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-transformations * 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