Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS4: Updates since publication
Pages 587–9: The installation process for phpMyAdmin changed with the release of version 3.1.0. The new setup process is described as "work in progress", so is liable to further changes. The following is a summary of the changes as of version 3.1.0:
- It is now recommended that you enable the PHP mcrypt extension on 32-bit systems. It is a requirement of 64-bit systems.
- For mcrypt to work, the PHP folder needs to be in your system path. Alternatively, on Windows, you can copy
libmcrypt.dllfrom the PHP folder toC:\WINDOWS\system32. - To avoid warning messages when running the setup script, you should also enable the PHP bz2 and zip extensions.
- The location of the setup script has changed to
http://localhost/phpmyadmin/setup/index.php. The new setup process offers many more options than before, but the basic options remain the same as described in the book. - When the setup script loads, click
New Server. After setting the options for the new server in theBasic settingstab, clickSave. This takes you back to theOverviewscreen, where you must clickSaveagain to create the configuration file,config.inc.php. - Move
config.inc.phpto the main phpMyAdmin folder before launching phpMyAdmin in your browser.
