非常適合對數據庫操作命令不熟悉的數據庫管理者，下面我就說下怎麼安裝該工具：
1.先到網上下載phpmyadmin，再解壓到可以訪問的web目錄下（如果是虛擬空間，可以解壓後通過ftp等上傳到web目錄下），當然您可以修改解壓後該文件的名稱。
2.配置config文件
打開libraries下的config.default.php文件，依次找到下面各項，按照說明配置即可：
A.訪問網址
引用:
$cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] = '';這裡填寫phpmyadmin的訪問網址
B.mysql主機信息
引用:
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost'; // MySQL hostname or IP address
填寫localhost或mysql所在服務器的ip地址，如果mysql和該phpmyadmin在同一服務器，則按默認localhost
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['port'] = ''; // MySQL port - leave blank for default port
mysql端口，如果是默認3306，保留為空即可
C.mysql用戶名和密碼
引用:
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root'; // MySQL user 訪問phpmyadmin使用的mysql用戶名
fg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = ''; // MySQL password (only needed對應上述mysql用戶名的密碼
D.認證方法
引用:
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';
在此有四種模式可供選擇，cookie，http，HTTP，config
config方式即輸入phpmyadmin的訪問網址即可直接進入，無需輸入用戶名和密碼，是不安全的，不推薦使用。
當該項設置為cookie，http或HTTP時，登錄phpmyadmin需要數據用戶名和密碼進行驗證，,具體如下：
PHP安裝模式為Apache，可以使用http和cookie；
PHP安裝模式為CGI，可以使用cookie
E.短語密碼(blowfish_secret)的設置
引用:
$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = '';
如果認證方法設置為cookie，就需要設置短語密碼，置於設置為什麼密碼，由您自己決定 ，但是不能留空，否則會在登錄phpmyadmin時提示錯誤
好了，到此為止，您已經成功安裝了phpmyadmin，簡單吧 ，趕快登錄體驗下吧
說明：
該文檔說明的只是安裝phpmyadmin的基本配置，關於config.default.php文件中各個配置參數的詳細說明可以
phpMyAdmin 就是一種 MySQL 數據庫的管理工具，安裝該工具後，即可以通過 web 形式直接管理 MySQL 數據，而不需要通過執行系統命令來管理，非常適合對數據庫操作命令不熟悉的數據庫管理者，下面詳細說明該工具的安裝方法。
一、下載
1、先到官方站點下載phpMyAdmin 安裝包：http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ （安裝包含各種語言all-languages）
2、再解壓到 web 可以訪問的目錄下，如果是虛擬空間，可以解壓後通過 ftp 工具上傳到 web 目錄下，同時您可以修改解壓後該文件的名稱（你可以自定義目錄名稱）。
二、配置
3、打開 /libraries/config.default.php文件（舊版本是根目錄下的config.inc.php文件），用寫字板（不要用記事本，這是UTF8編碼）進行編輯，按照說明配置即可。
4、查找 $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri']=‘'; // 修改為你將上傳到空間的phpMyAdmin的網址
如：$cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] =‘http: // 網站域名/phpmyadmin/';
5、查找 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] =‘localhost'; // 通常用默認，也有例外，可以不用修改
6、查找 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] =‘config'; // 在自己的機子裡調試用config；如果在網絡上的空間用cookie.
在此有四種模式可供選擇：cookie，http，HTTP，config
① config 方式即輸入phpMyAdmin 的訪問網址即可直接進入，無需輸入用戶名和密碼，是不安全的，不推薦使用。
② 設置cookie，http，HTTP方式，登錄 phpMyAdmin 需要數據用戶名和密碼進行驗證。
具體如下：PHP 安裝模式為 Apache，可以使用 http 和 cookie；PHP 安裝模式為 CGI，可以使用 cookie。
7、查找 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = ‘root'; // MySQL用戶名
8、查找 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] =''; // MySQL 密碼 (only needed 留空就可以了)
9、查找 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['only_db'] = ''; // 你只有一個數據就設置一下,設置為你的數據庫名；如果你想架設服務器，那麼建議留空
10、查找 $cfg['DefaultLang'] = ‘zh'; // 這裡是選擇語言，zh代表簡體中文的意思
11、查找$cfg['blowfish_secret'] =''; // 如果認證方法設置為cookie，就需要設置短語密碼，設置為什麼密碼，由您自己決定，這裡不能留空，否則會在登錄 phpMyAdmin 時提示如下圖所示的錯誤。
12、設置完畢後保存，現在可以上傳到網絡空間上了，浏覽http://網站域名/phpmyadmin/測試一下。（輸入數據庫的用戶名及密碼就可以了） 
如果要安裝過程中出現：“phpMyAdmin - 錯誤 缺少 mysqli 擴展。請檢查 PHP 配置。”錯誤。
解決方法如下：
①到phpmyadmin文件夾的\libraries\config.default.php文件中找：$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension']='mysql';語句。
②如果有找到$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension']='mysql';這句，就繼續查找下面這句$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension']='mysqli'; 並把其的注釋去掉。
③如果沒有找到$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension']='mysql';這句，就把$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension']='mysqli';語句，改成$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension']='mysql'; 語句。（即確保 " mysql " 值能生效）
<?php
/* $Id: config.inc.php,v 1.204.2.1 2003/10/10 14:24:24 nijel Exp $ */
// vim: expandtab sw=4 ts=4 sts=4:
/**
* phpMyAdmin Configuration File
*
* All directives are explained in Documentation.html
*/
/**
* Sets the php error reporting - Please do not change this line!
*/
if (!isset($old_error_reporting)) {
error_reporting(E_ALL);
@ini_set('display_errors', '1');
}
/**
* Your phpMyAdmin url
*
* Complete the variable below with the full url ie
* http://www.your_web.net/path_to_your_phpMyAdmin_directory/
*
* It must contain characters that are valid for a URL, and the path is
* case sensitive on some Web servers, for example Unix-based servers.
*
* In most cases you can leave this variable empty, as the correct value
* will be detected automatically. However, we recommend that you do
* test to see that the auto-detection code works in your system. A good
* test is to browse a table, then edit a row and save it. There will be
* an error message if phpMyAdmin cannot auto-detect the correct value.
*
* If the auto-detection code does work properly, you can set to TRUE the
* $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri_DisableWarning'] variable below.
*/
$cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] = '';-----這裡設置你的phpmyadmin的URL，如：http://localhost/phpmyadmin/
/**
* Disable the default warning about $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] not being set
* You should use this if and ONLY if the PmaAbsoluteUri auto-detection
* works perfectly.
*/
$cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri_DisableWarning'] = FALSE;
/**
* Disable the default warning that is displayed on the DB Details Structure page if
* any of the required Tables for the relationfeatures could not be found
*/
$cfg['PmaNoRelation_DisableWarning'] = FALSE;
/**
* The 'cookie' auth_type uses blowfish algorithm to encrypt the password. If
* at least one server configuration uses 'cookie' auth_type, enter here a
* passphrase that will be used by blowfish.
$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = '';-----設定好root密碼後這裡也要填寫
/**
* Server(s) configuration
*/
$i = 0;
// The $cfg['Servers'] array starts with $cfg['Servers'][1]. Do not use $cfg['Servers'][0].
// You can disable a server config entry by setting host to ''.
$i++;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost'; // MySQL hostname or IP address----這裡可以設定遠程MySQL服務器IP地址
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['port'] = ''; // MySQL port - leave blank for default port-----默認為3306
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] = ''; // Path to the socket - leave blank for default socket
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp'; // How to connect to MySQL server ('tcp' or 'socket')-----連接MySQL服務器的方式
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['compress'] = FALSE; // Use compressed protocol for the MySQL connection
// (requires PHP >= 4.3.0)-----是否使用壓縮協議，PHP版本須>= 4.3.0
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] = ''; // MySQL control user settings
// (this user must have read-only
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] = ''; // access to the "mysql/user"
// and "mysql/db" tables)-----MySQL控制用戶設定，該用戶只對mysql數據庫下的user和db表有完全權限
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';
// Authentication method (config, http or cookie based)?-----如果PHP安裝模式為Apache，可以使用http和cookie；如果PHP安裝模式為CGI，可以使用cookie；默認為config，是不安全的，不推薦。
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root'; // MySQL user-----MySQL連接用戶
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = '';
// MySQL password (only needed with 'config' auth_type)-----MySQL連接密碼，建議在安裝好PHP和MySQL後，先用phpmyadmin設定root密碼，然後在這裡填寫
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['only_db'] = ''; // If set to a db-name, only
// this db is displayed
// at left frame
// It may also be an array
// of db-names-----如果在這裡設定一個數據庫的名字，那麼登陸後框架左邊將只顯示這個數據庫
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose'] = ''; // Verbose name for this host - leave blank to show the hostname
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] = ''; // Database used for Relation, Bookmark and PDF Features
// (see scripts/create_tables.sql)
// - leave blank for no support
// DEFAULT: 'phpmyadmin'
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['bookmarktable'] = ''; // Bookmark table
// - leave blank for no bookmark support
// DEFAULT: 'pma_bookmark'
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['relation'] = ''; // table to describe the relation between links (see doc)
// - leave blank for no relation-links support
// DEFAULT: 'pma_relation'
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_info'] = ''; // table to describe the display fields
// - leave blank for no display fields support
// DEFAULT: 'pma_table_info'
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_coords'] = ''; // table to describe the tables position for the PDF schema
// - leave blank for no PDF schema support
// DEFAULT: 'pma_table_coords'
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages'] = ''; // table to describe pages of relationpdf
// - leave blank if you don't want to use this
// DEFAULT: 'pma_pdf_pages'
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['column_info'] = ''; // table to store column information
// - leave blank for no column comments/mime types
// DEFAULT: 'pma_column_info'
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['history'] = ''; // table to store SQL history
// - leave blank for no SQL query history
// DEFAULT: 'pma_history'
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose_check'] = TRUE; // set to FALSE if you know that your pma_* tables
// are up to date. This prevents compatibility
// checks and thereby increases performance.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['order'] // Host authentication order, leave blank to not use
= '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules'] // Host authentication rules, leave blank for defaults
= array();
$i++;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['port'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['compress'] = FALSE;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['only_db'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] = ''; // 'phpmyadmin' - see scripts/create_tables.sql
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['bookmarktable'] = ''; // 'pma_bookmark'
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['relation'] = ''; // 'pma_relation'
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_info'] = ''; // 'pma_table_info'
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_coords'] = ''; // 'pma_table_coords'
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages'] = ''; // 'pma_pdf_pages'
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['column_info'] = ''; // 'pma_column_info'
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['history'] = ''; // 'pma_history'
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose_check'] = TRUE;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['order']
= '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules']
= array();
$i++;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['port'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['compress'] = FALSE;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['only_db'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] = ''; // 'phpmyadmin' - see scripts/create_tables.sql
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['bookmarktable'] = ''; // 'pma_bookmark'
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['relation'] = ''; // 'pma_relation'
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_info'] = ''; // 'pma_table_info'
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_coords'] = ''; // 'pma_table_coords'
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages'] = ''; // 'pma_pdf_pages'
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['column_info'] = ''; // 'pma_column_info'
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['history'] = ''; // 'pma_history'
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose_check'] = TRUE;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['order']
= '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowDeny']['rules']
= array();
// If you have more than one server configured, you can set $cfg['ServerDefault']
// to any one of them to autoconnect to that server when phpMyAdmin is started,
// or set it to 0 to be given a list of servers without logging in
// If you have only one server configured, $cfg['ServerDefault'] *MUST* be
// set to that server.[color]=red]-----是否顯示所有的MySQL服務器
$cfg['ServerDefault'] = 1; // Default server (0 = no default server)
$cfg['Server'] = '';
unset($cfg['Servers'][0]);
/**
* Other core phpMyAdmin settings
*/
$cfg['OBGzip'] = 'auto'; // use GZIP output buffering if possible (TRUE|FALSE|'auto')-----有必要的話是否使用GZIP輸出緩沖
$cfg['PersistentConnections'] = FALSE; // use persistent connections to MySQL database-----是否使用MySQL持久連接，即pconnect
$cfg['ExecTimeLimit'] = 300; // maximum execution time in seconds (0 for no limit)-----最大腳本執行時間，單位：秒
$cfg['SkipLockedTables'] = FALSE; // mark used tables, make possible to show
// locked tables (since MySQL 3.23.30)
$cfg['ShowSQL'] = TRUE; // show SQL queries as run-----運行查詢時顯示SQL查詢語句
$cfg['AllowUserDropDatabase'] = FALSE; // show a 'Drop database' link to normal users-----是否對普通用戶顯示“刪除數據庫”連接
$cfg['Confirm'] = TRUE; // confirm 'DROP TABLE' & 'DROP DATABASE'-----刪除數據表/庫前是否出現確認提示框
$cfg['LoginCookieRecall'] = TRUE; // recall previous login in cookie auth. mode or not-----是否收回先前cookie認證模式的cookie
$cfg['UseDbSearch'] = TRUE; // whether to enable the "database search" feature
// or not
$cfg['IgnoreMultiSubmitErrors'] = FALSE; // if set to true, PMA continues computing multiple-statement queries
// even if one of the queries failed
$cfg['VerboseMultiSubmit'] = TRUE; // if set to true, PMA will show the affected rows of EACH statement on
// multiple-statement queries. See the read_dump.php file for hardcoded
// defaults on how many queries a statement may contain!
$cfg['AllowArbitraryServer'] = FALSE; // allow login to any user entered server in cookie based auth
