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10 Alternatives of Phpmyadmin to manage databases

22/06/2019  .   1 minute, 53 seconds to read  .   Posted by Admin
#php #database #phpmyadmin

If you're a database administrator, you must have used Phpmyadmin to manage your databases. Phpmyadmin is mostly used database manager as it has an amazing interface to manage MySQL databases with a rich set of options. It's a default database manager comes with mostly used PHP server. i.e, Wamp, Xampp.

But some of the database administrators feel uncomfortable using Phpmyadmin due to different issues they feel like it has so many features that they don't need or its interface is much complex to understand. So for those users, we have got the following set of alternatives of Phpmyadmin.

1 - Adminer

Adminer (formerly PhpMinAdmin) is mostly used Phpmyadmin alternative. Its interface is so much simpler as compared to Phpmyadmin. Unlike most of the database management systems, Adminer consist of only a single PHP file that's why it's deployment is very simple as compared to any other system. We can install different plugins to enhance its functionalities of Adminer. Adminer can be used with MySQL, SQLite, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MS SQL, Oracle,  SimpleDB, Firebird and Elasticsearch. Adminer is also available in the MySQL only version

Pros:

  1. Faster
  2. Lightweight
  3. Amazingly easy to deploy
  4. Simpler interface
  5. Plugins support
  6. Permanent login support

Cons:

  1. Not many options to export database
  2. No syntax highlighting

2 - MyWebSQL

MyWebSql is a modern database management system, which is developed in PHP. it's a web-based system. MyWebSql has a very nice interface with WYSIWYG table editor which allow you to quickly create and alter tables in grid mode. It supports 8 different themes. MyWebSql also provides some features other than normal creating or changing tables. i.e, importing tables and exporting table and database backup. MyWebSQL is available for MySQL, SQLite, and PostgreSQL

Pros:

  1. Faster
  2. Modern interface
  3. Multiple themes

Cons:

  1. Not many databases options
  2. Need configuration for deployment unlike Adminer

3 - PhpMiniAdmin

PhpMiniAdmin is extremely lightweight web-based tool used to manage MySQL databases. Its interface is very much simpler. It has been developed in PHP and it's just only one PHP file so installation on the server is amazingly easy. It's so fast and needs very little server resources to perform operations. We can perform different operations using PhpMiniAdmin which include creating a new database, exporting tables, dropping databases or tables, exporting and importing databases and much more.