I reported the bug few hours ago.
http://sourceforge.net/p/phpmyadmin/bugs/3862/
it still here, even phpMyAdmin 4.0.0-beta3 released.
PHP 5.4.13 + nginx 1.2.7 + MariaDB 5.5.30
Cloud not create table , the form could not load.
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Appreciate your time
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zhifeng hu