---
title: "Database management in a single PHP file"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/database-management-in-a-single-php-file-thfsxw0yf
source_url: https://www.adminer.org/
type: article
source: "Community Picks"
published: 2024-05-29T15:27:53.955Z
updated: 2024-08-23T15:02:22.352Z
tags: ["webdev", "backend", "php"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 42
comments: 7
language: en
---

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# Database management in a single PHP file

**[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 4 min read · 42 upvotes · 7 comments

## Summary

Adminer is a full-featured database management tool written in PHP. It offers a tidier user interface, better support for MySQL features, higher performance, and more security compared to phpMyAdmin.

## Full article

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@duaneandrea** · 2 upvotes

> Adminer is nowhere compared to PHPMyadmin, yes its faster because it offers less but when it comes to security I beg to differ, PHPMyAdmin is the go to web DBMS

**@nimesis** · 0 upvotes

> Is it safe?

**@fanmade** · 0 upvotes

> Wow. I had no clue that people still use tools like these.
> I personally haven't used them since I started using JetBrains software about 10 years ago, and without going back more than 8 years, I can only remember one project where I have seen it being used.
> This particular project is horrible in any aspect though, so it is not a positive example.

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