$Id: README,v 2.33 2005/06/12 20:38:01 lem9 Exp $

phpMyAdmin - Readme
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  A set of PHP-scripts to manage MySQL over the web.

  Version 2.6.3-rc1
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  http://www.phpmyadmin.net/

    Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller <tobias_at_ratschiller.com>
    Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Marc Delisle <DelislMa_at_CollegeSherbrooke.qc.ca>
                            Olivier Müller <om_at_omnis.ch>
                            Robin Johnson <robbat2_at_users.sourceforge.net>
                            Alexander M. Turek <me_at_derrabus.de>
                            Michal Cihar <michal_at_cihar.com>
                            Garvin Hicking <me_at_supergarv.de>
                            Michael Keck <mkkeck_at_users.sourceforge.net>
                            [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 version 2,
    as published by the Free Software Foundation.

    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:
    php 4.1.0 or later
    MySQL 3.23.32 or later
    a web-browser (doh!)

  Summary:
    phpMyAdmin is intended to handle the administration 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 as well as a whole database server
      - communicate in 50 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
      PHP with MySQL-support". We just don't have the time to be your
      free helpdesk.
      Please send your questions to the appropriate mailinglists / forums.
      Before contacting us, please read the Documentation.html (esp. the
      FAQ part).

