What is phpMyAdmin?
phpMyAdmin is a free piece of software used to handle the administration of MySQL and MariaDB. It is accessed over the web and provides a more user-friendly way of working with SQL.
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More About phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin is a free tool that enables users to easily manage SQL databases, tables, columns, relations, indexes, users, permissions, and more. It provides a user interface for working with SQL instead of using complicated and time-consuming code.
phpMyAdmin comes installed by default in most web hosting control panels. Otherwise, you can download and install it for free.
To understand how to use the software, a considerable amount of documentation is available on the phpMyAdmin website. There are also user-generated Wiki pages that also provide some helpful content.