How to set my phpmyadmin user session to not time out so quickly? [duplicate]

Answer 1

To increase the phpMyAdmin Session Timeout, open config.inc.php in the root phpMyAdmin directory and add this setting (anywhere).

$cfg['LoginCookieValidity'] = <your_new_timeout>;

Where <your_new_timeout> is some number larger than 1800.

Note:

Always keep on mind that a short cookie lifetime is all well and good for the development server. So do not do this on your production server.

Answer 2

Once you're logged into phpmyadmin look on the top navigation for "Settings" and click that then:

"Features" >

Unfortunately changing it through the UI means that the changes don't persist between logins.