phpMyAdmin 2.11.2 - October 27, 2007 [ http://www.phpmyadmin.net ]
A PHP application to administrate MySQL over the Web.
Announcement ------------
The phpMyAdmin Project announces the immediate availability of phpMyAdmin 2.11.2, a bugfix-only version.
phpMyAdmin is a web administration tool for MySQL databases, intended to handle a whole database server as well as a single database. Over the years, it has become the most popular Web GUI for MySQL.
Fixes:
- patch #1791576 HTTP auth: support REDIRECT_REMOTE_USER, thanks to Allard + [lang] Serbian update, thanks to Mihailo Stefanovic - bug #1798841 [relations] Copying db does not copy internal relations - bug #1798646 [display] Character '+' in query wrongly interpreted - bug #1801919 [themes] Do not use NaviDatabaseNameColor for fieldset legend - bug #1764735 [core] Designer: PDF error when deleting a table - bug #1764195 [views] DROP button does not work on defective views - bug #1805773 [relations] browse foreign values: return values not escaped, thanks to Alex Rambau - bug #1807923 [login] Login with html entities in password fails - [core] Undefined variable when creating a table that exists - patch #1808578 Changes in font size were no longer detected after patch #1787915 + [lang] Croatian update, thanks to Renato Pavicic - patch #1807615 [GUI] Display patch for column rights in Opera - bug #1811519 Can't delete user with a german umlaut. - bug #1811519 [privileges] fixed used collation for accessing mysql.user in server privileges - it should not be possible to move or copy a table to information_schema - bug #1814733 win: copy db to mixed name db fails - bug #1777249 [display] Remove horizontal lines in navigation panel - bug #1805102 [display] TextareaAutoSelect issues: set this parameter default value to false to help cut&paste from a terminal window; also set focus to the textarea - bug #1814463 [display] Wrong database size - bug #1811527 [display] Problem with links to the MySQL manual - patch #1817529 [auth] Incorrect login via URL when AllowArbitraryServer is true, thanks to Juergen Wind
Detailed list of changes is usually available under http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ChangeLog.txt but at present time, please refer to the ChangeLog in the distribution kit for the most up to date information.
Availability ------------
This software is available under the GNU General Public License V2.0.
You can get the newest version at http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ Available file formats are: .zip, .tar.gz and .tar.bz2.
If you install phpMyAdmin on your system, it's recommended to subscribe to the news mailing list by adding your address under http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news
This way, you will be informed of new updates and security fixes. It is a read only list, and traffic is not greater than a few mail every year.
Support and Documentation -------------------------
The documentation is included in the software package as text and HTML file, but can also be downloaded from:
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/
The software is provided as is without any express or implied warranty, but there is a bugs tracker page under:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Bugs"]
In addition, there are a number of discussion lists related to phpMyAdmin. A list of mailing lists with archives is available at:
http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=23067 or http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmyadmin/ [click on "Lists"]
Finally, an users support forum is also available under:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=72909
Known bugs ----------
Please subscribe to the news mailing list under http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/phpmyadmin-news or regularly check the sourceforge bugs tracker.
Donations --------- The project accepts donations to help improve the product. There is a "Donations" link on http://www.phpmyadmin.net.
Description -----------
(from http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation) phpMyAdmin handles the administration of MySQL over the Web. It can manage a whole MySQL server as well as a single database.
Currently it can:
* easily browse through databases and tables * create, copy, rename, alter and drop databases * create, copy, rename, alter and drop tables * do table maintenance * add, edit and drop fields * execute any SQL-statement, even multiple queries * create, alter and drop indexes * load text files into tables * create (*) and read dumps of tables or databases * export (*) data to SQL, CSV, XML, Word, Excel, PDF and Latex formats * administer multiple servers * manage MySQL users and privileges * check server settings and runtime information with configuration hints * check referential integrity in MyISAM tables * using Query-by-example (QBE), create complex queries automatically connecting required tables * create PDF graphics of your Database layout * search globally in a database or a subset of it * transform stored data into any format using a set of predefined functions,like displaying BLOB-data as image or download-link * support InnoDB tables and foreign keys (see FAQ 3.6) * support mysqli, the improved MySQL extension (see FAQ 1.17) * communicate in 54 different languages
(*) phpMyAdmin can compress (Zip, GZip -RFC 1952- or Bzip2 formats) dumps and CSV exports if you use PHP4 >= 4.0.4 with Zlib support (--with-zlib) and/or Bzip2 support (--with-bz2).
Authors & Copyright -------------------
Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller <tobias_at_ratschiller.com>
Copyright (C) 2001-2007 Marc Delisle <Marc.Delisle_at_cegepsherbrooke.qc.ca> Olivier Müller <om_at_omnis.ch> Robin Johnson <robbat2_at_users.sourceforge.net> Alexander M. Turek <me_at_derrabus.de> Michal Cihar <michal_at_cihar.com> Garvin Hicking <me_at_supergarv.de> Sebastian Mendel <cybot_tm_at_users.sourceforge.net> + many other people (check the CREDITS section of our documentation)
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to
Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
Marc Delisle, for the team / 2007-10-27
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Marc Delisle