How to Create a Database in phpMyAdmin

This guide will show you how to create a database in phpMyAdmin.

Steps

1
Make sure you have phpMyAdmin Installed. This guide assumes you have phpMyAdmin installed and ready to use.
2
Go to your phpMyAdmin homepage. For this guide you need to navigate to the phpMyAdmin homepage. It can usually be found under these directories, depending on your server setup.
- http://localhost:8888/phpMyAdmin/
- http://localhost/phpmyadmin
- http://{your-ip-address}/phpmyadmin/
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3
Login to your phpMyAdmin Page. Make sure you are logged in to phpMyAdmin.
4
Enter your database name. Enter the name you want to call your new database, here we have named it "my_new_database".
5
Click "Create" and then you're done!

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