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phpMyAdmin - Readme
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  A set of PHP-scripts to administrate MySQL over the WWW.

  Version 2.5.4
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  http://www.phpmyadmin.net/

    Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller <tobias.ratschiller_at_maguma.com>
    Copyright (C) 2001-     Olivier Müller <om_at_omnis.ch>
                            Loïc Chapeaux <lolo_at_phpHeaven.net>
                Marc Delisle <DelislMa_at_CollegeSherbrooke.qc.ca>
                [check Documentation.txt/.html file for more details]

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

  Requirements:
    PHP3 (>= 3.0.8), PHP4 or PHP5
    MySQL (tested with 3.21.x, 3.22.x, 3.23.x, 4.0.x and 4.1.x)
        Note: The implemented MySQL 4.1.x support is experimental! 
    a web-browser (doh!)

  Summary:
    phpMyAdmin is intended to handle the adminstration of MySQL over the WWW.
    Currently it can:
      - create and drop databases
      - create, copy, drop and alter tables
      - delete, edit and add fields
      - execute any SQL-statement, even batch-queries
      - manage keys on fields
      - load text files into tables
      - create and read dumps of tables
      - export and import CSV data
      - administer one single database
      - communicate in more than 38 different languages

  Download:
    You can get the newest version at http://www.phpmyadmin.net/.

  Credits:
    Please see the Documentation.txt/.html file.

  Installation:
    Please see the Documentation.txt/.html file.

  ChangeLog:
    Now in ChangeLog

  Documentation:
    Basic documentation available in Documentation.txt/.html

  Support:
    See reference about support forums under http://www.phpmyadmin.net/


    Enjoy!
        The phpMyAdmin Devel team


  PS: Please, don't send us emails with question like "How do I compile
      PHP3 with MySQL-support". We do answer all emails regarding
      phpMyAdmin, but we just don't have the time to be your free helpdesk.
      Please send your questions to the appropiate mailinglists / forums.
      Before contacting us, please read the Documentation.html (esp. the
      FAQ part).

