How to Enable Designer Tab on PhpMyAdmin

I’m in the middle of project deadline and need to create simple erd. I ever see designer tab in phpmyadmin long time ago but when I need it today I see nothing.

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To enable the designer tab  :

  1. Edit config.inc.php

In case only config.inc.sample.php available then you need to rename the file into config.inc.php

Locate these lines :

 

*
* phpMyAdmin configuration storage settings.
*/

/* User used to manipulate with storage */
// $cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘controlhost’] = ”;
// $cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘controlport’] = ”;
$cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘controluser’] = ‘pma’;
$cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘controlpass’] = ‘pmapass’;

/* Storage database and tables */
$cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘pmadb’] = ‘phpmyadmin’;
$cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘bookmarktable’] = ‘pma__bookmark’;
$cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘relation’] = ‘pma__relation’;
$cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘table_info’] = ‘pma__table_info’;
$cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘table_coords’] = ‘pma__table_coords’;
$cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘pdf_pages’] = ‘pma__pdf_pages’;
$cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘column_info’] = ‘pma__column_info’;
$cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘history’] = ‘pma__history’;
$cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘table_uiprefs’] = ‘pma__table_uiprefs’;
$cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘tracking’] = ‘pma__tracking’;
$cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘designer_coords’] = ‘pma__designer_coords’;
$cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘userconfig’] = ‘pma__userconfig’;
$cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘recent’] = ‘pma__recent’;
$cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘users’] = ‘pma__users’;
$cfg[‘Servers’][$i][‘usergroups’] = ‘pma__usergroups’;

Make sure to remove // in front of the lines.

2. Grant user pma ; you can use phpmyadmin ‘SQL’ .

GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE ON phpmyadmin.* TO ‘pma’@’localhost’ identified by ‘pmapass’ with GRANT OPTION;

3. Import SQL from examples directory of your phpmyadmin.

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Its create_tables.sql

Don’t worry about database etc as this sql will create needed database name (in this case it will create phpmyadmin as database name).

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4. Clear cookies, logout and you’ll see designer tab 😉