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The configuration file now needs a secret passphrase (blowfish_secret).

There are a couple of things you must consider while installing phpMyAdmin to manage MYSQL. You may receive some errors if you do not complete all the prerequisites but they are easy to resolve. The first error probably you will receive is

Error:

β€œThe configuration file now needs a secret passphrase (blowfish_secret)”.

This can be resolved by copying the sample configuration file to the correct name and make small modifications.

Copy sample configuration file to real configuration file:

You need to edit the line and add a blow_fish secret. For this purpose, you can use an online blowfish_secret variables generator. The online generator will output 36 to 46 characters. The output includes lowercase letters, uppercase letters, numbers, and symbols. Read more.

Update the blowfish_secret

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