phpMyAdmin is an open source tool written in PHP. It handles the administration of MySQL over the World Wide Web (WWW). It can perform various tasks, such as creating, modifying, or deleting databases, tables, fields, or rows. It can also execute SQL statements and manage users and their permissions. When it comes to exploiting phpMyAdmin to its full potential, even experienced developers and system administrators search for tutorials to accomplish their tasks.

Mastering phpMyAdmin 3.3.x for Effective MySQL Management is an easy-to-read, step-by-step practical guide that walks you through every facet of this legendary tool—phpMyAdmin—and takes you a step ahead in taking full advantage of its potential. This book is filled with illustrative examples that will help you to understand every phpMyAdmin feature in detail.

This book jump starts with installing and configuring phpMyAdmin, and then looks into phpMyAdmin's features. This is followed by configuring authentication in phpMyAdmin, and setting parameters that influence the interface as a whole. You will first create two basic tables, and then edit and delete data, tables, and databases. As backups are crucial to a project, you will create up-to-date backups and take intermediary snapshots during development and production phases. Then you will look into importing the data that you have exported. You will also explore the various search mechanisms, and query across multiple tables.

Then, you will learn some advanced features, such as defining inter-table relations and installing the linked-tables infrastructure. Some queries are out of the scope of the interface; you will enter SQL commands to accomplish these tasks.