# How to use phpMyAdmin

phpMyAdmin is a web-based tool for managing MySQL databases - create and edit tables,
run SQL queries, manage users, and import or export data. On TurboStack hosts with MySQL enabled it
is **pre-installed**, so there is nothing to set up.

## Open phpMyAdmin

You need your SSH and database credentials from the host's
[Credentials](../../platform/hosts/credentials.md) tab.

**From the platform:** open the application's **Configure application** dialog, go to the **Database
Info** tab ([Applications](../../platform/hosts/applications/index.md)), and select **Go to
phpMyAdmin**.

**By URL:** if that link is not available, browse to your domain with the `/phpadm` path, for example
`https://www.example.com/phpadm`.

Either way you are first prompted for your **SSH user** (account name and password), then for your
**database credentials** at the phpMyAdmin login screen.

## Use it

Once logged in you can browse and edit databases and tables, run SQL from the **SQL** tab, manage
[database users](manage-database-users.md), and import or export data (for large databases, prefer
the command line - see [Import and export a database](import-export-database.md)).

> [!WARNING]
> phpMyAdmin writes directly to your live database. Take a [backup](../../platform/hosts/backups.md)
> before bulk edits or running an `UPDATE`/`DELETE` you are unsure about.

## Related

- [Configure MySQL](configure.md)
- [Create and manage database users](manage-database-users.md)
- [Import and export a database](import-export-database.md)
- [Credentials](../../platform/hosts/credentials.md)