I mainly use phpMyAdmin for 2 things: browsing the data in the database, and changing the structure of a database. Those are pretty straightforward features, so when packt publishing asked me to review a book on phpMyAdmin, I initially wondered how they could write an entire book on phpmyadmin.

Ivo was pleasantly surprised at the features of the popular database management tool the book covered and notes that it does a great job of explaining the features a config options the tool has to offer. He notes that there's a pretty broad target audience for the book - everyone from the beginner out to the experienced developer wanting to know know about this popular application.

This book on phpMyAdmin is written by Marc Delisle, one of the core developers of the application which I think just about any software developer utilising MySQL has dabbled with at the least. I can honestly say that anyone that experimented with phpMyAdmin before reading this book will use it much more thoroughly and more productively afterwards.

He includes an overall opinion of the book as well as a specific chapter - the one covering MySQL 5 additions - and his total enjoyment with the contents of the book.