phpmyadmin automatic logout time

Question

How can I change the phpmyadmin automatic log out time?

It will log out automatically after 1440 seconds which is very low for me. How can I change the option or re

Answer 1

For LOCAL installs only, you can remove the login and timeout altogether - this seems to be what you're after. By changing the authorization type to "config" and entering your database username and password in your config file you are automatically logged in. Add to config.inc.php:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['port'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysqli';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'username';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'password';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = false;

Of-course if you do this on a server on the internet, some cheeky chappy will come along and gleefully download all your passwords and delete your website. This is for a development server running on your own laptop only.

An easier way to customise phpmyadmin these days is to go to http://www.example.com/phpmyadmin/setup/ , save all your settings section at a time, click save or download at the bottom, copy the file generated to your root phpmyadmin directory, then chmod it. You have to turn off write permission even if it is a local server as phpmyadmin checks this before it lets yo log in.