Installation and use of PHPMyAdmin

If your Moodle site runs on the MySQL database, as does the site we set up for this book, you may use the PHPMyAdmin plugin to access and administer the database directly. This plugin is a very powerful tool that allows you to access data stored in the Moodle database directly. With power however, also comes the ability to corrupt or completely destroy the Moodle database and all of its contents. It is thus important to use this tool with caution. Many, but not all, of the actions performed via the PHPMyAdmin tool will prompt you for confirmation before being executed and thus give you a last chance before execution. If you aren't sure of yourself, don't do it! Changes made via the PHPMyAdmin tool are often not reversible without considerable effort. Used with caution however, the PHPMyAdmin tool can enable you to very efficiently add to and retrieve information from the Moodle database.