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We are participating in GSoC 2018

2018-03-01

The phpMyAdmin project is excited to have been selected by Google as a participating organization for Google Summer of Code 2018.

You can learn more about Google Summer of Code, check out our ideas list or GSoC landing page, and connect with us on the developer mailing list or via Gitter.

Interested students can introduce themselves on the mailing list, begin making small contributions as pull requests, and become familiar with the ideas list.

Google Summer of Code is an initiative sponsored by Google that gives college students real-world experience and a stipend for working with Open Source projects through the summer.

phpMyAdmin 4.8.0-alpha1 is released

2018-02-28

Welcome to the first testing release of the next minor version of phpMyAdmin, version 4.8.0-alpha1.

This is a pre-release version, so please check any bugs against the issue tracker and report new ones at https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/issues/.

A complete list of new features and bugs that have been fixed is available in the ChangeLog file or changelog.php included with this release.

Major changes include security enhancements such as removing the PHP eval() function and authentication logging, a mobile interface to improve the interface when used with tablets or mobile phones, and two-factor authentication options.

A few highlights of the changes include:

  • Allow the removal of individual segments from pie charts
  • Improved database search to allow matching the exact phrase
  • phpMyAdmin no longer requires using the PHP eval() function
  • The mbstring dependency is now optional
  • Authentication logging using $cfg['AuthLog'] https://docs.phpmyadmin.net/en/latest/config.html#cfg_AuthLog
  • Add support for Google's Invisible Captcha
  • Imrpoved handling of reCAPTCHA
  • Fixes to the JavaScript editor for TIME values
  • Improved the editor for the JSON data type
  • Add "Format" button to the edit view form
  • Implement mobile interface
  • There are now configuration directives to set defaults for Transformation options https://docs.phpmyadmin.net/en/latest/config.html#default-options-for-transformations
  • Allow Designer to show tables from other databases
  • Add support for authentication using U2F and 2FA

Much of this work is thanks to the hard work of our Google Summer of Code 2017 students. We're participating again, see https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/wiki/GSoC_home.

Additionally, there have been continuous improvements to many of the translations. If you don't see your language or find a problem, you can contribute too; see https://www.phpmyadmin.net/translate/ for details.

As always, downloads are available at https://www.phpmyadmin.net

Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make this work possible!

The phpMyAdmin Team

Security fix: phpMyAdmin 4.7.8 is released

2018-02-20

Welcome to phpMyAdmin 4.7.8, a security releaes also containing regular maintenance bug fixes.

The security fix relates to a self-XSS vulnerability in the central columns feature that is reported as PMASA-2018-1 https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-1/. Thanks to Mayur Udiniya https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayur-udiniya-09247b129/ for finding and responsibly disclosing this flaw.

We recommend all users upgrade to resolve this security problem.

A complete list of new features and bugs that have been fixed is available in the ChangeLog file or changelog.php included with this release.

Notable changes since 4.7.7:

  • Fixed error handling with PHP 7.2
  • Fixed resetting default setting values
  • Fixed fallback value for collation connection

Additionally, there have been continuous improvements to many of the translations. If you don't see your language or find a problem, you can contribute too; see https://www.phpmyadmin.net/translate/ for details.

As always, downloads are available at https://www.phpmyadmin.net

Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make this work possible!

The phpMyAdmin Team

phpMyAdmin 4.7.7 is released

2017-12-23

Welcome to phpMyAdmin 4.7.7, a regular maintenance release containing bug fixes and a security fix.

The security vulnerability is a XSRF/CSRF flaw; you can read more at https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2017-9/ As a result of this, we recommend all users upgrade immediately. This attack has been designated CVE-2017-1000499.

A complete list of new features and bugs that have been fixed is available in the ChangeLog file or changelog.php included with this release.

Notable changes since 4.7.6:

  • Fixed displaying of formatted numeric values for some locales
  • Fixed PHP error when browsing certain results

There are several more improvements; please refer to the ChangeLog for full details.

As always, downloads are available at https://www.phpmyadmin.net

Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make this work possible!

The phpMyAdmin Team

Updated 2018-11-07 with the assigned CVE-ID

phpMyAdmin 4.7.6 is released

2017-12-01

Welcome to phpMyAdmin 4.7.6, a regular maintenance release containing bug fixes.

A complete list of new features and bugs that have been fixed is available in the ChangeLog file or changelog.php included with this release.

Notable changes since 4.7.5

  • Fixed 'check all' interaction with filtering
  • Add SJIS-win to default list of allowed charsets
  • Improve detection that MySQL server needs SSL connection
  • Support JSON datatype on MariaDB 10.2.7 and newer
  • Fixed constructing ALTER query with AFTER
  • Fixed changing password on MariaDB cluster

There are several more improvements; please refer to the ChangeLog for full details.

As always, downloads are available at https://www.phpmyadmin.net

Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make this work possible!

The phpMyAdmin Team

phpMyAdmin 4.7.5 is released

2017-10-23

Welcome to phpMyAdmin 4.7.5, a regular maintenance release containing bug fixes.

A complete list of new features and bugs that have been fixed is available in the ChangeLog file or changelog.php included with this release.

Notable changes since 4.7.4:

  • Fixed JavaScript error in server monitor
  • Reload JavaScript translations when changing language
  • Fixed error when browsing non-SELECT results
  • Fixed export of table with VIRTUAL columns
  • Fixed incorrectly selecting the next row when selecting multiple rows
  • Fixes for input transformations

There are many more improvements; please refer to the ChangeLog for full details.

As always, downloads are available at https://www.phpmyadmin.net

Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make this work possible!

The phpMyAdmin Team

phpMyAdmin 4.7.4 is released

2017-08-24

Welcome to phpMyAdmin 4.7.4, a regular maintenance release containing bug fixes.

A complete list of new features and bugs that have been fixed is available in the ChangeLog file or changelog.php included with this release.

Notable changes since 4.7.3:

  • Fixed the per-server theme feature
  • Fixed several compatibility issues with PHP 7.2
  • Fixed copy results to clipboard
  • Improved error handling on corrupted tables

There are many more improvements; please refer to the ChangeLog for full details.

As always, downloads are available at https://www.phpmyadmin.net

Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make this work possible!

The phpMyAdmin Team

phpMyAdmin 4.7.3 is released

2017-07-20

Welcome to phpMyAdmin 4.7.3, a regular maintenance release containing bug fixes.

A complete list of new features and bugs that have been fixed is available in the ChangeLog file or changelog.php included with this release.

Notable changes since 4.7.2:

  • Fixed creating relations
  • Fixed export without back quotes
  • Improved handling of uploaded files with open_basedir
  • Fixed usage of some browser transformations
  • Automatically connect using SSL when server is configured for such

There are many more improvements; please refer to the ChangeLog for full details.

As always, downloads are available at https://www.phpmyadmin.net

Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make this work possible!

The phpMyAdmin Team

phpMyAdmin 4.7.2 is released

2017-06-29

Welcome to phpMyAdmin 4.7.2, a regular maintenance release containing bug fixes.

A complete list of new features and bugs that have been fixed is available in the ChangeLog file or changelog.php included with this release.

Notable changes since 4.7.1:

  • Fixed direct login for accounts without a password
  • Fixed check for mbstring.func_overload
  • Fixed wrong encoding of table at triggers
  • Several fixes to the documentation including user settings and NavigationTreeEnableExpansion
  • Improved performance when importing with tracking enabled
  • Fixed the "Create PHP code" functionality

There are many more improvements; please refer to the ChangeLog for full details.

As always, downloads are available at https://www.phpmyadmin.net

Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make this work possible!

The phpMyAdmin Team

phpMyAdmin 4.7.1 is released

2017-05-26

Welcome to phpMyAdmin 4.7.1, a regular maintenance release containing bug fixes.

A complete list of new features and bugs that have been fixed is available in the ChangeLog file or changelog.php included with this release.

Notable changes since 4.7.0: Fix broken links in setup script Fix pagination while browsing results Do not include developer dependencies when creating the release Fix handling of errors in AJAX requests Fix PHP error on password change Fix refresh of long queries Improved handling of logout with disabled LoginCookieDeleteAll Add support for MySQL 8.0 collations Fixed detection of Amazon RDS Fix for grid editing repeating action after error

There are many more improvements; please refer to the ChangeLog for full details.

As always, downloads are available at https://www.phpmyadmin.net

Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make this work possible!

The phpMyAdmin Team