Importing sql file using phpmyadmin in EasyPHP

Question

I have a website written in php and mysql (written by someone else) and I need to alter it- just for your interest it is bridgetjonesart.co.uk. So I thought I would download

Answer 1

For temporary relief:

Comment out this line in your config.inc.php file (place // before the line)

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] = $dbname;

Then close all browsers. Try importing again.

Answer 2

As an alternative to modifying phpMyAdmin's config.inc.php as proposed in other answers, if you have shell access then you can directly execute this file using the MySQL console client.

First, change directories to the folder containing your DDL script runningc_bjart.sql

Then run this command, replacing the values for host, user, password, and database name:

mysql --host=database_server --user=database_user --password=database_password --database=database_name < runningc_bjart.sql

This ran just fine without the error received when importing via phpMyAdmin

Answer 3

Having wasted many hours, I have a solution so here it is.

Having a look on the web I found I needed to change my config.inc.php file in the phpadmin directory as I was running EasyPHP 13.1 password slightly diff to that mentioned in the blog at http://amir-shenodua.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/error-while-importing-db-in-mysql.html. I added 2 lines:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] = 'root';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] = '';

So all sorted !! Yippee!!

So if you have trouble please read:
http://amir-shenodua.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/error-while-importing-db-in-mysql.html