This is a maintenance release containing a security fix (XSS problem) as well as fixes for
- mysqli problems with zend.ze1.compatibility_mode enabled
- setup script did not save the mysql/mysqli extension
- Documentation.txt badly formatted

Hi,
The SourceForge.net 2006 Community Choice Awards is now accepting votes in the nomination phase.
You are invited to nominate phpMyAdmin in the following categories: Sys Admin and Best Overall.

You have until March 15th to vote in this phase.
http://sourceforge.net/awards/cca/
Thanks.

Version 2.8.0.1 contains two fixes:

- compatibility with PHP < 4.3.0
- CREATE/ALTER TABLE compatibility with MySQL 5.1.x (but 5.1.x support has not been fully tested)

Welcome to the final version of phpMyAdmin 2.8.0, which contains a web-based setup system.

Release candidate 2 kills a few bugs and removes the need of a .htaccess file in the main directory (which was there as a workaround on servers with session.auto_start set to 1).

Welcome to this first release candidate for phpMyAdmin 2.8.0. With more than 43000 downloads for the beta, this release candidate should be pretty solid.

The phpMyAdmin webcast of 2006-02-03 is now available, visit http://www.phparch.com/webcasts/recordings/recording.php?ID=2

phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web. Currently it can create and drop databases, create/drop/alter tables, delete/edit/add fields, execute any SQL statement, manage keys on fields.

Welcome to this first beta for phpMyAdmin 2.8.0. The jump from 2.7.0 to 2.8.0 is partly because from now on, versions with the same X.Y number will have the same feature set, while the third number will be for bug fixes. Also, 2.8.0 has a new web-based setup script. This version along with other phpMyAdmin versions may be found at:

https://www.phpmyadmin.net/files/

You are invited to a free webcast about phpMyAdmin that I will host on Feb 3rd, 2006. Sign up on http://phparch.com/shop_product.php?itemid=104

Marc Delisle

This is patch level 2 for phpMyAdmin 2.7.0; in some MySQL 4.0.x installations, the dialog to create a table was not displayed.