Chapter 16. Transforming Data using MIME

In this chapter, we will cover a powerful phpMyAdmin feature—its ability to transform a column's contents during a table browse, based on specific rules called transformations. Normally, browsing a table shows only the original data that resides in it. However, MIME-based transformations permit the alteration of the display format.

Note that this kind of transformation does not have the same effect as a permanent data change, such as one made via the UPDATE statement. The transformed data is not written back to the MySQL server; it is just sent to the browser for display purposes.