Updating phpMyAdmin 4.9.x / 5.1.x: step by step guide

[sbourdon]

In order to update phpMyAdmin 4.9.x or phpMyAdmin 5.1.x to the latest version available, simply follow these steps:

1. Download and extract phpMyAdmin 4.9.x or phpMyAdmin 5.1.x from this link: https://www.phpmyadmin.net/downloads/
2. copy «UniServerZ\home\us_opt1\config.inc.php» and «UniServerZ\home\us_opt1\us_opt.ini» to «phpMyAdmin-x.x.x-all-languages\»
3. delete (or backup) the files in the «UniServerZ\home\us_opt1\» folder and replace them with the ones from «phpMyAdmin-x.x.x-all-languages\»

Hope this helps! 

[gopher_baroque]

I'm trying Uniform Server 15.0.2 on Windows 11 to support a local Wordpress. Today's package provides phpMyAdmin 5.2.1. I updated to 5.2.3 basically following the above.

The 5.2.3 zip file from https://www.phpmyadmin.net/ had some extra stuff that I didn't use.

1. Renamed .../UniServerZ/home/us_opt1 to su_opt1 - 5.2.1, just in case...
2. Copied all the files from folder (download), phpMyAdmin-5.2.3-english to .../UniServerZ/home/us_opt1. This overwrote most everything, but not touching config.inc.php and us_opt.ini. 
3. It also left the old RELEASE-DATE-5.2.1 while adding RELEASE-DATE-5.2.3 read-me files.
4. Copied most of the directories (js to vendor) to us_opt1, replacing the previous folders (and contents).
5. I  did not copy the new folders, doc and examples, since they did not appear in the original installation.
6. Restarting the UniServer console, Apache and MariaDB, I now have phpMyAdmin at 5.2.3 with prior data intact, and no nag about not running the latest version.