Can I install the latest version of phpMyAdmin and use it with WampServer?

Question

I have WampServer 2.0 with phpMyAdmin 3.2.0.1. The latest version of phpMyAdmin is 3.3.8.1.

Can I download the latest version of phpMyAdmin and use it with WampServer?

The reason I want to do that is that in phpMyAdmin 3.2.0.1 the relationship lines between tables do not appear in Internet Explorer 8 (even though they do appear in Firefox and Chrome). I want to see if the latest version has that fixed.

Thanks.

UPDATE: The lines show up in compatibility view.

Answer 1

Follow these steps

1. Download the latest version of PHPMyAdmin at http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/downloads.php. Note: If you are running PHP version 5.3 you should download the latest PHPMyAdmin version 3.x, otherwise download the latest PHPMyAdmin version 2.x

2. Go to C:\wamp\apps\phpmyadmin3.2.0.1\ and copy out the config.inc.php file to somewhere safe. You are doing this in case you have a password protected MySQL install or specific MySQL options set you to want to keep.

3. Create folders in C:\wamp\apps\phpmyadmin4.2.5\

4. Copy the contents of the unzipped folder (not the folder) into the C:\wamp\apps\phpmyadmin4.2.5\ directory.

5. Then copy back the config.inc.php into C:\wamp\apps\phpmyadmin4.2.5\ you copied earlier.

6. Go to C:\wamp\alias\phpmyadmin.conf. Change following:

   Alias /phpmyadmin "c:/wamp/apps/phpMyAdmin-3.2.0.1/"
   
   <Directory "c:/wamp/apps/phpMyAdmin-3.2.0.1/">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride all
        Order Deny,Allow
        Deny from all
        Allow from 127.0.0.1
    </Directory>
   

   to:

   Alias /phpmyadmin "c:/wamp/apps/phpmyadmin4.2.5/"
   
   <Directory "c:/wamp/apps/phpmyadmin4.2.5/">
       Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
       AllowOverride all
       Order Deny,Allow
       Deny from all
       Allow from 127.0.0.1
   </Directory>
   

7. Restart wamp and start up PHPMyAdmin in your browser and see if it works.

PHPMyAdmin has been upgraded