Welcome to the first testing release of the next minor version of
phpMyAdmin, version 4.8.0-alpha1.
This is a pre-release version, so please check any bugs against the
issue tracker and report new ones at
<https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/issues/>.
A complete list of new features and bugs that have been fixed is
available in the ChangeLog file or changelog.php included with this release.
Major changes include security enhancements such as removing the PHP
eval() function and authentication logging, a mobile interface to
improve the interface when used with tablets or mobile phones, and
two-factor authentication options.
A few highlights of the changes include:
* Allow the removal of individual segments from pie charts
* Improved database search to allow matching the exact phrase
* phpMyAdmin no longer requires using the PHP eval() function
* The mbstring dependency is now optional
* Authentication logging using $cfg['AuthLog']
<https://docs.phpmyadmin.net/en/latest/config.html#cfg_AuthLog>
* Add support for Google's Invisible Captcha
* Imrpoved handling of reCAPTCHA
* Fixes to the JavaScript editor for TIME values
* Improved the editor for the JSON data type
* Add "Format" button to the edit view form
* Implement mobile interface
* There are now configuration directives to set defaults for
Transformation options
<https://docs.phpmyadmin.net/en/latest/config.html#default-options-for-trans…>
* Allow Designer to show tables from other databases
* Add support for authentication using U2F and 2FA
Much of this work is thanks to the hard work of our Google Summer of
Code 2017 students. We're participating again, see
<https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/wiki/GSoC_home>.
Additionally, there have been continuous improvements to many of the
translations. If you don't see your language or find a problem, you can
contribute too; see <https://www.phpmyadmin.net/translate/> for details.
As always, downloads are available at https://www.phpmyadmin.net
Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make this work possible!
The phpMyAdmin Team
Welcome to phpMyAdmin 4.7.8, a security release also containing regular
maintenance bug fixes.
The security fix relates to a self-XSS vulnerability in the central
columns feature
that is reported as PMASA-2018-1
<https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-1/draft/>. Thanks to
Mayur Udiniya <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayur-udiniya-09247b129/> for
finding and responsibly disclosing this flaw.
We recommend all users upgrade to resolve this security problem.
A complete list of new features and bugs that have been fixed is
available in the ChangeLog file or
changelog.php included with this release.
Notable changes since 4.7.7:
* Fixed error handling with PHP 7.2
* Fixed resetting default setting values
* Fixed fallback value for collation connection
Additionally, there have been continuous improvements to many of the
translations.
If you don't see your language or find a problem, you can contribute
too; see
<https://www.phpmyadmin.net/translate/> for details.
As always, downloads will soon be available at https://www.phpmyadmin.net
Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make this work possible!
The phpMyAdmin Team
