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Posted by Leon Aldrich
Leon Aldrich
1,068 Points

phpMyAdmin is showing as unavailable. How do I get past this step?

After going to the MAMP website, the instructions are to click on "phpMyadmin". This option is not available.

2 Answers

Jose Esplana
Jose Esplana
12,503 Points
Jose Esplana
Jose Esplana
12,503 Points

Hi Leon,

This is my first time posting. It took me a while to figure it out.

You need to download Additional PHP version https://www.mamp.info/en/downloads/

Make sure you choose the right version. I chose version 7.0.15 for my mac

There are 2 ways

Unzip, then copy that folder php7.0.15. to

1 - MAMP/bin/phpMyAdmin folder, then on MAMP app click Preferences then choose the PHP tab, then choose the version that you downloaded.

OR

2 - Copy the folder in the same directory as localwp.com, then go to the web browser and click the link of that folder.

I hope it helps.

Leon Aldrich
Leon Aldrich
1,068 Points

Thank you. That did the trick.

Stanford Lin
Stanford Lin
5,826 Points

Thank you so much!

James Park
James Park
38 Points
James Park
James Park
38 Points

I found another option. I selected 7.0.x version (default was set to 7.1.x) in MAMP / preferences / PHP tab.

Once the change was made, I was able to access the menu.

Rick Klaras
Rick Klaras
20,183 Points

Thanks!