phpMyEdit Login Failed?

**F0u4d** · 05-28-2012, 05:40 PM

I Recently downloaded phpMyEdit which is a script to edit Mysql databases through a script.. I Downloaded it from sourceforge http://garr.dl.sourceforge.net/proje...dit-5.1.tar.gz since their official website has a broken download link.. http://phpmyedit.org

so i uploaded the script to my server.. I read the installation doc, and it doesnt require to add anythin to anyfile just open phpMyEditSetup.php in the browser and add my hostname, username and password on it, the problem is that it says login failed - try again... i tried it on 2 different hosts and it's not working :S and im pretty sure that the usernames, passwords and hostname of the database are correct.

Is there anyone that faced this problem before and found a solution? if so can i get some help here please!

Help is much appreciated! Thanks in advance

**ApacheTech** · 05-28-2012, 05:45 PM

Can you log on to the database, using the credentials you're using, with something like cPanel / phpMyAdmin?

**F0u4d** · 05-28-2012, 05:55 PM

Yes i can, and i also have a php script that posts rows from the db and connects to db normal without any problem.. and also i have a script to add rows to the db, its connecting and posting the info perfectly... but i found this phpMyEdit and it seems great script to edit the database fast... :/

**traq** · 05-28-2012, 10:13 PM

Originally Posted by F0u4d

it seems great script to edit the database fast... :/

really? doesn't seem fast at all, to me, if you can't even get it to work.

Actually, a lot of things on that site seem broken. I'd be suspicious that it might not be supported anymore. The most recent date I could see was 2009, the parent site (platon.sk) doesn't even mention "phpMyEdit," and their "opensource" subdomain is unresponsive.

Was there some particular feature that interested you? In general, I've found phpMyAdmin to be a great tool for managing MySQL...

**ApacheTech** · 05-28-2012, 11:23 PM

I can see the advantages in phpMyEdit over phpMyAdmin.

I've found this one: http://www.mysqlajaxtableeditor.com/

It seems to be similar to phpMyEdit and has a lot more functions. It's also, more importantly, still supported.

**ApacheTech** · 05-28-2012, 11:26 PM

There's also: http://phpcodegenie.sourceforge.net/

But there's no demo on the site that I can see. It's got some good reviews though.

**djr33** · 05-28-2012, 11:41 PM

As track said, phpMyAdmin is the standard and works well. Why doesn't it work in this case? The script you're trying to use is clearly outdated and problematic. Is there a reason you want to keep it?

**traq** · 05-29-2012, 01:12 AM

Originally Posted by ApacheTech

I can see the advantages in phpMyEdit over phpMyAdmin.

I'm honestly interested.
I couldn't figure out much from their site, and I'm not quite ready to tear apart the code to find out.

**ApacheTech** · 05-29-2012, 01:29 AM

Just look at the demo...

http://www.phpmyedit.org/demo/

Granted I've never used phpMyAdmin other than on cPanel on free hosting sites, but it's never been as user friendly as that. Bare in mind, I've been using Access since WFW 3.11, it was only last year I'd ever heard of a varchar.

From the demo, it seems to add a nice user friendly, almost Access style front end. to the database. It just seems a lot neater for data entry.

**djr33** · 05-29-2012, 02:17 AM

There are skins available for PHPMyAdmin if you want them.

And why should it be particularly user-friendly? It shouldn't be so user-friendly that users don't know what they're doing. It's not hard to use. It might be a little boring to use (as I'm well aware, having spent cumulative hours working in it), but it does the job.

When you're working with something as critical as a database, stability and control are much more important than the UI.

PHPMyAdmin is very significantly easier than learning MySQL itself, and I don't think anyone who doesn't know at least the basics of MySQL should be playing with PHPMyAdmin, unless it's purely for the purpose of updating data. But in that case, I'd strongly suggest using a web-based interface created specifically for that purpose (forms, etc.) because: 1) it will always be easier to learn; and 2) it eliminates any risk of doing the wrong thing. PHPMyAdmin is not that. It's fully featured and I think necessarily complex. That doesn't mean it's the right tool for every job, but it is for many of them.

I don't see anything special in that demo. However, again, there are nicer skins available for PHPMyAdmin if you'd like.

(The fact that PHPMyEdit didn't survive is evidence that it is unnecessary-- designers are generally happy with PHPMyAdmin.)