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cPanel Database

Updated: November 16, 2020


A detailed description and explanation of cPanel Database functions.


  • PHPMYAdmin

      PHPMyAdmin is a third-party tool to manage tables and data inside a database. Here you can manage all MySQL databases that exist in your hosting account and manually create tables, import and export data or edit the values.

  • MySQL Databases

      MySQL is a freely available open source Relational Database Management System that uses Structured Query Language. SQL is the most popular language for adding, accessing and managing content in a database. Manage large amounts of information over the web easily. MySQL databases are necessary to run many web-based applications, such as bulletin boards, content management systems, and online shopping carts.

  • MySQL Database Wizard

      The MySQL Database Wizard guides you through the setup of a MySQL database, user accounts and user privileges. MySQL Database Wizard allows you to store a lot of information in an easy-to-access manner. The databases themselves are not easily read by humans. MySQL databases are required by many web applications including some bulletin boards, content management systems, and others. To use a database, you ll need to create it. Only MySQL Users (different than mail or other users) that have privileges to access a database can read from or write to that database.

  • Remote MySQL

      RemoteMySQL permits remote hosts or servers to access the MySQL databases on the users account. RemoteMySQL allows you to add a specific domain name to allow visitors to connect to your MySQL databases. Applications such as bulletin boards, online shopping carts, and content management systems require databases to function.