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Configuration
Almost all configurable data is placed in config.inc.php. If this file does not exist, please
refer to the Installation section to create one. This file only needs to contain the parameters you
want to change from their corresponding default value in libraries/config.default.php.
If a directive is missing from your file, you can just add another line with the file. This file is for
over-writing the defaults; if you wish to use the default value theres no need to add a line here.
The parameters which relate to design (like colors) are placed in
themes/themename/layout.inc.php. You might also want to create
config.footer.inc.php and config.header.inc.php files to add your site specific
code to be included on start and end of each page.
Note
Some distributions (eg. Debian or Ubuntu) store config.inc.php in /etc/phpmyadmin
instead of within phpMyAdmin sources.
Warning
Mac users should note that if you are on a version before Mac OS X, PHP does not seem to like
Mac end of lines character (\r). So ensure you choose the option that allows to use the *nix end of
line character (\n) in your text editor before saving a script you have modified.

Basic settings
$cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
Sets here the complete URL (with full path) to your phpMyAdmin installations directory.
E.g. http://www.example.net/path_to_your_phpMyAdmin_directory/.
Note also that the URL on most of web servers are casesensitive. Dont forget the trailing
slash at the end.
Starting with version 2.3.0, it is advisable to try leaving this blank. In most cases
phpMyAdmin automatically detects the proper setting. Users of port forwarding will need to
set $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] (more info).
A good test is to browse a table, edit a row and save it. There should be an error message if
phpMyAdmin is having trouble autodetecting the correct value. If you get an error that this
must be set or if the autodetect code fails to detect your path, please post a bug report on our
bug tracker so we can improve the code.

See also
1.40 When accessing phpMyAdmin via an Apache reverse proxy, cookie login does not work.
$cfg['PmaNoRelation_DisableWarning']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Starting with version 2.3.0 phpMyAdmin offers a lot of features to work with master / foreign
tables (see $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']).
If you tried to set this up and it does not work for you, have a look on the Structure page of
one database where you would like to use it. You will find a link that will analyze why those
features have been disabled.
If you do not want to use those features set this variable to true to stop this message from
appearing.
$cfg['SuhosinDisableWarning']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
A warning is displayed on the main page if Suhosin is detected.
You can set this parameter to true to stop this message from appearing.
$cfg['LoginCookieValidityDisableWarning']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
A warning is displayed on the main page if the PHP parameter session.gc_maxlifetime is
lower than cookie validity configured in phpMyAdmin.
You can set this parameter to true to stop this message from appearing.
$cfg['ServerLibraryDifference_DisableWarning']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
A warning is displayed on the main page if there is a difference between the MySQL library
and server version.
You can set this parameter to true to stop this message from appearing.
$cfg['ReservedWordDisableWarning']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
This warning is displayed on the Structure page of a table if one or more column names match
with words which are MySQL reserved.
If you want to turn off this warning, you can set it to true and warning will no longer be
displayed.
$cfg['TranslationWarningThreshold']

Type:
integer
Default value: 80
Show warning about incomplete translations on certain threshold.
$cfg['SendErrorReports']
Type:
string
Default value: 'ask'
Sets the default behavior for JavaScript error reporting.
Whenever an error is detected in the JavaScript execution, an error report may be sent to the
phpMyAdmin team if the user agrees.
The default setting of 'ask' will ask the user everytime there is a new error report. However
you can set this parameter to 'always' to send error reports without asking for
confirmation or you can set it to 'never' to never send error reports.
This directive is available both in the configuration file and in users preferences. If the person
in charge of a multi-user installation prefers to disable this feature for all users, a value of
'never' should be set, and the $cfg['UserprefsDisallow'] directive should
contain 'SendErrorReports' in one of its array values.
$cfg['ConsoleEnterExecutes']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Setting this to true allows the user to execute queries by pressing Enter instead of
Ctrl+Enter. A new line can be inserted by pressing Shift + Enter.
The behaviour of the console can be temporarily changed using consoles settings interface.
$cfg['AllowThirdPartyFraming']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Setting this to true allows phpMyAdmin to be included inside a frame, and is a potential
security hole allowing cross-frame scripting attacks or clickjacking.

Server connection settings

$cfg['Servers']
Type:
array
Default value: one server array with settings listed below
Since version 1.4.2, phpMyAdmin supports the administration of multiple MySQL servers.
Therefore, a $cfg['Servers']-array has been added which contains the login
information for the different servers. The first $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']
contains the hostname of the first server, the second $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']
the hostname of the second server, etc. In libraries/config.default.php, there is
only one section for server definition, however you can put as many as you need in
config.inc.php, copy that block or needed parts (you dont have to define all settings,
just those you need to change).

Note
The $cfg['Servers'] array starts with $cfg[Servers][1]. Do not use $cfg[Servers][0].
If you want more than one server, just copy following section (including $i incrementation)
serveral times. There is no need to define full server array, just define values you need to
change.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']
Type:
string
Default value: 'localhost'
The hostname or IP address of your $i-th MySQL-server. E.g. localhost.
Possible values are:

hostname, e.g., 'localhost' or 'mydb.example.org'

IP address, e.g., '127.0.0.1' or '192.168.10.1'
dot - '.', i.e., use named pipes on windows systems
empty - '', disables this server

Note
phpMyAdmin supports connecting to MySQL servers reachable via IPv6 only.
To connect to an IPv6 MySQL server, enter its IPv6 address in this field.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['port']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
The port-number of your $i-th MySQL-server. Default is 3306 (leave blank).
Note
If you use localhost as the hostname, MySQL ignores this port number and connects with
the socket, so if you want to connect to a port different from the default port, use
127.0.0.1 or the real hostname in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'].
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
The path to the socket to use. Leave blank for default. To determine the correct socket, check
your MySQL configuration or, using the mysql commandline client, issue the status
command. Among the resulting information displayed will be the socket used.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Whether to enable SSL for the connection between phpMyAdmin and the MySQL server.
When using the 'mysql' extension, none of the remaining 'ssl...' configuration
options apply.

We strongly recommend the 'mysqli' extension when using this option.

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_key']
Type:
string
Default value: NULL
Path to the key file when using SSL for connecting to the MySQL server.
For example:
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_key'] = '/etc/mysql/server-key.pem';

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_cert']
Type:
string
Default value: NULL
Path to the cert file when using SSL for connecting to the MySQL server.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ca']
Type:
string
Default value: NULL
Path to the CA file when using SSL for connecting to the MySQL server.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ca_path']
Type:
string
Default value: NULL
Directory containing trusted SSL CA certificates in PEM format.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['ssl_ciphers']
Type:
string
Default value: NULL
List of allowable ciphers for SSL connections to the MySQL server.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type']
Type:
string
Default value: 'tcp'
What type connection to use with the MySQL server. Your options are 'socket' and
'tcp'. It defaults to tcp as that is nearly guaranteed to be available on all MySQL servers,
while sockets are not supported on some platforms. To use the socket mode, your MySQL
server must be on the same machine as the Web server.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['compress']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Whether to use a compressed protocol for the MySQL server connection or not
(experimental).
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlhost']
Type:
string
Default value: ''

Permits to use an alternate host to hold the configuration storage data.

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlport']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
Permits to use an alternate port to connect to the host that holds the configuration storage.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
This special account is used for 2 distinct purposes: to make possible all relational features
(see $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']).
Changed in version 2.2.5: those were called stduser and stdpass
See also
Installation, Using authentication modes, phpMyAdmin configuration storage
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type']
Type:
string
Default value: 'cookie'
Whether config or cookie or HTTP or signon authentication should be used for this server.
config authentication ($auth_type = 'config') is the plain old way:
username and password are stored in config.inc.php.
cookie authentication mode ($auth_type = 'cookie') allows you to log in as
any valid MySQL user with the help of cookies.
http authentication allows you to log in as any valid MySQL user via HTTP-Auth.
signon authentication mode ($auth_type = 'signon') allows you to log in
from prepared PHP session data or using supplied PHP script.
See also
Using authentication modes
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_http_realm']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
When using auth_type = http, this field allows to define a custom HTTP Basic Auth Realm
which will be displayed to the user. If not explicitly specified in your configuration, a string
combined of phpMyAdmin and either $cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose'] or
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] will be used.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_swekey_config']
Type:
string
Default value: ''

The name of the file containing Swekey authentication mode ids and login names for
hardware authentication. Leave empty to deactivate this feature.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user']
Type:
string
Default value: 'root'
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
When using $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] set to config, this is the
user/password-pair which phpMyAdmin will use to connect to the MySQL server. This
user/password pair is not needed when HTTP or cookie authentication is used and should be
empty.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['nopassword']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Allow attempt to log in without password when a login with password fails. This can be used
together with http authentication, when authentication is done some other way and
phpMyAdmin gets user name from auth and uses empty password for connecting to MySQL.
Password login is still tried first, but as fallback, no password method is tried.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['only_db']
Type:
string or array
Default value: ''
If set to a (an array of) database name(s), only this (these) database(s) will be shown to the
user. Since phpMyAdmin 2.2.1, this/these database(s) name(s) may contain MySQL wildcards
characters (_ and %): if you want to use literal instances of these characters, escape them
(I.E. use 'my\_db' and not 'my_db').
This setting is an efficient way to lower the server load since the latter does not need to send
MySQL requests to build the available database list. But it does not replace the privileges
rules of the MySQL database server. If set, it just means only these databases will be
displayed but not that all other databases cant be used.
An example of using more that one database:
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['only_db'] = array('db1', 'db2');

Changed in version 4.0.0: Previous versions permitted to specify the display order of the
database names via this directive.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['hide_db']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
Regular expression for hiding some databases from unprivileged users. This only hides them
from listing, but a user is still able to access them (using, for example, the SQL query area).
To limit access, use the MySQL privilege system. For example, to hide all databases starting
with the letter a, use

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['hide_db'] = '^a';

and to hide both db1 and db2 use

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['hide_db'] = '^(db1|db2)$';

More information on regular expressions can be found in the PCRE pattern syntax portion of
the PHP reference manual.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
Only useful when using phpMyAdmin with multiple server entries. If set, this string will be
displayed instead of the hostname in the pull-down menu on the main page. This can be useful
if you want to show only certain databases on your system, for example. For HTTP auth, all
non-US-ASCII characters will be stripped.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
The name of the database containing the phpMyAdmin configuration storage.
See the phpMyAdmin configuration storage section in this document to see the benefits of
this feature, and for a quick way of creating this database and the needed tables.
If you are the only user of this phpMyAdmin installation, you can use your current database to
store those special tables; in this case, just put your current database name in
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']. For a multi-user installation, set this parameter to
the name of your central database containing the phpMyAdmin configuration storage.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['bookmarktable']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
Since release 2.2.0 phpMyAdmin allows users to bookmark queries. This can be useful for
queries you often run. To allow the usage of this functionality:
set up $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] and the phpMyAdmin configuration
storage
enter the table name in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['bookmarktable']
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['relation']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
Since release 2.2.4 you can describe, in a special relation table, which column is a key in
another table (a foreign key). phpMyAdmin currently uses this to:
make clickable, when you browse the master table, the data values that point to the
foreign table;
display in an optional tool-tip the display column when browsing the master table, if
you move the mouse to a column containing a foreign key (use also the table_info

table); (see 6.7 How can I use the display column feature?)
in edit/insert mode, display a drop-down list of possible foreign keys (key value and
display column are shown) (see 6.21 In edit/insert mode, how can I see a list of
possible values for a column, based on some foreign table?)
display links on the table properties page, to check referential integrity (display
missing foreign keys) for each described key;
in query-by-example, create automatic joins (see 6.6 How can I use the relation table
in Query-by-example?)
enable you to get a PDF schema of your database (also uses the table_coords table).

The keys can be numeric or character.

To allow the usage of this functionality:
set up $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] and the phpMyAdmin configuration
storage
put the relation table name in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['relation']
now as normal user open phpMyAdmin and for each one of your tables where you
want to use this feature, click Structure/Relation view/ and choose foreign columns.
Note
In the current version, master_db must be the same as foreign_db. Those columns have
been put in future development of the cross-db relations.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_info']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
Since release 2.3.0 you can describe, in a special table_info table, which column is to be
displayed as a tool-tip when moving the cursor over the corresponding key. This configuration
variable will hold the name of this special table. To allow the usage of this functionality:
set up $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] and the phpMyAdmin configuration
storage
put the table name in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_info'] (e.g.
pma__table_info)
then for each table where you want to use this feature, click Structure/Relation
view/Choose column to display to choose the column.
See also
6.7 How can I use the display column feature?
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_coords']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
Since release 2.3.0 you can have phpMyAdmin create PDF pages showing the relations
between your tables. Further, the designer interface permits visually managing the relations.

To do this it needs two tables pdf_pages (storing information about the available PDF
pages) and table_coords (storing coordinates where each table will be placed on a PDF
schema output). You must be using the relation feature.
To allow the usage of this functionality:
set up $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] and the phpMyAdmin configuration
storage
put the correct table names in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_coords'] and
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages']
See also
6.8 How can I produce a PDF schema of my database?.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['column_info']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
This part requires a content update! Since release 2.3.0 you can store comments to describe
each column for each table. These will then be shown on the printview.
Starting with release 2.5.0, comments are consequently used on the table property pages and
table browse view, showing up as tool-tips above the column name (properties page) or
embedded within the header of table in browse view. They can also be shown in a table dump.
Please see the relevant configuration directives later on.
Also new in release 2.5.0 is a MIME- transformation system which is also based on the
following table structure. See Transformations for further information. To use the MIMEtransformation system, your column_info table has to have the three new columns
mimetype, transformation, transformation_options.
Starting with release 4.3.0, a new input-oriented transformation system has been introduced.
Also, backward compatibility code used in the old transformations system was removed. As a
result, an update to column_info table is necessary for previous transformations and the new
input-oriented transformation system to work. phpMyAdmin will upgrade it automatically for
you by analyzing your current column_info table structure. However, if something goes
wrong with the auto-upgrade then you can use the SQL script found in
./sql/upgrade_column_info_4_3_0+.sql to upgrade it manually.
To allow the usage of this functionality:
set up $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] and the phpMyAdmin configuration
storage
put the table name in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['column_info'] (e.g.
pma__column_info)
to update your PRE-2.5.0 Column_comments table use this: and remember that the
Variable in config.inc.php has been renamed from $cfg['Servers'][$i]
['column_comments'] to $cfg['Servers'][$i]['column_info']
ALTER TABLE `pma__column_comments`

ADD `mimetype` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL,

ADD `transformation` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL,
ADD `transformation_options` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL;

to update your PRE-4.3.0 Column_info table manually use this

./sql/upgrade_column_info_4_3_0+.sql SQL script.
Note
For auto-upgrade functionality to work, your $cfg['Servers'][$i]
['controluser'] must have ALTER privilege on phpmyadmin database. See the
MySQL documentation for GRANT on how to GRANT privileges to a user.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['history']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
Since release 2.5.0 you can store your SQL history, which means all queries you entered
manually into the phpMyAdmin interface. If you dont want to use a table-based history, you
can use the JavaScript-based history.
Using that, all your history items are deleted when closing the window. Using
$cfg['QueryHistoryMax'] you can specify an amount of history items you want to
have on hold. On every login, this list gets cut to the maximum amount.
The query history is only available if JavaScript is enabled in your browser.
To allow the usage of this functionality:
set up $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] and the phpMyAdmin configuration
storage
put the table name in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['history'] (e.g.
pma__history)
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['recent']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
Since release 3.5.0 you can show recently used tables in the navigation panel. It helps you to
jump across table directly, without the need to select the database, and then select the table.
Using $cfg['NumRecentTables'] you can configure the maximum number of recent
tables shown. When you select a table from the list, it will jump to the page specified in
$cfg['NavigationTreeDefaultTabTable'].
Without configuring the storage, you can still access the recently used tables, but it will
disappear after you logout.
To allow the usage of this functionality persistently:
set up $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] and the phpMyAdmin configuration
storage
put the table name in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['recent'] (e.g.
pma__recent)

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_uiprefs']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
Since release 3.5.0 phpMyAdmin can be configured to remember several things (sorted
column $cfg['RememberSorting'], column order, and column visibility from a
database table) for browsing tables. Without configuring the storage, these features still can be
used, but the values will disappear after you logout.
To allow the usage of these functionality persistently:
set up $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] and the phpMyAdmin configuration
storage
put the table name in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_uiprefs'] (e.g.
pma__table_uiprefs)
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['users']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['usergroups']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
Since release 4.1.0 you can create different user groups with menu items attached to them.
Users can be assigned to these groups and the logged in user would only see menu items
configured to the usergroup he is assigned to. To do this it needs two tables usergroups
(storing allowed menu items for each user group) and users (storing users and their
assignments to user groups).
To allow the usage of this functionality:
set up $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] and the phpMyAdmin configuration
storage
put the correct table names in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['users'] (e.g.
pma__users) and $cfg['Servers'][$i]['usergroups'] (e.g.
pma__usergroups)
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['navigationhiding']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
Since release 4.1.0 you can hide/show items in the navigation tree.
To allow the usage of this functionality:
set up $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] and the phpMyAdmin configuration
storage
put the table name in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['navigationhiding'] (e.g.
pma__navigationhiding)
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['central_columns']
Type:
string

Default value: ''

Since release 4.3.0 you can have a central list of columns per database. You can add/remove
columns to the list as per your requirement. These columns in the central list will be available
to use while you create a new column for a table or create a table itself. You can select a
column from central list while creating a new column, it will save you from writing the same
column definition over again or from writing different names for similar column.
To allow the usage of this functionality:
set up $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] and the phpMyAdmin configuration
storage
put the table name in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['central_columns'] (e.g.
pma__central_columns)
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['designer_settings']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
Since release 4.5.0 your designer settings can be remembered. Your choice regarding
Angular/Direct Links, Snap to Grid, Toggle Relation Lines, Small/Big All, Move
Menu and Pin Text can be remembered persistently.
To allow the usage of this functionality:
set up $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] and the phpMyAdmin configuration
storage
put the table name in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['designer_settings'] (e.g.
pma__designer_settings)
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['savedsearches']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
Since release 4.2.0 you can save and load query-by-example searches from the Database >
Query panel.
To allow the usage of this functionality:
set up $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] and the phpMyAdmin configuration
storage
put the table name in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['savedsearches'] (e.g.
pma__savedsearches)
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['export_templates']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
Since release 4.5.0 you can save and load export templates.
To allow the usage of this functionality:
set up $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] and the phpMyAdmin configuration
storage

 put the table name in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['export_templates'] (e.g.

pma__export_templates)
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
Since release 3.3.x a tracking mechanism is available. It helps you to track every SQL
command which is executed by phpMyAdmin. The mechanism supports logging of data
manipulation and data definition statements. After enabling it you can create versions of
tables.
The creation of a version has two effects:
phpMyAdmin saves a snapshot of the table, including structure and indexes.
phpMyAdmin logs all commands which change the structure and/or data of the table
and links these commands with the version number.
Of course you can view the tracked changes. On the Tracking page a complete report is
available for every version. For the report you can use filters, for example you can get a list of
statements within a date range. When you want to filter usernames you can enter * for all
names or you enter a list of names separated by ,. In addition you can export the (filtered)
report to a file or to a temporary database.
To allow the usage of this functionality:
set up $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] and the phpMyAdmin configuration
storage
put the table name in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking'] (e.g.
pma__tracking)
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking_version_auto_create']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Whether the tracking mechanism creates versions for tables and views automatically.
If this is set to true and you create a table or view with
CREATE TABLE ...
CREATE VIEW ...
and no version exists for it, the mechanism will create a version for you automatically.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking_default_statements']
Type: string
Default 'CREATE TABLE,ALTER TABLE,DROP TABLE,RENAME
value: TABLE,CREATE INDEX,DROP
INDEX,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,TRUNCATE,REPLACE,CREATE
VIEW,ALTER VIEW,DROP VIEW,CREATE DATABASE,ALTER
DATABASE,DROP DATABASE'
Defines the list of statements the auto-creation uses for new versions.

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking_add_drop_view']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Whether a DROP VIEW IF EXISTS statement will be added as first line to the log when
creating a view.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking_add_drop_table']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Whether a DROP TABLE IF EXISTS statement will be added as first line to the log when
creating a table.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking_add_drop_database']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Whether a DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS statement will be added as first line to the log
when creating a database.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['userconfig']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
Since release 3.4.x phpMyAdmin allows users to set most preferences by themselves and
store them in the database.
If you dont allow for storing preferences in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'], users
can still personalize phpMyAdmin, but settings will be saved in browsers local storage, or, it
is is unavailable, until the end of session.
To allow the usage of this functionality:
set up $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] and the phpMyAdmin configuration
storage
put the table name in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['userconfig']
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['MaxTableUiprefs']
Type:
integer
Default value: 100
Maximum number of rows saved in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_uiprefs']
table.
When tables are dropped or renamed, $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_uiprefs']
may contain invalid data (referring to tables which no longer exist). We only keep this number
of newest rows in $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_uiprefs'] and automatically
delete older rows.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['SessionTimeZone']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
Sets the time zone used by phpMyAdmin. Leave blank to use the time zone of your database

server. Possible values are explained at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/time-zonesupport.html

This is useful when your database server uses a time zone which is different from the time
zone you want to use in phpMyAdmin.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowRoot']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Whether to allow root access. This is just a shortcut for the $cfg['Servers'][$i]
['AllowDeny']['rules'] below.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Whether to allow logins without a password. The default value of false for this parameter
prevents unintended access to a MySQL server with was left with an empty password for root
or on which an anonymous (blank) user is defined.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['order']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
If your rule order is empty, then IP authorization is disabled.
If your rule order is set to 'deny,allow' then the system applies all deny rules followed
by allow rules. Access is allowed by default. Any client which does not match a Deny
command or does match an Allow command will be allowed access to the server.
If your rule order is set to 'allow,deny' then the system applies all allow rules followed
by deny rules. Access is denied by default. Any client which does not match an Allow
directive or does match a Deny directive will be denied access to the server.
If your rule order is set to 'explicit', authorization is performed in a similar fashion to
rule order deny,allow, with the added restriction that your host/username combination must
be listed in the allow rules, and not listed in the deny rules. This is the most secure means of
using Allow/Deny rules, and was available in Apache by specifying allow and deny rules
without setting any order.
Please also see $cfg['TrustedProxies'] for detecting IP address behind proxies.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules']
Type:
array of strings
Default value: array()
The general format for the rules is as such:
<'allow' | 'deny'> <username> [from] <ipmask>

If you wish to match all users, it is possible to use a '%' as a wildcard in the username field.
There are a few shortcuts you can use in the ipmask field as well (please note that those

containing SERVER_ADDRESS might not be available on all webservers):

'all' -> 0.0.0.0/0
'localhost' -> 127.0.0.1/8
'localnetA' -> SERVER_ADDRESS/8
'localnetB' -> SERVER_ADDRESS/16
'localnetC' -> SERVER_ADDRESS/24

Having an empty rule list is equivalent to either using 'allow % from all' if your rule
order is set to 'deny,allow' or 'deny % from all' if your rule order is set to
'allow,deny' or 'explicit'.
For the IP address matching system, the following work:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (an exact IP address)
xxx.xxx.xxx.[yyy-zzz] (an IP address range)
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/nn (CIDR, Classless Inter-Domain Routing type IP addresses)
But the following does not work:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xx[yyy-zzz] (partial IP address range)
For IPv6 addresses, the following work:
xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx (an exact IPv6 address)
xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:[yyyy-zzzz] (an IPv6 address
range)
xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx/nn (CIDR, Classless Inter-Domain Routing type IPv6
addresses)
But the following does not work:
xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xx[yyy-zzz] (partial IPv6
address range)
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['DisableIS']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Disable using INFORMATION_SCHEMA to retrieve information (use SHOW commands
instead), because of speed issues when many databases are present. Currently used in some
parts of the code, more to come.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['SignonScript']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
Name of PHP script to be sourced and executed to obtain login credentials. This is alternative
approach to session based single signon. The script has to provide a function called
get_login_credentials which returns list of username and password, accepting single
parameter of existing username (can be empty). See examples/signon-script.php
for an example:

<?php
/* vim: set expandtab sw=4 ts=4 sts=4: */
/**
* Single signon for phpMyAdmin
*
* This is just example how to use script based single signon with
* phpMyAdmin, it is not intended to be perfect code and look, only
* shows how you can integrate this functionality in your application.
*
* @package
PhpMyAdmin
* @subpackage Example
*/
/**
* This function returns username and password.
*
* It can optionally use configured username as parameter.
*
* @param string $user User name
*
* @return array
*/
function get_login_credentials($user)
{
/* Optionally we can use passed username */
if (!empty($user)) {
return array($user, 'password');
}
/* Here we would retrieve the credentials */
$credentials = array('root', '');
return $credentials;
}

See also
Signon authentication mode
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['SignonSession']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
Name of session which will be used for signon authentication method. You should use
something different than phpMyAdmin, because this is session which phpMyAdmin uses
internally. Takes effect only if $cfg['Servers'][$i]['SignonScript'] is not
configured.
See also
Signon authentication mode
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['SignonURL']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
URL where user will be redirected to log in for signon authentication method. Should be
absolute including protocol.
See also

Signon authentication mode

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['LogoutURL']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
URL where user will be redirected after logout (doesnt affect config authentication method).
Should be absolute including protocol.

Generic settings
$cfg['ServerDefault']
Type:
integer
Default value: 1
If you have more than one server configured, you can set $cfg['ServerDefault'] to
any one of them to autoconnect to that server when phpMyAdmin is started, or set it to 0 to be
given a list of servers without logging in.
If you have only one server configured, $cfg['ServerDefault'] MUST be set to that
server.
$cfg['VersionCheck']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Enables check for latest versions using JavaScript on the main phpMyAdmin page or by
directly accessing version_check.php.
Note
This setting can be adjusted by your vendor.
$cfg['ProxyUrl']
Type:
string
Default value:
The url of the proxy to be used when phpmyadmin needs to access the outside internet such as
when retrieving the latest version info or submitting error reports. You need this if the server
where phpMyAdmin is installed does not have direct access to the internet. The format is:
hostname:portnumber
$cfg['ProxyUser']
Type:
string
Default value:
The username for authenticating with the proxy. By default, no authentication is performed. If
a username is supplied, Basic Authentication will be performed. No other types of
authentication are currently supported.
$cfg['ProxyPass']
Type:
string
Default value:
The password for authenticating with the proxy.

$cfg['MaxDbList']
Type:
integer
Default value: 100
The maximum number of database names to be displayed in the main panels database list.
$cfg['MaxTableList']
Type:
integer
Default value: 250
The maximum number of table names to be displayed in the main panels list (except on the
Export page).
$cfg['ShowHint']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Whether or not to show hints (for example, hints when hovering over table headers).
$cfg['MaxCharactersInDisplayedSQL']
Type:
integer
Default value: 1000
The maximum number of characters when a SQL query is displayed. The default limit of
1000 should be correct to avoid the display of tons of hexadecimal codes that represent
BLOBs, but some users have real SQL queries that are longer than 1000 characters. Also, if a
querys length exceeds this limit, this query is not saved in the history.
$cfg['PersistentConnections']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Whether persistent connections should be used or not. Works with following extensions:
mysql (mysql_pconnect),
mysqli (requires PHP 5.3.0 or newer, more information).
$cfg['ForceSSL']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Whether to force using https while accessing phpMyAdmin. In a reverse proxy setup, setting
this to true is not supported.
Note
In some setups (like separate SSL proxy or load balancer) you might have to set
$cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] for correct redirection.
$cfg['ExecTimeLimit']
Type:
integer [number of seconds]
Default value: 300
Set the number of seconds a script is allowed to run. If seconds is set to zero, no time limit is
imposed. This setting is used while importing/exporting dump files but has no effect when
PHP is running in safe mode.

$cfg['SessionSavePath']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
Path for storing session data (session_save_path PHP parameter).
$cfg['MemoryLimit']
Type:
string [number of bytes]
Default value: '-1'
Set the number of bytes a script is allowed to allocate. If set to '-1', no limit is imposed.
This setting is used while importing/exporting dump files and at some other places in
phpMyAdmin so you definitely dont want to put here a too low value. It has no effect when
PHP is running in safe mode.
You can also use any string as in php.ini, eg. 16M. Ensure you dont omit the suffix (16
means 16 bytes!)
$cfg['SkipLockedTables']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Mark used tables and make it possible to show databases with locked tables (since MySQL
3.23.30).
$cfg['ShowSQL']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Defines whether SQL queries generated by phpMyAdmin should be displayed or not.
$cfg['RetainQueryBox']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Defines whether the SQL query box should be kept displayed after its submission.
$cfg['CodemirrorEnable']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Defines whether to use a Javascript code editor for SQL query boxes. CodeMirror provides
syntax highlighting and line numbers. However, middle-clicking for pasting the clipboard
contents in some Linux distributions (such as Ubuntu) is not supported by all browsers.
$cfg['DefaultForeignKeyChecks']
Type:
string
Default value: 'default'
Default value of the checkbox for foreign key checks, to disable/enable foreign key checks for
certain queries. The possible values are 'default', 'enable' or 'disable'. If set to
'default', the value of the MySQL variable FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS is used.
$cfg['AllowUserDropDatabase']

Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Defines whether normal users (non-administrator) are allowed to delete their own database or
not. If set as false, the link Drop Database will not be shown, and even a DROP DATABASE
mydatabase will be rejected. Quite practical for ISP s with many customers.
Note
This limitation of SQL queries is not as strict as when using MySQL privileges. This is due to
nature of SQL queries which might be quite complicated. So this choice should be viewed as
help to avoid accidental dropping rather than strict privilege limitation.
$cfg['Confirm']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Whether a warning (Are your really sure...) should be displayed when youre about to lose
data.
$cfg['UseDbSearch']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Define whether the search string inside database is enabled or not.
$cfg['IgnoreMultiSubmitErrors']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Define whether phpMyAdmin will continue executing a multi-query statement if one of the
queries fails. Default is to abort execution.

Cookie authentication options

$cfg['blowfish_secret']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
The cookie auth_type uses AES algorithm to encrypt the password. If you are using the
cookie auth_type, enter here a random passphrase of your choice. It will be used internally
by the AES algorithm: you wont be prompted for this passphrase. There is no maximum
length for this secret.
Note
The configuration is called blowfish_secret for historical reasons as Blowfish algorithm was
originally used to do the encryption.
Changed in version 3.1.0: Since version 3.1.0 phpMyAdmin can generate this on the fly, but it
makes a bit weaker security as this generated secret is stored in session and furthermore it
makes impossible to recall user name from cookie.
$cfg['LoginCookieRecall']

Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Define whether the previous login should be recalled or not in cookie authentication mode.
This is automatically disabled if you do not have configured
$cfg['blowfish_secret'].
$cfg['LoginCookieValidity']
Type:
integer [number of seconds]
Default value: 1440
Define how long a login cookie is valid. Please note that php configuration option
session.gc_maxlifetime might limit session validity and if the session is lost, the login cookie
is also invalidated. So it is a good idea to set session.gc_maxlifetime at least to the
same value of $cfg['LoginCookieValidity'].
$cfg['LoginCookieStore']
Type:
integer [number of seconds]
Default value: 0
Define how long login cookie should be stored in browser. Default 0 means that it will be kept
for existing session. This is recommended for not trusted environments.
$cfg['LoginCookieDeleteAll']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
If enabled (default), logout deletes cookies for all servers, otherwise only for current one.
Setting this to false makes it easy to forget to log out from other server, when you are using
more of them.
$cfg['AllowArbitraryServer']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
If enabled, allows you to log in to arbitrary servers using cookie authentication.
Note
Please use this carefully, as this may allow users access to MySQL servers behind the firewall
where your HTTP server is placed. See also $cfg['ArbitraryServerRegexp'].
$cfg['ArbitraryServerRegexp']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
Restricts the MySQL servers to which the user can log in when
$cfg['AllowArbitraryServer'] is enabled by matching the IP or the hostname of
the MySQL server to the given regular expression. The regular expression must be enclosed
with a delimiter character.
$cfg['CaptchaLoginPublicKey']
Type:
string
Default value: ''

The public key for the reCaptcha service that can be obtained from
http://www.google.com/recaptcha.
reCaptcha will be then used in Cookie authentication mode.
$cfg['CaptchaLoginPrivateKey']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
The private key for the reCaptcha service that can be obtain from
http://www.google.com/recaptcha.
reCaptcha will be then used in Cookie authentication mode.

Navigation panel setup

$cfg['ShowDatabasesNavigationAsTree']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
In the navigation panel, replaces the database tree with a selector
$cfg['FirstLevelNavigationItems']
Type:
integer
Default value: 100
The number of first level databases that can be displayed on each page of navigation tree.
$cfg['MaxNavigationItems']
Type:
integer
Default value: 50
The number of items (tables, columns, indexes) that can be displayed on each page of the
navigation tree.
$cfg['NavigationTreeEnableGrouping']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Defines whether to group the databases based on a common prefix in their name
$cfg['NavigationTreeDbSeparator'].
$cfg['NavigationTreeDbSeparator']
Type:
string or array
Default value: '_'
The string used to separate the parts of the database name when showing them in a tree.
Alternatively you can specify more strings in an array and all of them will be used as a
separator.
$cfg['NavigationTreeTableSeparator']
Type:
string or array
Default value: '__'
Defines a string to be used to nest table spaces. This means if you have tables like

first__second__third this will be shown as a three-level hierarchy like: first > second
> third. If set to false or empty, the feature is disabled. NOTE: You should not use this
separator at the beginning or end of a table name or multiple times after another without any
other characters in between.
$cfg['NavigationTreeTableLevel']
Type:
integer
Default value: 1
Defines how many sublevels should be displayed when splitting up tables by the above
separator.
$cfg['NumRecentTables']
Type:
integer
Default value: 10
The maximum number of recently used tables shown in the navigation panel. Set this to 0
(zero) to disable the listing of recent tables.
$cfg['ZeroConf']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Enables Zero Configuration mode in which the user will be offered a choice to create
phpMyAdmin configuration storage in the current database or use the existing one, if already
present.
This setting has no effect if the phpMyAdmin configuration storage database is properly
created and the related configuration directives (such as $cfg['Servers'][$i]
['pmadb'] and so on) are configured.
$cfg['NavigationLinkWithMainPanel']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Defines whether or not to link with main panel by highlighting the current database or table.
$cfg['NavigationDisplayLogo']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Defines whether or not to display the phpMyAdmin logo at the top of the navigation panel.
$cfg['NavigationLogoLink']
Type:
string
Default value: 'index.php'
Enter URL where logo in the navigation panel will point to. For use especially with self made
theme which changes this. For external URLs, you should include URL scheme as well.
$cfg['NavigationLogoLinkWindow']
Type:
string
Default value: 'main'
Whether to open the linked page in the main window (main) or in a new one (new). Note:

use new if you are linking to phpmyadmin.net.

$cfg['NavigationTreeDisplayItemFilterMinimum']
Type:
integer
Default value: 30
Defines the minimum number of items (tables, views, routines and events) to display a
JavaScript filter box above the list of items in the navigation tree.
To disable the filter completely some high number can be used (e.g. 9999)
$cfg['NavigationTreeDisplayDbFilterMinimum']
Type:
integer
Default value: 30
Defines the minimum number of databases to display a JavaScript filter box above the list of
databases in the navigation tree.
To disable the filter completely some high number can be used (e.g. 9999)
$cfg['NavigationDisplayServers']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Defines whether or not to display a server choice at the top of the navigation panel.
$cfg['DisplayServersList']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Defines whether to display this server choice as links instead of in a drop-down.
$cfg['NavigationTreeDefaultTabTable']
Type:
string
Default value: 'structure'
Defines the tab displayed by default when clicking the small icon next to each table name in
the navigation panel. Possible values:

structure
sql
search
insert
browse

$cfg['NavigationTreeDefaultTabTable2']
Type:
string
Default value: null
Defines the tab displayed by default when clicking the second small icon next to each table
name in the navigation panel. Possible values:
(empty)
structure

sql
search
insert
browse

$cfg['NavigationTreeEnableExpansion']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Whether to offer the possibility of tree expansion in the navigation panel.
$cfg['NavigationTreeShowTables']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Whether to show tables under database in the navigation panel.
$cfg['NavigationTreeShowViews']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Whether to show views under database in the navigation panel.
$cfg['NavigationTreeShowFunctions']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Whether to show functions under database in the navigation panel.
$cfg['NavigationTreeShowProcedures']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Whether to show procedures under database in the navigation panel.
$cfg['NavigationTreeShowEvents']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Whether to show events under database in the navigation panel.

Main panel
$cfg['ShowStats']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Defines whether or not to display space usage and statistics about databases and tables. Note
that statistics requires at least MySQL 3.23.3 and that, at this date, MySQL doesnt return
such information for Berkeley DB tables.
$cfg['ShowServerInfo']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true

Defines whether to display detailed server information on main page. You can additionally
hide more information by using $cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose'].
$cfg['ShowPhpInfo']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
$cfg['ShowChgPassword']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
$cfg['ShowCreateDb']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Defines whether to display the PHP information and Change password links and form for
creating database or not at the starting main (right) frame. This setting does not check MySQL
commands entered directly.
Please note that to block the usage of phpinfo() in scripts, you have to put this in your
php.ini:
disable_functions = phpinfo()

Also note that enabling the Change password link has no effect with config authentication
mode: because of the hard coded password value in the configuration file, end users cant be
allowed to change their passwords.
$cfg['ShowGitRevision']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Defines whether to display informations about the current Git revision (if applicable) on the
main panel.
$cfg['MysqlMinVersion']
Type: array
Defines the minimum supported MySQL version. The default is chosen by the phpMyAdmin
team; however this directive was asked by a developer of the Plesk control panel to ease
integration with older MySQL servers (where most of the phpMyAdmin features work).

Database structure
$cfg['ShowDbStructureCreation']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Defines whether the database structure page (tables list) has a Creation column that displays
when each table was created.
$cfg['ShowDbStructureLastUpdate']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false

Defines whether the database structure page (tables list) has a Last update column that
displays when each table was last updated.
$cfg['ShowDbStructureLastCheck']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Defines whether the database structure page (tables list) has a Last check column that
displays when each table was last checked.
$cfg['HideStructureActions']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Defines whether the table structure actions are hidden under a More drop-down.

Browse mode
$cfg['TableNavigationLinksMode']
Type:
string
Default value: 'icons'
Defines whether the table navigation links contain 'icons', 'text' or 'both'.
$cfg['ActionLinksMode']
Type:
string
Default value: 'both'
If set to icons, will display icons instead of text for db and table properties links (like
Browse, Select, Insert, ...). Can be set to 'both' if you want icons AND text. When set to
text, will only show text.
$cfg['RowActionType']
Type:
string
Default value: 'both'
Whether to display icons or text or both icons and text in table row action segment. Value can
be either of 'icons', 'text' or 'both'.
$cfg['ShowAll']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Defines whether a user should be displayed a Show all button in browse mode or not in all
cases. By default it is shown only on small tables (less than 500 rows) to avoid performance
issues while getting too many rows.
$cfg['MaxRows']
Type:
integer
Default value: 25
Number of rows displayed when browsing a result set and no LIMIT clause is used. If the
result set contains more rows, Previous and Next links will be shown. Possible values:
25,50,100,250,500.

$cfg['Order']
Type:
string
Default value: 'SMART'
Defines whether columns are displayed in ascending (ASC) order, in descending (DESC) order
or in a smart (SMART) order - I.E. descending order for columns of type TIME, DATE,
DATETIME and TIMESTAMP, ascending order else- by default.
$cfg['GridEditing']
Type:
string
Default value: 'double-click'
Defines which action (double-click or click) triggers grid editing. Can be deactivated
with the disabled value.
$cfg['RelationalDisplay']
Type:
string
Default value: 'K'
Defines the initial behavior for Options > Relational. K, which is the default, displays the key
while D shows the display column.
$cfg['SaveCellsAtOnce']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Defines whether or not to save all edited cells at once for grid editing.

Editing mode
$cfg['ProtectBinary']
Type:
boolean or string
Default value: 'blob'
Defines whether BLOB or BINARY columns are protected from editing when browsing a
tables content. Valid values are:
false to allow editing of all columns;
'blob' to allow editing of all columns except BLOBS;
'noblob' to disallow editing of all columns except BLOBS (the opposite of
'blob');
'all' to disallow editing of all BINARY or BLOB columns.
$cfg['ShowFunctionFields']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Defines whether or not MySQL functions fields should be initially displayed in edit/insert
mode. Since version 2.10, the user can toggle this setting from the interface.
$cfg['ShowFieldTypesInDataEditView']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true

Defines whether or not type fields should be initially displayed in edit/insert mode. The user
can toggle this setting from the interface.
$cfg['InsertRows']
Type:
integer
Default value: 2
Defines the maximum number of concurrent entries for the Insert page.
$cfg['ForeignKeyMaxLimit']
Type:
integer
Default value: 100
If there are fewer items than this in the set of foreign keys, then a drop-down box of foreign
keys is presented, in the style described by the $cfg['ForeignKeyDropdownOrder']
setting.
$cfg['ForeignKeyDropdownOrder']
Type:
array
Default value: array(content-id, id-content)
For the foreign key drop-down fields, there are several methods of display, offering both the
key and value data. The contents of the array should be one or both of the following strings:
content-id, id-content.

Export and import settings

$cfg['ZipDump']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
$cfg['GZipDump']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
$cfg['BZipDump']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Defines whether to allow the use of zip/GZip/BZip2 compression when creating a dump file
$cfg['CompressOnFly']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Defines whether to allow on the fly compression for GZip/BZip2 compressed exports. This
doesnt affect smaller dumps and allows users to create larger dumps that wont otherwise fit
in memory due to php memory limit. Produced files contain more GZip/BZip2 headers, but
all normal programs handle this correctly.
$cfg['Export']
Type:
array
Default value: array(...)
In this array are defined default parameters for export, names of items are similar to texts seen
on export page, so you can easily identify what they mean.

$cfg['Export']['method']
Type:
string
Default value: 'quick'
Defines how the export form is displayed when it loads. Valid values are:
quick to display the minimum number of options to configure
custom to display every available option to configure
custom-no-form same as custom but does not display the option of using quick
export
$cfg['Import']
Type:
array
Default value: array(...)
In this array are defined default parameters for import, names of items are similar to texts seen
on import page, so you can easily identify what they mean.

Tabs display settings

$cfg['TabsMode']
Type:
string
Default value: 'both'
Defines whether the menu tabs contain 'icons', 'text' or 'both'.
$cfg['PropertiesNumColumns']
Type:
integer
Default value: 1
How many columns will be utilized to display the tables on the database property view?
When setting this to a value larger than 1, the type of the database will be omitted for more
display space.
$cfg['DefaultTabServer']
Type:
string
Default value: 'welcome'
Defines the tab displayed by default on server view. Possible values:

welcome (recommended for multi-user setups)

databases,
status
variables
privileges

$cfg['DefaultTabDatabase']
Type:
string
Default value: 'structure'
Defines the tab displayed by default on database view. Possible values:
structure
sql

 search
operations
$cfg['DefaultTabTable']
Type:
string
Default value: 'browse'
Defines the tab displayed by default on table view. Possible values:

structure
sql
search
insert
browse

PDF Options
$cfg['PDFPageSizes']
Type:
array
Default value: array('A3', 'A4', 'A5', 'letter', 'legal')
Array of possible paper sizes for creating PDF pages.
You should never need to change this.
$cfg['PDFDefaultPageSize']
Type:
string
Default value: 'A4'
Default page size to use when creating PDF pages. Valid values are any listed in
$cfg['PDFPageSizes'].

Languages
$cfg['DefaultLang']
Type:
string
Default value: 'en'
Defines the default language to use, if not browser-defined or user- defined. The
corresponding language file needs to be in locale/code/LC_MESSAGES/phpmyadmin.mo.
$cfg['DefaultConnectionCollation']
Type:
string
Default value: 'utf8_general_ci'
Defines the default connection collation to use, if not user-defined. See the MySQL
documentation for charsets for list of possible values. This setting is ignored when connected
to Drizzle server.
$cfg['Lang']
Type:
string
Default value: not set

Force language to use. The corresponding language file needs to be in

locale/code/LC_MESSAGES/phpmyadmin.mo.
$cfg['FilterLanguages']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
Limit list of available languages to those matching the given regular expression. For example
if you want only Czech and English, you should set filter to '^(cs|en)'.
$cfg['RecodingEngine']
Type:
string
Default value: 'auto'
You can select here which functions will be used for character set conversion. Possible values
are:

auto - automatically use available one (first is tested iconv, then recode)
iconv - use iconv or libiconv functions
recode - use recode_string function
mb - use mbstring extension
none - disable encoding conversion

Enabled charset conversion activates a pull-down menu in the Export and Import pages, to
choose the character set when exporting a file. The default value in this menu comes from
$cfg['Export']['charset'] and $cfg['Import']['charset'].
$cfg['IconvExtraParams']
Type:
string
Default value: '//TRANSLIT'
Specify some parameters for iconv used in charset conversion. See iconv documentation for
details. By default //TRANSLIT is used, so that invalid characters will be transliterated.
$cfg['AvailableCharsets']
Type:
array
Default value: array(...)
Available character sets for MySQL conversion. You can add your own (any of supported by
recode/iconv) or remove these which you dont use. Character sets will be shown in same
order as here listed, so if you frequently use some of these move them to the top.

Web server settings

$cfg['OBGzip']
Type:
string/boolean
Default value: 'auto'
Defines whether to use GZip output buffering for increased speed in HTTP transfers. Set to
true/false for enabling/disabling. When set to auto (string), phpMyAdmin tries to enable
output buffering and will automatically disable it if your browser has some problems with
buffering. IE6 with a certain patch is known to cause data corruption when having enabled
buffering.

$cfg['TrustedProxies']
Type:
array
Default value: array()
Lists proxies and HTTP headers which are trusted for $cfg['Servers'][$i]
['AllowDeny']['order']. This list is by default empty, you need to fill in some trusted
proxy servers if you want to use rules for IP addresses behind proxy.
The following example specifies that phpMyAdmin should trust a
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR (X -Forwarded-For) header coming from the proxy
1.2.3.4:
$cfg['TrustedProxies'] = array('1.2.3.4' => 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR');

The $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules'] directive uses the clients

IP address as usual.
$cfg['GD2Available']
Type:
string
Default value: 'auto'
Specifies whether GD >= 2 is available. If yes it can be used for MIME transformations.
Possible values are:
auto - automatically detect
yes - GD 2 functions can be used
no - GD 2 function cannot be used
$cfg['CheckConfigurationPermissions']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
We normally check the permissions on the configuration file to ensure its not world writable.
However, phpMyAdmin could be installed on a NTFS filesystem mounted on a non-Windows
server, in which case the permissions seems wrong but in fact cannot be detected. In this case
a sysadmin would set this parameter to false.
$cfg['LinkLengthLimit']
Type:
integer
Default value: 1000
Limit for length of URL in links. When length would be above this limit, it is replaced by
form with button. This is required as some web servers (IIS) have problems with long URL .
$cfg['CSPAllow']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
Additional string to include in allowed script and image sources in Content Security Policy
header.
This can be useful when you want to include some external JavaScript files in
config.footer.inc.php or config.header.inc.php, which would be normally
not allowed by Content Security Policy.

To allow some sites, just list them within the string:

$cfg['CSPAllow'] = 'example.com example.net';

New in version 4.0.4.

$cfg['DisableMultiTableMaintenance']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
In the database Structure page, its possible to mark some tables then choose an operation like
optimizing for many tables. This can slow down a server; therefore, setting this to true
prevents this kind of multiple maintenance operation.

Theme settings
$cfg['NaviWidth']
Type:
integer
Default value:
Navigation panel width in pixels. See themes/themename/layout.inc.php.
$cfg['NaviBackground']
Type:
string [CSS color for background]
Default value:
$cfg['MainBackground']
Type:
string [CSS color for background]
Default value:
The background styles used for both the frames. See
themes/themename/layout.inc.php.
$cfg['NaviPointerBackground']
Type:
string [CSS color for background]
Default value:
$cfg['NaviPointerColor']
Type:
string [CSS color]
Default value:
The style used for the pointer in the navigation panel. See
themes/themename/layout.inc.php.
$cfg['Border']
Type:
integer
Default value:
The size of a tables border. See themes/themename/layout.inc.php.
$cfg['ThBackground']
Type:
string [CSS color for background]
Default value:
$cfg['ThColor']

Type:
string [CSS color]
Default value:
The style used for table headers. See themes/themename/layout.inc.php.
$cfg['BgOne']
Type:
string [CSS color]
Default value:
The color (HTML) #1 for table rows. See themes/themename/layout.inc.php.
$cfg['BgTwo']
Type:
string [CSS color]
Default value:
The color (HTML) #2 for table rows. See themes/themename/layout.inc.php.
$cfg['BrowsePointerBackground']
Type:
string [CSS color]
Default value:
The background color used when hovering over a row in the Browse panel. See
themes/themename/layout.inc.php.
$cfg['BrowsePointerColor']
Type:
string [CSS color]
Default value:
The text color used when hovering over a row in the Browse panel. Used when
$cfg['BrowsePointerEnable'] is true. See
themes/themename/layout.inc.php.
$cfg['BrowseMarkerBackground']
Type:
string [CSS color]
Default value:
The background color used to highlight a row selected by checkbox in the Browse panel or
when a column is selected. Used when $cfg['BrowsePointerEnable'] is true. See
themes/themename/layout.inc.php.
$cfg['BrowseMarkerColor']
Type:
string [CSS color]
Default value:
The color used when you visually mark a row or column in the Browse panel. Rows can be
marked by clicking the checkbox to the left of the row and columns can be marked by
clicking the columns header (outside of the header text). See
themes/themename/layout.inc.php.
$cfg['FontFamily']
Type:
string
Default value:
You put here a valid CSS font family value, for example arial, sans- serif. See
themes/themename/layout.inc.php.

$cfg['FontFamilyFixed']
Type:
string
Default value:
You put here a valid CSS font family value, for example monospace. This one is used in
textarea. See themes/themename/layout.inc.php.

Design customization
$cfg['NavigationTreePointerEnable']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
When set to true, hovering over an item in the navigation panel causes that item to be marked
(the background is highlighted).
$cfg['BrowsePointerEnable']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
When set to true, hovering over a row in the Browse page causes that row to be marked (the
background is highlighted).
$cfg['BrowseMarkerEnable']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
When set to true, a data row is marked (the background is highlighted) when the row is
selected with the checkbox.
$cfg['LimitChars']
Type:
integer
Default value: 50
Maximum number of characters shown in any non-numeric field on browse view. Can be
turned off by a toggle button on the browse page.
$cfg['RowActionLinks']
Type:
string
Default value: 'left'
Defines the place where table row links (Edit, Copy, Delete) would be put when tables
contents are displayed (you may have them displayed at the left side, right side, both sides or
nowhere).
$cfg['RowActionLinksWithoutUnique']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Defines whether to show row links (Edit, Copy, Delete) and checkboxes for multiple row
operations even when the selection does not have a unique key. Using row actions in the
absence of a unique key may result in different/more rows being affected since there is no
guaranteed way to select the exact row(s).
$cfg['RememberSorting']

Type:
boolean
Default value: true
If enabled, remember the sorting of each table when browsing them.
$cfg['TablePrimaryKeyOrder']
Type:
string
Default value: 'NONE'
This defines the default sort order for the tables, having a primary key, when there is no sort
order defines externally. Acceptable values : [NONE, ASC, DESC]
$cfg['ShowBrowseComments']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
$cfg['ShowPropertyComments']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
By setting the corresponding variable to true you can enable the display of column
comments in Browse or Property display. In browse mode, the comments are shown inside the
header. In property mode, comments are displayed using a CSS-formatted dashed-line below
the name of the column. The comment is shown as a tool-tip for that column.

Text fields
$cfg['CharEditing']
Type:
string
Default value: 'input'
Defines which type of editing controls should be used for CHAR and VARCHAR columns.
Applies to data editing and also to the default values in structure editing. Possible values are:
input - this allows to limit size of text to size of columns in MySQL, but has problems
with newlines in columns
textarea - no problems with newlines in columns, but also no length limitations
$cfg['MinSizeForInputField']
Type:
integer
Default value: 4
Defines the minimum size for input fields generated for CHAR and VARCHAR columns.
$cfg['MaxSizeForInputField']
Type:
integer
Default value: 60
Defines the maximum size for input fields generated for CHAR and VARCHAR columns.
$cfg['TextareaCols']
Type:
integer
Default value: 40
$cfg['TextareaRows']

Type:
integer
Default value: 15
$cfg['CharTextareaCols']
Type:
integer
Default value: 40
$cfg['CharTextareaRows']
Type:
integer
Default value: 2
Number of columns and rows for the textareas. This value will be emphasized (*2) for SQL
query textareas and (*1.25) for SQL textareas inside the query window.
The Char* values are used for CHAR and VARCHAR editing (if configured via
$cfg['CharEditing']).
$cfg['LongtextDoubleTextarea']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Defines whether textarea for LONGTEXT columns should have double size.
$cfg['TextareaAutoSelect']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Defines if the whole textarea of the query box will be selected on click.
$cfg['EnableAutocompleteForTablesAndColumns']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Whether to enable autocomplete for table and column names in any SQL query box.

SQL query box settings

$cfg['SQLQuery']['Edit']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Whether to display an edit link to change a query in any SQL Query box.
$cfg['SQLQuery']['Explain']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Whether to display a link to explain a SELECT query in any SQL Query box.
$cfg['SQLQuery']['ShowAsPHP']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Whether to display a link to wrap a query in PHP code in any SQL Query box.
$cfg['SQLQuery']['Refresh']

Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Whether to display a link to refresh a query in any SQL Query box.

Web server upload/save/import directories

$cfg['UploadDir']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
The name of the directory where SQL files have been uploaded by other means than
phpMyAdmin (for example, ftp). Those files are available under a drop-down box when you
click the database or table name, then the Import tab.
If you want different directory for each user, %u will be replaced with username.
Please note that the file names must have the suffix .sql (or .sql.bz2 or .sql.gz if support
for compressed formats is enabled).
This feature is useful when your file is too big to be uploaded via HTTP, or when file uploads
are disabled in PHP.
Note
If PHP is running in safe mode, this directory must be owned by the same user as the owner of
the phpMyAdmin scripts. See also 1.16 I cannot upload big dump files (memory, HTTP or
timeout problems). for alternatives.
$cfg['SaveDir']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
The name of the directory where dumps can be saved.
If you want different directory for each user, %u will be replaced with username.
Please note that the directory must exist and has to be writable for the user running webserver.
Note
If PHP is running in safe mode, this directory must be owned by the same user as the owner of
the phpMyAdmin scripts.
$cfg['TempDir']
Type:
string
Default value: ''
The name of the directory where temporary files can be stored.
This is needed for importing ESRI Shapefiles, see 6.30 Import: How can I import ESRI
Shapefiles? and to work around limitations of open_basedir for uploaded files, see 1.11 I
get an open_basedir restriction while uploading a file from the query box..

If the directory where phpMyAdmin is installed is subject to an open_basedir restriction,

you need to create a temporary directory in some directory accessible by the web server.
However for security reasons, this directory should be outside the tree published by
webserver. If you cannot avoid having this directory published by webserver, place at least an
empty index.html file there, so that directory listing is not possible.
This directory should have as strict permissions as possible as the only user required to access
this directory is the one who runs the webserver. If you have root privileges, simply make this
user owner of this directory and make it accessible only by it:
chown www-data:www-data tmp
chmod 700 tmp

If you cannot change owner of the directory, you can achieve a similar setup using ACL:
chmod 700 tmp
setfacl -m "g:www-data:rwx" tmp
setfacl -d -m "g:www-data:rwx" tmp

If neither of above works for you, you can still make the directory chmod 777, but it might
impose risk of other users on system reading and writing data in this directory.

Various display setting

$cfg['RepeatCells']
Type:
integer
Default value: 100
Repeat the headers every X cells, or 0 to deactivate.
$cfg['QueryHistoryDB']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
$cfg['QueryHistoryMax']
Type:
integer
Default value: 25
If $cfg['QueryHistoryDB'] is set to true, all your Queries are logged to a table,
which has to be created by you (see $cfg['Servers'][$i]['history']). If set to
false, all your queries will be appended to the form, but only as long as your window is
opened they remain saved.
When using the JavaScript based query window, it will always get updated when you click on
a new table/db to browse and will focus if you click on Edit SQL after using a query. You can
suppress updating the query window by checking the box Do not overwrite this query from
outside the window below the query textarea. Then you can browse tables/databases in the
background without losing the contents of the textarea, so this is especially useful when
composing a query with tables you first have to look in. The checkbox will get automatically
checked whenever you change the contents of the textarea. Please uncheck the button
whenever you definitely want the query window to get updated even though you have made
alterations.

If $cfg['QueryHistoryDB'] is set to true you can specify the amount of saved

history items using $cfg['QueryHistoryMax'].
$cfg['BrowseMIME']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Enable Transformations.
$cfg['MaxExactCount']
Type:
integer
Default value: 500000
For InnoDB tables, determines for how large tables phpMyAdmin should get the exact row
count using SELECT COUNT. If the approximate row count as returned by SHOW TABLE
STATUS is smaller than this value, SELECT COUNT will be used, otherwise the approximate
count will be used.
$cfg['MaxExactCountViews']
Type:
integer
Default value: 0
For VIEWs, since obtaining the exact count could have an impact on performance, this value
is the maximum to be displayed, using a SELECT COUNT ... LIMIT. Setting this to 0
bypasses any row counting.
$cfg['NaturalOrder']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Sorts database and table names according to natural order (for example, t1, t2, t10). Currently
implemented in the navigation panel and in Database view, for the table list.
$cfg['InitialSlidersState']
Type:
string
Default value: 'closed'
If set to 'closed', the visual sliders are initially in a closed state. A value of 'open' does
the reverse. To completely disable all visual sliders, use 'disabled'.
$cfg['UserprefsDisallow']
Type:
array
Default value: array()
Contains names of configuration options (keys in $cfg array) that users cant set through
user preferences. For possible values, refer to
libraries/config/user_preferences.forms.php.
$cfg['UserprefsDeveloperTab']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Activates in the user preferences a tab containing options for developers of phpMyAdmin.

Page titles
$cfg['TitleTable']
Type:
string
'@HTTP_HOST@ / @VSERVER@ / @DATABASE@ / @TABLE@ |
Default
@PHPMYADMIN@'
value:
$cfg['TitleDatabase']
Type:
string
Default value: '@HTTP_HOST@ / @VSERVER@ / @DATABASE@ |
@PHPMYADMIN@'
$cfg['TitleServer']
Type:
string
Default value: '@HTTP_HOST@ / @VSERVER@ | @PHPMYADMIN@'
$cfg['TitleDefault']
Type:
string
Default value: '@HTTP_HOST@ | @PHPMYADMIN@'
Allows you to specify windows title bar. You can use 6.27 What format strings can I use?.

Theme manager settings

$cfg['ThemePath']
Type:
string
Default value: './themes'
If theme manager is active, use this as the path of the subdirectory containing all the themes.
$cfg['ThemeManager']
Type:
boolean
Default value: true
Enables user-selectable themes. See 2.7 Using and creating themes.
$cfg['ThemeDefault']
Type:
string
Default value: 'pmahomme'
The default theme (a subdirectory under $cfg['ThemePath']).
$cfg['ThemePerServer']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Whether to allow different theme for each server.

Default queries
$cfg['DefaultQueryTable']
Type:
string
Default value: 'SELECT * FROM @TABLE@ WHERE 1'
$cfg['DefaultQueryDatabase']

Type:
string
Default value: ''
Default queries that will be displayed in query boxes when user didnt specify any. You can
use standard 6.27 What format strings can I use?.

MySQL settings
$cfg['DefaultFunctions']
Type:
array
Default value: array(...)
Functions selected by default when inserting/changing row, Functions are defined for meta
types as (FUNC_NUMBER, FUNC_DATE, FUNC_CHAR, FUNC_SPATIAL,
FUNC_UUID) and for first_timestamp, which is used for first timestamp column in
table.

Developer
Warning
These settings might have huge effect on performance or security.
$cfg['DBG']
Type:
array
Default value: array(...)
$cfg['DBG']['sql']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Enable logging queries and execution times to be displayed in the consoles Debug SQL tab.
$cfg['DBG']['demo']
Type:
boolean
Default value: false
Enable to let server present itself as demo server. This is used for
<http://demo.phpmyadmin.net/>.