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How to run phpMyAdmin using the built in php webserver

Running phpMyAdmin localy on the built in php server

  1. make sure you have php 5.3+: run php -v
  2. Download phpmyadmin (github or main website)
  3. In the root directory, copy config.sample.inc.php > config.inc.php
  4. Edit config.inc.php, set $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] to the ip address of your mysql server (probably localhost or 127.0.0.1)
  5. In the root phpmyadmin directory run php -S localhost:8080
  6. open in your browser: http://localhost:8080
  7. log in by entering some valid credentials (a user you added or the root user)
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neilmenon commented Dec 18, 2020

Awesome, thanks. Had to change the default localhost to 127.0.0.1 on macOS.

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kappa20 commented Apr 24, 2022

Thank you 😁

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