Managing a MySQL server using the command-line interface can be difficult for many people. It becomes a lot easier when we can work with a graphical interface. The database administration tool phpMyAdmin solves that problem. We can use this tool over a web interface. It supports MySQL and MariaDB with a wide variety of operations, such as import data, export data, execution of SQL statements, and many more.

We will use Docker for our setup because running and managing phpMyAdmin on a different machine can be nerve-wracking for environment management. Docker solves this problem by using its containerization technology, which uses Docker images. Previously, I’ve discussed how to run MySQL using Docker. You can read the following post, where I’ve covered some basic concepts and commands of MySQL and Docker.

From this post, you’ll learn how to connect phpMyAdmin to a MySQL server using Docker. This method will save you time and effort since you don’t have to install or configure phpMyAdmin and MySQL.

Setup

There are two ways we can connect phpMyAdmin with MySQL using Docker. In the first method, we will use a single Docker compose file. For the second one, I’ll show you how to connect to an already running MySQL Docker container. First, you will need to install Docker. I’ll use macOS for both methods.

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