- Visit the PhpMyAdmin website and download a version equal to or higher than 4.8.4.
- Extract the .zip file to your local machine
- Rename config.sample.inc.php to config.inc.php
- Open config.inc.php in your favourite editor.
- While the config.inc.php file is open, you will need to add what is called a “blowfish Secret” this is used for cookie Authentication. You should create a random string, which may contact numbers, letters and special characters and should be at least 32 characters in length. See the example below.
[php]$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = 'aRandomStringofCharacters!ThatisAtLeast32Characters';[/php]
- Upload the contents of the folder to your web space.
- Visit the URL within your web browser and login using the database user and associated password.
- That’s it, you now have your own PhpMyAdmin instance installed.