phpMyAdmin 3.3.9 setup

Set import and export directories and compression options

Upload directory Directory on server where you can upload files for import
Save directory Directory where exports can be saved on server
Allow character set conversion
Default character set Default character set used for conversions	iso-8859-1iso-8859-2iso-8859-3iso-8859-4iso-8859-5iso-8859-6iso-8859-7iso-8859-8iso-8859-9iso-8859-10iso-8859-11iso-8859-12iso-8859-13iso-8859-14iso-8859-15windows-1250windows-1251windows-1252windows-1256windows-1257koi8-rbig5gb2312utf-16utf-8utf-7x-user-definedeuc-jpks_c_5601-1987tis-620SHIFT_JIS
Recoding engine Select which functions will be used for character set conversion	autoiconvrecode
Extra parameters for iconv
ZIP Enable ZIP compression for import and export operations
GZip Enable gzip compression for import and export operations
Bzip2 Enable bzip2 compression for import and export operations
Compress on the fly Compress gzip/bzip2 exports on the fly without the need for much memory; if you encounter problems with created gzip/bzip2 files disable this feature

Please note that phpMyAdmin is just a user interface and its features do not limit MySQL

Blowfish secret Secret passphrase used for encrypting cookies in cookie authentication
Force SSL connection Force secured connection while using phpMyAdmin
Check config file permissions
List of trusted proxies for IP allow/deny Input proxies as IP: trusted HTTP header. The following example specifies that phpMyAdmin should trust a HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR (X-Forwarded-For) header coming from the proxy 1.2.3.4: 1.2.3.4: HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR
Show "Drop database" link to normal users
Allow login to any MySQL server If enabled user can enter any MySQL server in login form for cookie auth
Recall user name Define whether the previous login should be recalled or not in cookie authentication mode
Login cookie validity Define how long (in seconds) a login cookie is valid
Login cookie store Defines how long (in seconds) a login cookie should be stored in browser. The default of 0 means that it will be kept for the existing session only, and will be deleted as soon as you close the browser window. This is recommended for non-trusted environments.
Delete all cookies on logout If TRUE, logout deletes cookies for all servers; when set to FALSE, logout only occurs for the current server. Setting this to FALSE makes it easy to forget to log out from other servers when connected to multiple servers.

SQL queries settings, for SQL Query box options see Navigation frame settings

Show SQL queries Defines whether SQL queries generated by phpMyAdmin should be displayed
Confirm DROP queries Whether a warning ("Are your really sure...") should be displayed when you're about to lose data
Permanent query history Enable if you want DB-based query history (requires pmadb). If disabled, this utilizes JS-routines to display query history (lost by window close).
Query history length How many queries are kept in history
Ignore multiple statement errors If enabled, phpMyAdmin continues computing multiple-statement queries even if one of the queries failed
Verbose multiple statements Show affected rows of each statement on multiple-statement queries. See libraries/import.lib.php for defaults on how many queries a statement may contain.

Settings that didn't fit enywhere else

Maximum databases Maximum number of databases displayed in left frame and database list
Maximum tables Maximum number of tables displayed in table list
Maximum displayed SQL length Maximum number of characters used when a SQL query is displayed
GZip output buffering use GZip output buffering for increased speed in HTTP transfers	autoyesno
Persistent connections Use persistent connections to MySQL databases
Maximum execution time Set the number of seconds a script is allowed to run (0 for no limit)
Memory limit The number of bytes a script is allowed to allocate, eg. 32M (0 for no limit)
Skip locked tables Mark used tables and make it possible to show databases with locked tables
Use database search Allow for searching inside the entire database