[phpMyAdmin News] phpMyAdmin 4.8.0-rc1 is released

Welcome to the release candidate version of the upcoming 4.8.0 release. This is likely to be the final testing release before 4.8.0 is officially released. 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. Notable changes since 4.8.0-alpha1: * Designer: fix broken "Add tables from other database" * Fix double escaping of ENUM dropdown * Restore SQL query after session expires * Query builder: Fix for new column not being added * Fix for blank login page * Changes to the handling of arg_separator for AJAX requests; see issue #13940 * Structure tab: fix silent failure to create new indexes * Fix improperly escaped HTML code on the database structure page * Fix JavaScript errors when using Internet Explorer (in particular when editing rows) * Fix for broken error report * Fix failed import * Fix for "Cannot read property sql_query of undefined" errors The remaining notes are for changes from the 4.7.x branch to 4.8.0 and also applied to 4.8.0-alpha1. 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 * Improved 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