How to enable MySQL Query Log?

Question

How do I enable the MySQL function that logs each SQL query statement received from clients and the time that query statement has submitted? Can I do that in phpmyadmin or N

Answer 1

This was already in a comment, but deserves its own answer: Without editing the config files: in mysql, as root, do

SET global general_log_file='/tmp/mysql.log'; 
SET global log_output = 'file';
SET global general_log = on;

Don't forget to turn it off afterwards:

SET global general_log = off;