phpMyAdmin Lifecycle: End Of Life And Support Status
Last updated on January 26, 2024
phpMyAdmin is a free PHP software that is designed to manage MySQL administration remotely. Many MySQL and MariaDB operations are supported by this software.
You can execute any SQL command directly and manage commonly used actions, like databases, tables, columns, relations, indexes, users, permissions, etc. with phpMyAdmin.
Support status guide
End of life (EOL) is the end of a product’s useful life. When a product reaches the end of its life cycle, the manufacturer no longer supports it. The following table explains the different phases of a product’s lifecycle. Testing status is when the product is initially released and EOL is when product support is no longer offered. The time between these two points is the support timeframe.
Testing
The software is not yet publicly available. It is in testing phase i.e., alpha, beta, release preview etc.
Active
The software is actively supported by the vendor.
Phasing Out
The software will soon reach its end of life. You need to look for upgrade or migration options. The software will automatically go into phasing out status 2 months before end of life.
End Of Life
The software is no longer supported by the vendor. You need to make sure your system and environment are safe.
Version
Released
Active Support
Security Support
(11 May 2022)
(24 February 2021)
(11 May 2022)
(11 May 2022)
(26 December 2019)
(24 February 2021)
(24 February 2021)
(4 June 2019)
(31 December 2019)
(7 April 2018)
(4 June 2019)
(4 June 2019)
(29 March 2017)
(7 April 2018)
(7 April 2018)
(17 March 2016)
(1 April 2017)
(1 April 2017)
(23 September 2015)
(1 April 2016)
(1 April 2016)
(1 April 2015)
(1 October 2016)
(1 October 2016)
(5 December 2014)
(1 October 2015)
(1 October 2015)
(8 May 2014)
(1 July 2015)
(1 July 2015)
(11 December 2013)
(1 January 2015)
(1 January 2015)
(3 May 2013)
(31 December 2013)
(1 April 2017)
The updates for phpMyAdmin have no fixed cadence. Normally, there are 2 updates per annum, but that can also change. Moreover, the end of support dates are often not announced and are disclosed as “To Be Decided (TBD)”. The LTS releases are supported for longer durations, but the duration is unspecified.
That said, only the latest version is supported at any given time. The latest LTS release may be an exception.
That said, a specific version of phpMyAdmin only supports specific versions of databases, which the following table illustrates:
| phpMyAdmin Version | PHP Version | MySQL/MariaDB Version |
|
5.2 |
>=7.2 | >=5.5 |
| 5.0 – 5.1 | >=7.1 | >=5.5 |
| 4.9 | >=5.5, <=7.4 | >=5.5 |
| 4.8 | >=5.5, <=7.2 | >=5.5 |
| 4.6 – 4.7 | >=5.5, <=7.1 | >=5.5 |
| 4.5 | >=5.5, <=7.0 | >=5.5 |
| 4.4 | >=5.3, <=7.0 | >=5.5 |
| 4.1 – 4.3 | >=5.3, <=5.6 | >=5.5 |
| 4.0 | >=5.2, <=5.4 | >=5 |
To learn more about the support lifecycle for phpMyAdmin, refer to the support documentation.
EOLs