Update phpmyadmin in WAMP

Okay, so you're working on a web project and you installed a fresh installation of wamp in your pc and start coding. And when you start looking for mysql databases, easy and efficient way - phpmyadmin on Wamp. you open it up and create db ok fine all works but you notice something in the start page, saying Your phpmyadmin version is x.xx.xx latest version is x.xx.x and upgrade now!

phpmyadmin update note

And you click and go to link, download a zip file and, how to install this? That's the question!

Okay, heres the simple steps.

• extract the downloaded zip
• Copy the extracted folder to wamp/apps it should be something like phpMyAdmin-x.x.x-|language| or phpMyAdmin-x.x.x
• Find the existing phpmyadmin-x.x.x folder and locate the config.inc.php file. Copy and paste that file inside new phpmyadmin-x.x.x folder
• go to  wamp/alias and open and edit phpmyadmin.conf
• change first line Alias /phpmyadmin "|wamp path|/wamp/apps/phpMyAdmin-|old version-old lang if exist|/" to Alias /phpmyadmin "e:/wamp/apps/phpMyAdmin-|new version-new lang if exist|>/".

eg: Alias /phpmyadmin "e:/wamp/apps/phpMyAdmin-4.1.14/" to
Alias /phpmyadmin "e:/wamp/apps/phpMyAdmin-4.6.4-english/"
 

• Do the same on line <Directory "|wamp path|/wamp/apps/phpMyAdmin-|old version-old lang if exist|/">

 
eg: <Directory "e:/wamp/apps/phpMyAdmin-4.1.14/"> to
<Directory "e:/wamp/apps/phpMyAdmin-4.6.4-english/">

• Restart all services in wamp. 

Now when you go to phpmyadmin, you will be presented the all new phpmyadmin dashboard!