFunctionFields']
2693 Defines whether or not MySQL functions fields should be initially
2694 displayed in edit/insert mode. Since version 2.10, the user can toggle
2695 this setting from the interface.
2697 .. config:option:: $cfg['ShowFieldTypesInDataEditView']
2702 Defines whether or not type fields should be initially displayed in
2703 edit/insert mode. The user can toggle this setting from the interface.
2705 .. config:option:: $cfg['InsertRows']
2710 Defines the default number of rows to be entered from the Insert page.
2711 Users can manually change this from the bottom of that page to add or remove
2714 .. config:option:: $cfg['ForeignKeyMaxLimit']
2719 If there are fewer items than this in the set of foreign keys, then a
2720 drop-down box of foreign keys is presented, in the style described by
2721 the :config:option:`$cfg['ForeignKeyDropdownOrder']` setting.
2723 .. config:option:: $cfg['ForeignKeyDropdownOrder']
2726 :default: ``['content-id', 'id-content']``
2728 For the foreign key drop-down fields, there are several methods of
2729 display, offering both the key and value data. The contents of the
2730 array should be one or both of the following strings: ``content-id``,
2733 Export and import settings
2734 --------------------------
2736 .. config:option:: $cfg['ZipDump']
2741 .. config:option:: $cfg['GZipDump']
2746 .. config:option:: $cfg['BZipDump']
2751 Defines whether to allow the use of zip/GZip/BZip2 compression when
2752 creating a dump file
2754 .. config:option:: $cfg['CompressOnFly']
2759 Defines whether to allow on the fly compression for GZip/BZip2
2760 compressed exports. This doesn't affect smaller dumps and allows users
2761 to create larger dumps that won't otherwise fit in memory due to php
2762 memory limit. Produced files contain more GZip/BZip2 headers, but all
2763 normal programs handle this correctly.
2765 .. config:option:: $cfg['Export']
2770 In this array are defined default parameters for export, names of
2771 items are similar to texts seen on export page, so you can easily
2772 identify what they mean.
2774 .. config:option:: $cfg['Export']['format']
2779 Default export format.
2781 .. config:option:: $cfg['Export']['method']
2784 :default: ``'quick'``
2786 Defines how the export form is displayed when it loads. Valid values
2789 * ``quick`` to display the minimum number of options to configure
2790 * ``custom`` to display every available option to configure
2791 * ``custom-no-form`` same as ``custom`` but does not display the option
2792 of using quick export
2794 .. config:option:: $cfg['Export']['compression']
2797 :default: ``'none'``
2799 Default export compression method. Possible values are ``'none'``, ``'zip'`` or ``'gzip'``.
2801 .. config:option:: $cfg['Export']['charset']
2806 Defines charset for generated export. By default no charset conversion is
2807 done assuming UTF-8.
2809 .. config:option:: $cfg['Export']['file_template_table']
2812 :default: ``'@TABLE@'``
2814 Default filename template for table exports.
2816 .. seealso:: :ref:`faq6_27`
2818 .. config:option:: $cfg['Export']['file_template_database']
2821 :default: ``'@DATABASE@'``
2823 Default filename template for database exports.
2825 .. seealso:: :ref:`faq6_27`
2827 .. config:option:: $cfg['Export']['file_template_server']
2830 :default: ``'@SERVER@'``
2832 Default filename template for server exports.
2834 .. seealso:: :ref:`faq6_27`
2836 .. config:option:: $cfg['Export']['remove_definer_from_definitions']
2841 Remove DEFINER clause from the event, view and routine definitions.
2843 .. versionadded:: 5.2.0
2845 .. config:option:: $cfg['Import']
2850 In this array are defined default parameters for import, names of
2851 items are similar to texts seen on import page, so you can easily
2852 identify what they mean.
2854 .. config:option:: $cfg['Import']['charset']
2859 Defines charset for import. By default no charset conversion is done
2862 .. config:option:: $cfg['Schema']
2867 .. config:option:: $cfg['Schema']['format']
2872 Defines the default format for schema export. Possible values are ``'pdf'``, ``'eps'``, ``'dia'`` or ``'svg'``.
2874 Tabs display settings
2875 ---------------------
2877 .. config:option:: $cfg['TabsMode']
2880 :default: ``'both'``
2882 Defines whether the menu tabs contain ``'icons'``, ``'text'`` or ``'both'``.
2884 .. config:option:: $cfg['PropertiesNumColumns']
2889 How many columns will be utilized to display the tables on the database
2890 property view? When setting this to a value larger than 1, the type of the
2891 database will be omitted for more display space.
2893 .. config:option:: $cfg['DefaultTabServer']
2896 :default: ``'welcome'``
2898 Defines the tab displayed by default on server view. The possible values
2899 are the localized equivalent of:
2901 * ``welcome`` (recommended for multi-user setups)
2907 .. config:option:: $cfg['DefaultTabDatabase']
2910 :default: ``'structure'``
2912 Defines the tab displayed by default on database view. The possible values
2913 are the localized equivalent of:
2920 .. config:option:: $cfg['DefaultTabTable']
2923 :default: ``'browse'``
2925 Defines the tab displayed by default on table view. The possible values
2926 are the localized equivalent of:
2937 .. config:option:: $cfg['PDFPageSizes']
2940 :default: ``['A3', 'A4', 'A5', 'letter', 'legal']``
2942 Array of possible paper sizes for creating PDF pages.
2944 You should never need to change this.
2946 .. config:option:: $cfg['PDFDefaultPageSize']
2951 Default page size to use when creating PDF pages. Valid values are any
2952 listed in :config:option:`$cfg['PDFPageSizes']`.
2957 .. config:option:: $cfg['DefaultLang']
2962 Defines the default language to use, if not browser-defined or user-
2963 defined. The corresponding language file needs to be in
2964 ``locale/*code*/LC_MESSAGES/phpmyadmin.mo``.
2966 .. config:option:: $cfg['DefaultConnectionCollation']
2969 :default: ``'utf8mb4_general_ci'``
2971 Defines the default connection collation to use, if not user-defined.
2972 See the `MySQL documentation for charsets
2973 <https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/charset-charsets.html>`_
2974 for list of possible values.
2976 .. config:option:: $cfg['Lang']
2981 Force language to use. The corresponding language file needs to be in
2982 ``locale/*code*/LC_MESSAGES/phpmyadmin.mo``.
2984 .. config:option:: $cfg['FilterLanguages']
2989 Limit list of available languages to those matching the given regular
2990 expression. For example if you want only Czech and English, you should
2991 set filter to ``'^(cs|en)'``.
2993 .. config:option:: $cfg['RecodingEngine']
2996 :default: ``'auto'``
2998 You can select here which functions will be used for character set
2999 conversion. Possible values are:
3001 * ``'auto'`` - automatically use available one (first is tested ``iconv``, then ``mbstring``)
3002 * ``'iconv'`` - use iconv or ``libiconv`` functions
3003 * ``'mb'`` - use :term:`mbstring` extension
3004 * ``'none'`` - disable encoding conversion
3006 Enabled charset conversion activates a pull-down menu in the Export
3007 and Import pages, to choose the character set when exporting a file.
3008 The default value in this menu comes from
3009 :config:option:`$cfg['Export']['charset']` and :config:option:`$cfg['Import']['charset']`.
3011 .. versionchanged:: 6.0.0
3013 Support for the Recode extension has been removed. The ``'recode'`` value is ignored and the
3014 default value (``'auto'``) is used instead.
3016 .. config:option:: $cfg['IconvExtraParams']
3019 :default: ``'//TRANSLIT'``
3021 Specify some parameters for iconv used in charset conversion. See
3022 `iconv documentation <https://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/libiconv/documentati
3023 on/libiconv-1.15/iconv_open.3.html>`_ for details. By default
3024 ``//TRANSLIT`` is used, so that invalid characters will be
3027 .. config:option:: $cfg['AvailableCharsets']
3032 Available character sets for MySQL conversion. You can add your own
3033 (any of supported by mbstring/iconv) or remove these which you don't
3034 use. Character sets will be shown in same order as here listed, so if
3035 you frequently use some of these move them to the top.
3040 .. config:option:: $cfg['OBGzip']
3042 :type: string/boolean
3043 :default: ``'auto'``
3045 Defines whether to use GZip output buffering for increased speed in
3046 :term:`HTTP` transfers. Set to
3047 true/false for enabling/disabling. When set to 'auto' (string),
3048 phpMyAdmin tries to enable output buffering and will automatically
3049 disable it if your browser has some problems with buffering. IE6 with
3050 a certain patch is known to cause data corruption when having enabled
3053 .. deprecated:: 6.0.0
3055 This setting was removed.
3057 .. config:option:: $cfg['TrustedProxies']
3062 Lists proxies and HTTP headers which are trusted for
3063 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['order']`. This list is by
3064 default empty, you need to fill in some trusted proxy servers if you
3065 want to use rules for IP addresses behind proxy.
3067 The following example specifies that phpMyAdmin should trust a
3068 ``HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR`` (``X-Forwarded-For``) header coming from the proxy
3073 $cfg['TrustedProxies'] = ['1.2.3.4' => 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'];
3075 The :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules']` directive uses the
3076 client's IP address as usual.
3078 .. config:option:: $cfg['GD2Available']
3081 :default: ``'auto'``
3083 Specifies whether GD >= 2 is available. If yes it can be used for MIME
3084 transformations. Possible values are:
3086 * ``auto`` - automatically detect
3087 * ``yes`` - GD 2 functions can be used
3088 * ``no`` - GD 2 function cannot be used
3090 .. config:option:: $cfg['CheckConfigurationPermissions']
3095 We normally check the permissions on the configuration file to ensure
3096 it's not world writable. However, phpMyAdmin could be installed on a
3097 NTFS filesystem mounted on a non-Windows server, in which case the
3098 permissions seems wrong but in fact cannot be detected. In this case a
3099 sysadmin would set this parameter to ``false``.
3101 .. config:option:: $cfg['LinkLengthLimit']
3106 Limit for length of :term:`URL` in links. When length would be above this
3107 limit, it is replaced by form with button. This is required as some web
3108 servers (:term:`IIS`) have problems with long :term:`URL` .
3110 .. config:option:: $cfg['CSPAllow']
3115 Additional string to include in allowed script and image sources in Content
3116 Security Policy header.
3118 This can be useful when you want to include some external JavaScript files
3119 in :file:`config.footer.inc.php` or :file:`config.header.inc.php`, which
3120 would be normally not allowed by :term:`Content Security Policy`.
3122 To allow some sites, just list them within the string:
3126 $cfg['CSPAllow'] = 'example.com example.net';
3128 .. versionadded:: 4.0.4
3130 .. config:option:: $cfg['DisableMultiTableMaintenance']
3135 In the database Structure page, it's possible to mark some tables then
3136 choose an operation like optimizing for many tables. This can slow
3137 down a server; therefore, setting this to ``true`` prevents this kind
3138 of multiple maintenance operation.
3143 Please directly modify :file:`themes/themename/scss/_variables.scss`, although
3144 your changes will be overwritten with the next update.
3146 Design customization
3147 --------------------
3149 .. config:option:: $cfg['NavigationTreePointerEnable']
3154 When set to true, hovering over an item in the navigation panel causes that item to be marked
3155 (the background is highlighted).
3157 .. config:option:: $cfg['BrowsePointerEnable']
3162 When set to true, hovering over a row in the Browse page causes that row to be marked (the background
3165 .. config:option:: $cfg['BrowseMarkerEnable']
3170 When set to true, a data row is marked (the background is highlighted) when the row is selected
3173 .. config:option:: $cfg['LimitChars']
3178 Maximum number of characters shown in any non-numeric field on browse
3179 view. Can be turned off by a toggle button on the browse page.
3181 .. config:option:: $cfg['RowActionLinks']
3184 :default: ``'left'``
3186 Defines the place where table row links (Edit, Copy, Delete) would be
3187 put when tables contents are displayed (you may have them displayed at
3188 the left side, right side, both sides or nowhere).
3190 .. config:option:: $cfg['RowActionLinksWithoutUnique']
3195 Defines whether to show row links (Edit, Copy, Delete) and checkboxes
3196 for multiple row operations even when the selection does not have a :term:`unique key`.
3197 Using row actions in the absence of a unique key may result in different/more
3198 rows being affected since there is no guaranteed way to select the exact row(s).
3200 .. config:option:: $cfg['RememberSorting']
3205 If enabled, remember the sorting of each table when browsing them.
3207 .. config:option:: $cfg['TablePrimaryKeyOrder']
3210 :default: ``'NONE'``
3212 This defines the default sort order for the tables, having a :term:`primary key`,
3213 when there is no sort order defines externally.
3214 Possible values are:
3220 .. config:option:: $cfg['ShowBrowseComments']
3225 .. config:option:: $cfg['ShowPropertyComments']
3230 By setting the corresponding variable to ``true`` you can enable the
3231 display of column comments in Browse or Property display. In browse
3232 mode, the comments are shown inside the header. In property mode,
3233 comments are displayed using a CSS-formatted dashed-line below the
3234 name of the column. The comment is shown as a tool-tip for that
3237 .. config:option:: $cfg['FirstDayOfCalendar']
3242 This will define the first day of week in the calendar. The number
3243 can be set from 0 to 6, which represents the seven days of the week,
3244 Sunday to Saturday respectively. This value can also be configured by the user
3245 in :guilabel:`Settings` -> :guilabel:`Features` -> :guilabel:`General` -> :guilabel:`First day of calendar` field.
3250 .. config:option:: $cfg['CharEditing']
3253 :default: ``'input'``
3255 Defines which type of editing controls should be used for CHAR and
3256 VARCHAR columns. Applies to data editing and also to the default values
3257 in structure editing. Possible values are:
3259 * ``input`` - this allows to limit size of text to size of columns in MySQL,
3260 but has problems with newlines in columns
3261 * ``textarea`` - no problems with newlines in columns, but also no length
3264 .. config:option:: $cfg['MinSizeForInputField']
3269 Defines the minimum size for input fields generated for CHAR and
3272 .. config:option:: $cfg['MaxSizeForInputField']
3277 Defines the maximum size for input fields generated for CHAR and
3280 .. config:option:: $cfg['TextareaCols']
3285 .. config:option:: $cfg['TextareaRows']
3290 .. config:option:: $cfg['CharTextareaCols']
3295 .. config:option:: $cfg['CharTextareaRows']
3300 Number of columns and rows for the textareas. This value will be
3301 emphasized (\*2) for :term:`SQL` query
3302 textareas and (\*1.25) for :term:`SQL`
3303 textareas inside the query window.
3305 The Char\* values are used for CHAR
3306 and VARCHAR editing (if configured via :config:option:`$cfg['CharEditing']`).
3308 .. versionchanged:: 5.0.0
3310 The default value was changed from 2 to 7.
3312 .. config:option:: $cfg['LongtextDoubleTextarea']
3317 Defines whether textarea for LONGTEXT columns should have double size.
3319 .. config:option:: $cfg['TextareaAutoSelect']
3324 Defines if the whole textarea of the query box will be selected on
3327 .. config:option:: $cfg['EnableAutocompleteForTablesAndColumns']
3332 Whether to enable autocomplete for table and column names in any
3335 SQL query box settings
3336 ----------------------
3338 .. config:option:: $cfg['SQLQuery']['Edit']
3343 Whether to display an edit link to change a query in any SQL Query
3346 .. config:option:: $cfg['SQLQuery']['Explain']
3351 Whether to display a link to explain a SELECT query in any SQL Query
3354 .. config:option:: $cfg['SQLQuery']['ShowAsPHP']
3359 Whether to display a link to wrap a query in PHP code in any SQL Query
3362 .. config:option:: $cfg['SQLQuery']['Refresh']
3367 Whether to display a link to refresh a query in any SQL Query box.
3371 Web server upload/save/import directories
3372 -----------------------------------------
3374 If PHP is running in safe mode, all directories must be owned by the same user
3375 as the owner of the phpMyAdmin scripts.
3377 If the directory where phpMyAdmin is installed is subject to an
3378 ``open_basedir`` restriction, you need to create a temporary directory in some
3379 directory accessible by the PHP interpreter.
3381 For security reasons, all directories should be outside the tree published by
3382 webserver. If you cannot avoid having this directory published by webserver,
3383 limit access to it either by web server configuration (for example using
3384 .htaccess or web.config files) or place at least an empty :file:`index.html`
3385 file there, so that directory listing is not possible. However as long as the
3386 directory is accessible by web server, an attacker can guess filenames to download
3389 .. config:option:: $cfg['UploadDir']
3394 The name of the directory where :term:`SQL` files have been uploaded by
3395 other means than phpMyAdmin (for example, FTP). Those files are available
3396 under a drop-down box when you click the database or table name, then the
3400 you want different directory for each user, %u will be replaced with
3403 Please note that the file names must have the suffix ".sql"
3404 (or ".sql.bz2" or ".sql.gz" if support for compressed formats is
3407 This feature is useful when your file is too big to be
3408 uploaded via :term:`HTTP`, or when file
3409 uploads are disabled in PHP.
3413 Please see top of this chapter (:ref:`web-dirs`) for instructions how
3414 to setup this directory and how to make its usage secure.
3418 See :ref:`faq1_16` for alternatives.
3420 .. config:option:: $cfg['SaveDir']
3425 The name of the webserver directory where exported files can be saved.
3427 If you want a different directory for each user, %u will be replaced with the
3430 Please note that the directory must exist and has to be writable for
3431 the user running webserver.
3435 Please see top of this chapter (:ref:`web-dirs`) for instructions how
3436 to setup this directory and how to make its usage secure.
3438 .. config:option:: $cfg['TempDir']
3441 :default: ``'./tmp/'``
3443 The name of the directory where temporary files can be stored. It is used
3444 for several purposes, currently:
3446 * The templates cache which speeds up page loading.
3447 * ESRI Shapefiles import, see :ref:`faq6_30`.
3448 * To work around limitations of ``open_basedir`` for uploaded files, see
3451 This directory should have as strict permissions as possible as the only
3452 user required to access this directory is the one who runs the webserver.
3453 If you have root privileges, simply make this user owner of this directory
3454 and make it accessible only by it:
3458 chown www-data:www-data tmp
3461 If you cannot change owner of the directory, you can achieve a similar
3462 setup using :term:`ACL`:
3467 setfacl -m "g:www-data:rwx" tmp
3468 setfacl -d -m "g:www-data:rwx" tmp
3470 If neither of above works for you, you can still make the directory
3471 :command:`chmod 777`, but it might impose risk of other users on system
3472 reading and writing data in this directory.
3476 Please see top of this chapter (:ref:`web-dirs`) for instructions how
3477 to setup this directory and how to make its usage secure.
3479 Various display setting
3480 -----------------------
3482 .. config:option:: $cfg['RepeatCells']
3487 Repeat the headers every X cells, or 0 to deactivate.
3489 .. config:option:: $cfg['EditInWindow']
3494 .. seealso:: `Feature request to add a pop-up window back <https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/issues/11983>`_
3496 .. deprecated:: 4.3.0
3498 This setting was removed.
3500 .. config:option:: $cfg['QueryWindowWidth']
3505 .. deprecated:: 4.3.0
3507 This setting was removed.
3509 .. config:option:: $cfg['QueryWindowHeight']
3514 .. deprecated:: 4.3.0
3516 This setting was removed.
3518 .. config:option:: $cfg['QueryHistoryDB']
3523 .. config:option:: $cfg['QueryWindowDefTab']
3528 .. deprecated:: 4.3.0
3530 This setting was removed.
3532 .. config:option:: $cfg['QueryHistoryMax']
3537 If :config:option:`$cfg['QueryHistoryDB']` is set to ``true``, all your
3538 Queries are logged to a table, which has to be created by you (see
3539 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['history']`). If set to false, all your
3540 queries will be appended to the form, but only as long as your window is
3541 opened they remain saved.
3543 When using the JavaScript based query window, it will always get updated
3544 when you click on a new table/db to browse and will focus if you click on
3545 :guilabel:`Edit SQL` after using a query. You can suppress updating the
3546 query window by checking the box :guilabel:`Do not overwrite this query
3547 from outside the window` below the query textarea. Then you can browse
3548 tables/databases in the background without losing the contents of the
3549 textarea, so this is especially useful when composing a query with tables
3550 you first have to look in. The checkbox will get automatically checked
3551 whenever you change the contents of the textarea. Please uncheck the button
3552 whenever you definitely want the query window to get updated even though
3553 you have made alterations.
3555 If :config:option:`$cfg['QueryHistoryDB']` is set to ``true`` you can
3556 specify the amount of saved history items using
3557 :config:option:`$cfg['QueryHistoryMax']`.
3559 .. config:option:: $cfg['AllowSharedBookmarks']
3564 .. versionadded:: 6.0.0
3566 Allow users to create bookmarks that are available for all other users
3568 .. config:option:: $cfg['BrowseMIME']
3573 Enable :ref:`transformations`.
3575 .. config:option:: $cfg['MaxExactCount']
3580 For InnoDB tables, determines for how large tables phpMyAdmin should
3581 get the exact row count using ``SELECT COUNT``. If the approximate row
3582 count as returned by ``SHOW TABLE STATUS`` is smaller than this value,
3583 ``SELECT COUNT`` will be used, otherwise the approximate count will be
3586 .. versionchanged:: 4.8.0
3588 The default value was lowered to 50000 for performance reasons.
3590 .. versionchanged:: 4.2.6
3592 The default value was changed to 500000.
3594 .. seealso:: :ref:`faq3_11`
3596 .. config:option:: $cfg['MaxExactCountViews']
3601 For VIEWs, since obtaining the exact count could have an impact on
3602 performance, this value is the maximum to be displayed, using a
3603 ``SELECT COUNT ... LIMIT``. Setting this to 0 bypasses any row
3606 .. config:option:: $cfg['NaturalOrder']
3611 Sorts database and table names according to natural order (for
3612 example, t1, t2, t10). Currently implemented in the navigation panel
3613 and in Database view, for the table list.
3615 .. config:option:: $cfg['InitialSlidersState']
3618 :default: ``'closed'``
3620 If set to ``'closed'``, the visual sliders are initially in a closed
3621 state. A value of ``'open'`` does the reverse. To completely disable
3622 all visual sliders, use ``'disabled'``.
3624 .. config:option:: $cfg['UserprefsDisallow']
3629 Contains names of configuration options (keys in ``$cfg`` array) that
3630 users can't set through user preferences. For possible values, refer
3631 to classes under :file:`src/Config/Forms/User/`.
3633 .. config:option:: $cfg['UserprefsDeveloperTab']
3638 .. versionadded:: 3.4.0
3640 Activates in the user preferences a tab containing options for
3641 developers of phpMyAdmin.
3646 The page title displayed by your browser's window or tab title bar can be customized. You can use :ref:`faq6_27`.
3647 The following four options allow customizing various parts of the phpMyAdmin interface. Note that the login page
3648 title cannot be changed.
3650 .. config:option:: $cfg['TitleTable']
3653 :default: ``'@HTTP_HOST@ / @VSERVER@ / @DATABASE@ / @TABLE@ | @PHPMYADMIN@'``
3655 .. config:option:: $cfg['TitleDatabase']
3658 :default: ``'@HTTP_HOST@ / @VSERVER@ / @DATABASE@ | @PHPMYADMIN@'``
3660 .. config:option:: $cfg['TitleServer']
3663 :default: ``'@HTTP_HOST@ / @VSERVER@ | @PHPMYADMIN@'``
3665 .. config:option:: $cfg['TitleDefault']
3668 :default: ``'@HTTP_HOST@ | @PHPMYADMIN@'``
3670 Theme manager settings
3671 ----------------------
3673 .. config:option:: $cfg['ThemeManager']
3678 Enables user-selectable themes. See :ref:`faqthemes`.
3680 .. config:option:: $cfg['ThemeDefault']
3683 :default: ``'pmahomme'``
3685 The default theme (a subdirectory under :file:`./public/themes/`).
3687 .. config:option:: $cfg['ThemePerServer']
3692 Whether to allow different theme for each server.
3694 .. config:option:: $cfg['FontSize']
3699 .. deprecated:: 5.0.0
3701 This setting was removed as the browser is more efficient,
3702 thus no need of this option.
3704 Font size to use, is applied in CSS.
3709 .. config:option:: $cfg['DefaultQueryTable']
3712 :default: ``'SELECT * FROM @TABLE@ WHERE 1'``
3714 .. config:option:: $cfg['DefaultQueryDatabase']
3719 Default queries that will be displayed in query boxes when user didn't
3720 specify any. You can use standard :ref:`faq6_27`.
3725 .. config:option:: $cfg['DefaultFunctions']
3728 :default: ``['FUNC_CHAR' => '', 'FUNC_DATE' => '', 'FUNC_NUMBER' => '', 'FUNC_SPATIAL' => 'GeomFromText', 'FUNC_UUID' => 'UUID', 'first_timestamp' => 'NOW']``
3730 Functions selected by default when inserting/changing row, Functions
3731 are defined for meta types as (``FUNC_NUMBER``, ``FUNC_DATE``, ``FUNC_CHAR``,
3732 ``FUNC_SPATIAL``, ``FUNC_UUID``) and for ``first_timestamp``, which is used
3733 for first timestamp column in table.
3735 Example configuration
3739 $cfg['DefaultFunctions'] = [
3742 'FUNC_NUMBER' => '',
3743 'FUNC_SPATIAL' => 'ST_GeomFromText',
3744 'FUNC_UUID' => 'UUID',
3745 'first_timestamp' => 'UTC_TIMESTAMP',
3748 Default options for Transformations
3749 -----------------------------------
3751 .. config:option:: $cfg['DefaultTransformations']
3754 :default: An array with below listed key-values
3756 .. config:option:: $cfg['DefaultTransformations']['Substring']
3759 :default: ``[0, 'all', '…']``
3761 .. config:option:: $cfg['DefaultTransformations']['Bool2Text']
3764 :default: ``['T', 'F']``
3766 .. config:option:: $cfg['DefaultTransformations']['External']
3769 :default: ``[0, '-f /dev/null -i -wrap -q', 1, 1]``
3771 .. config:option:: $cfg['DefaultTransformations']['PreApPend']
3774 :default: ``['', '']``
3776 .. config:option:: $cfg['DefaultTransformations']['Hex']
3781 .. config:option:: $cfg['DefaultTransformations']['DateFormat']
3784 :default: ``[0, '', 'local']``
3786 .. config:option:: $cfg['DefaultTransformations']['Inline']
3789 :default: ``['100', 100]``
3791 .. config:option:: $cfg['DefaultTransformations']['TextImageLink']
3794 :default: ``['', 100, 50]``
3796 .. config:option:: $cfg['DefaultTransformations']['TextLink']
3799 :default: ``['', '', '']``
3806 These settings are mostly meant to be changed by user.
3808 .. config:option:: $cfg['Console']['StartHistory']
3813 Show query history at start
3815 .. config:option:: $cfg['Console']['AlwaysExpand']
3820 Always expand query messages
3822 .. config:option:: $cfg['Console']['CurrentQuery']
3827 Show current browsing query
3829 .. config:option:: $cfg['Console']['EnterExecutes']
3834 Execute queries on Enter and insert new line with Shift+Enter
3836 .. config:option:: $cfg['Console']['DarkTheme']
3841 Switch to dark theme
3843 .. config:option:: $cfg['Console']['Mode']
3846 :default: ``'info'``
3850 .. config:option:: $cfg['Console']['Height']
3862 These settings might have huge effect on performance or security.
3864 .. config:option:: $cfg['environment']
3867 :default: ``'production'``
3869 Sets the working environment.
3871 This only needs to be changed when you are developing phpMyAdmin itself.
3872 The ``development`` mode may display debug information in some places.
3874 Possible values are ``'production'`` or ``'development'``.
3876 .. config:option:: $cfg['DBG']
3881 .. config:option:: $cfg['DBG']['sql']
3886 Enable logging queries and execution times to be
3887 displayed in the console's Debug SQL tab.
3889 .. config:option:: $cfg['DBG']['sqllog']
3894 Enable logging of queries and execution times to the syslog.
3895 Requires :config:option:`$cfg['DBG']['sql']` to be enabled.
3897 .. config:option:: $cfg['DBG']['demo']
3902 Enable to let server present itself as demo server.
3903 This is used for `phpMyAdmin demo server <https://www.phpmyadmin.net/try/>`_.
3905 It currently changes following behavior:
3907 * There is welcome message on the main page.
3908 * There is footer information about demo server and used Git revision.
3909 * The setup script is enabled even with existing configuration.
3910 * The setup does not try to connect to the MySQL server.
3912 .. config:option:: $cfg['DBG']['simple2fa']
3917 Can be used for testing two-factor authentication using :ref:`simple2fa`.
3919 .. _config-examples:
3924 See following configuration snippets for typical setups of phpMyAdmin.
3929 Example configuration file, which can be copied to :file:`config.inc.php` to
3930 get some core configuration layout; it is distributed with phpMyAdmin as
3931 :file:`config.sample.inc.php`. Please note that it does not contain all
3932 configuration options, only the most frequently used ones.
3934 .. literalinclude:: ../config.sample.inc.php
3939 Don't use the controluser 'pma' if it does not yet exist and don't use 'pmapass'
3944 Example for signon authentication
3945 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3947 This example uses :file:`examples/signon.php` to demonstrate usage of :ref:`auth_signon`:
3954 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'signon';
3955 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['SignonSession'] = 'SignonSession';
3956 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['SignonURL'] = 'examples/signon.php';
3958 Example for IP address limited autologin
3959 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3961 If you want to automatically login when accessing phpMyAdmin locally while asking
3962 for a password when accessing remotely, you can achieve it using following snippet:
3966 if ($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] === '127.0.0.1') {
3967 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';
3968 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
3969 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'yourpassword';
3971 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';
3976 Filtering based on IP addresses isn't reliable over the internet, use it
3977 only for local address.
3979 Example for using multiple MySQL servers
3980 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3982 You can configure any number of servers using :config:option:`$cfg['Servers']`,
3983 following example shows two of them:
3988 // The string is a hexadecimal representation of a 32-bytes long string of random bytes.
3989 $cfg['blowfish_secret'] = sodium_hex2bin('f16ce59f45714194371b48fe362072dc3b019da7861558cd4ad29e4d6fb13851');
3993 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';
3994 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose'] = 'no1';
3995 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost';
3996 // more options for #1 ...
3999 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';
4000 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose'] = 'no2';
4001 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'remote.host.addr';//or ip:'10.9.8.1'
4002 // this server must allow remote clients, e.g., host 10.9.8.%
4003 // not only in mysql.host but also in the startup configuration
4004 // more options for #2 ...
4006 // end of server sections
4007 $cfg['ServerDefault'] = 0; // to choose the server on startup
4009 // further general options ...
4011 .. _example-google-ssl:
4013 Google Cloud SQL with SSL
4014 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
4016 To connect to Google Could SQL, you currently need to disable certificate
4017 verification. This is caused by the certificate being issued for CN matching
4018 your instance name, but you connect to an IP address and PHP tries to match
4019 these two. With verification you end up with error message like:
4021 .. code-block:: text
4023 Peer certificate CN=`api-project-851612429544:pmatest' did not match expected CN=`8.8.8.8'
4027 With disabled verification your traffic is encrypted, but you're open to
4028 man in the middle attacks.
4030 To connect phpMyAdmin to Google Cloud SQL using SSL download the client and
4031 server certificates and tell phpMyAdmin to use them:
4035 // IP address of your instance
4036 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = '8.8.8.8';
4037 // Use SSL for connection
4038 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl'] = true;
4039 // Client secret key
4040 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_key'] = '../client-key.pem';
4041 // Client certificate
4042 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_cert'] = '../client-cert.pem';
4043 // Server certification authority
4044 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ca'] = '../server-ca.pem';
4045 // Disable SSL verification (see above note)
4046 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_verify'] = false;
4051 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl']`,
4052 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_key']`,
4053 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_cert']`,
4054 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ca']`,
4055 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_verify']`,
4056 <https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72048>
4058 .. _example-aws-ssl:
4060 Amazon RDS Aurora with SSL
4061 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
4063 To connect phpMyAdmin to an Amazon RDS Aurora MySQL database instance using SSL,
4064 download the CA server certificate and tell phpMyAdmin to use it:
4068 // Address of your instance
4069 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'replace-me-cluster-name.cluster-replace-me-id.replace-me-region.rds.amazonaws.com';
4070 // Use SSL for connection
4071 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl'] = true;
4072 // You need to have the region CA file and the authority CA file (2019 edition CA for example) in the PEM bundle for it to work
4073 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ca'] = '../rds-combined-ca-bundle.pem';
4074 // Enable SSL verification
4075 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_verify'] = true;
4080 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl']`,
4081 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ca']`,
4082 :config:option:`$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_verify']`
4086 - Current RDS CA bundle for all regions https://s3.amazonaws.com/rds-downloads/rds-combined-ca-bundle.pem
4087 - The RDS CA (2019 edition) for the region `eu-west-3` without the parent CA https://s3.amazonaws.com/rds-downloads/rds-ca-2019-eu-west-3.pem
4088 - `List of available Amazon RDS CA files <https://s3.amazonaws.com/rds-downloads/>`_
4089 - `Amazon MySQL Aurora security guide <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraMySQL.Security.html>`_
4090 - `Amazon certificates bundles per region <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/UsingWithRDS.SSL.html>`_
4092 reCaptcha using hCaptcha
4093 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
4097 $cfg['CaptchaApi'] = 'https://www.hcaptcha.com/1/api.js';
4098 $cfg['CaptchaCsp'] = 'https://hcaptcha.com https://*.hcaptcha.com';
4099 $cfg['CaptchaRequestParam'] = 'h-captcha';
4100 $cfg['CaptchaResponseParam'] = 'h-captcha-response';
4101 $cfg['CaptchaSiteVerifyURL'] = 'https://hcaptcha.com/siteverify';
4102 // This is the secret key from hCaptcha dashboard
4103 $cfg['CaptchaLoginPrivateKey'] = '0xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx';
4104 // This is the site key from hCaptcha dashboard
4105 $cfg['CaptchaLoginPublicKey'] = 'xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxxx';
4107 .. seealso:: `hCaptcha website <https://www.hcaptcha.com/>`_
4108 .. seealso:: `hCaptcha Developer Guide <https://docs.hcaptcha.com/>`_
4110 reCaptcha using Turnstile
4111 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
4115 $cfg['CaptchaMethod'] = 'checkbox';
4116 $cfg['CaptchaApi'] = 'https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/api.js';
4117 $cfg['CaptchaCsp'] = 'https://challenges.cloudflare.com https://static.cloudflareinsights.com';
4118 $cfg['CaptchaRequestParam'] = 'cf-turnstile';
4119 $cfg['CaptchaResponseParam'] = 'cf-turnstile-response';
4120 $cfg['CaptchaLoginPublicKey'] = '0xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx';
4121 $cfg['CaptchaLoginPrivateKey'] = '0x4AAAAAAAA_xx_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx';
4122 $cfg['CaptchaSiteVerifyURL'] = 'https://challenges.cloudflare.com/turnstile/v0/siteverify';
4124 .. seealso:: `Cloudflare Dashboard <https://dash.cloudflare.com/>`_
4125 .. seealso:: `Turnstile Developer Guide <https://developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/get-started/>`_
4127 reCaptcha using Google reCaptcha v2/v3
4128 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
4132 $cfg['CaptchaLoginPublicKey'] = 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx';
4133 $cfg['CaptchaLoginPrivateKey'] = 'xxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxx';
4134 // Remove it if you dot not want the checkbox mode
4135 $cfg['CaptchaMethod'] = 'checkbox';
4137 .. seealso:: `Google reCaptcha Developer's Guide <https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/intro>`_
4138 .. seealso:: `Google reCaptcha types <https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/docs/versions>`_