Working with Databases in phpMyAdmin

phpMyAdmin is used to manage your databases with BryZar hosting. This tutorial will show you the basics for working with phpMyAdmin.

Before working in phpMyAdmin, we recommend having a full database backup. If you aren’t familiar with working in a database, you may want to practice on a development site first.

Where to Find and Log In to phpMyAdmin

1. https://(your domain)/phpmyadmin/
2. Log in with the username and password you set up when creating the database. This was emailed to you.

How to Import a Database

1. Once logged in to your phpMyAdmin select your database on the left that you want to import into. *If you import into a current database with data, your data will be overwritten!
2. Click “Import” in the top right menus.
3. Under “File to Import” click the “Browse” button and select the file to upload (must be gzip, bzip2 or tar).
4. Click “Go” at the bottom of the page to start the import.

*Note: It can take time for the import to finish depending on the size of the database being imported. A notice will show you when it’s completed.

How to Export a Database

• Once logged in to your phpMyAdmin select your database on the left that you want to export.
• Click “Export” in the top right menus.
• Select the tables that you want to export or click “Select All” to choose all of the tables to export. *To see this, you may need to select “Custom” from the “Export Method.”
• For “Output” choose to “Save Output to a File” if you want to download this database (recommended). You can name the file and choose the compression (we choose gzip).
• Leave the rest of the selections as default.
• Click “Go” at the bottom of the page to start the export.