phpMyAdmin - Error > Incorrect format parameter?

Question

I have a WordPress production website.

I\'ve exported the database by the following commands: select database > export > custom > select all tables &g

Answer 1

Compress your .sql file, and make sure to name it .[format].[compression], i.e. database.sql.zip.

As noted above, PhpMyAdmin throws this error if your .sql file is larger than the Maximum allowed upload size -- but, in my case the maximum was 50MiB despite that I had set all options noted in previous answers (look for the "Max: 50MiB" next to the upload button in PhpMyAdmin).