Adminer – Database management in a single PHP file

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Adminer (formerly phpMinAdmin) is a full-featured database management tool written in PHP. Conversely to phpMyAdmin, it consist of a single file ready to deploy to the target server. Adminer is available for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MS SQL, Oracle, SimpleDB, Elasticsearch and MongoDB.

Features

Connect to a database server with username and password
Select an existing database or create a new one
List fields, indexes, foreign keys and triggers of table
Change name, engine, collation, auto_increment and comment of table
Alter name, type, collation, comment and default values of columns
Add and drop tables and columns
Create, alter, drop and search by indexes including fulltext
Create, alter, drop and link lists by foreign keys
Create, alter, drop and select from views
Create, alter, drop and call stored procedures and functions
Create, alter and drop triggers
List data in tables with search, aggregate, sort and limit results
Insert new records, update and delete the existing ones
Supports all data types, blobs through file transfer
Execute any SQL command from a text field or a file
Export table structure, data, views, routines, databases to SQL or CSV
Print database schema connected by foreign keys
Show processes and kill them
Display users and rights and change them
Display variables with links to documentation
Manage events and table partitions (MySQL 5.1)
Schemas, sequences, user types (PostgreSQL)
Extensive customization options

Why is Adminer better than phpMyAdmin?

phpMyAdmin is one of the most famous tools for managing the MySQL database. However, it is not perfect which is the reason why Adminer has been created. In which areas is Adminer a better alternative to replace phpMyAdmin? The list is quite long and some points may be insignificant for you. The most important differences are:

User experience
Supported MySQL features
Performance
Security

Install adminer in ubuntu server

Open the terminal and run the following commands

sudo apt-get install adminer

After the installation you need to restart your webserver using the following command

sudo service apache2 restart

Using Adminer

You can access adminer using http://mysqlserverip/adminer

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