Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of howto/PHP

Timestamp:

Jan 4, 2015, 11:34:34 PM (10 years ago)

Author:

magill@…

Comment:

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howto/PHP

@@ -123 +123 @@
 }}}
 
-Where ' ' is an empty password; fill it with your MySQL root password. //
-If you change the 'auth_type' from 'config' to 'cookie' or 'httpd' you do not need to  provide the password you selected for the MySQL root user in the 'password' option. However details for configuring those two authorization options are not given here.
+Where ' ' is an empty password; fill it with your MySQL root password. \\
+'''NOTE:''' You should change the 'auth_type' from 'config' to 'cookie' or 'httpd' so that you do not need to  provide the password you selected for the MySQL root user in the 'password' option.
+(I.e. leaving it in plain text in this config file.) \\
+However, as this is to simply get you "up-and-running," details for configuring those two authorization options are not given here.
+Details on "Using Authentication Modes" can be found at "''https://docs.phpmyadmin.net/en/latest/setup.html#using-authentication-modes''."
 
 There is also an interactive setup, see http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/#setup_script and the demo at http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/setup/
@@ -131 +134 @@
 
 
-= Optional pmadb = #pmadb
+= Step 6: Install pmadb = #pmadb
+Some consider the installation of pmadb "optional." \\
+However, phpMyAdmin will flag the fact that it is missing and therefore certain features are not functional with the message:
+{{{
+The phpMyAdmin configuration storage is not completely configured, some extended features have been deactivated. Find out why. 
+      Or alternately go to 'Operations' tab of any database to set it up there.
+}}}
 
 For additional features provided by pmadb (http://wiki.phpmyadmin.net/pma/pmadb), run 
 {{{
-$ mysql5 -u root -p < /opt/local/www/phpmyadmin/examples/create_tables.sql
+$ mysql -u root -p < /opt/local/www/phpmyadmin/examples/create_tables.sql
 }}}
 
@@ -141 +150 @@
 {{{
 -- HOW TO USE THIS FILE (with MacPorts installation)
--- mysql5 -u root -p < /opt/local/www/phpmyadmin/examples/create_tables.sql
--- mysql5 -u root -p < mysql_phpMyAdmin_pmaSetup.sql
+-- mysql -u root -p < /opt/local/www/phpmyadmin/examples/create_tables.sql
+-- mysq5 -u root -p < mysql_phpMyAdmin_pmaSetup.sql
 
 CREATE USER 'pma'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'pmapass';