Update PHPMyAdmin

This is a simple script that allows to auto-update your PHPMyAdmin installation. Go straight to step 2 if you already have the stable version of PHPMyAdmin installed via git.

1. Install PHPMyAdmin from the git repository

Go to the folder where you want to install the files within your server and install download the STABLE branch by executing:

$ git clone --depth=1 -b STABLE https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin.git .

Then, install the composer dependencies for the project:

$ composer update --no-dev

Then you have to change the blowfish_secret of the installation. First, you have to create the configuration file from the sample configuration file that is shipped with the project:

$ cp config.sample.inc.php config.inc.php

Then, edit the file add a random string to the string in the line:

$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = '';

Now you have PHPMyAdmin configured, and you can setup the script for automatic updates.

2. Configure autoupdate

Clone this repository within a folder that you want. Then, test the command:

$ python update-phpmyadmin.py -p /path/to/phpmyadmin/

If there is no error, you may configure to run the script once a day by adding it to your crontab. For example, if you want to execute the script at 12:05 AM every day:

5 0 * * * /path/to/python /path/to/script -p /path/to/phpmyadmin >/dev/null 2>&1

That's it! Now, you will always have the latest stable version of PHPMyAdmin. Take into account that this means that the installation will also be updated when new major versions are released, and it may require to reconfigure some things, if needed.

In case you may want another branch because you PHP version is too old you can not update it, you can specify which branch you want to pull changes from. Check next section for further information.

3. Command reference

usage: update-phpmyadmin.py [-h] -p PATH

Command to pull changes from the STABLE branch of PHPMyAdmin

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -p PATH, --path PATH  Absolute path where PHPMyAdmin is installed
  -r REMOTE, --remote REMOTE
                        Name of the remote
  -b BRANCH, --branch BRANCH
                        Branch to pull