Configure PHPMYADMIN to connect to different servers

Here are the steps to set up PHPMYADMIN to connect to database servers located at different ip addresses:

1. Open config.inc.php located in C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin directory in windows and located in /etc/phpmyadmin directory in Ubuntu.

2. Add the below written code at the end of the file before “?>”

$i++;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = ‘’;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['port'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysql';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['compress'] = TRUE;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';

3. Now, When we open PHPMYADMIN in browser, You will See a third option of Server Choice.
See Screenshot below.

We can choose to which database server we want to login, enter credential information and it will connect you to the respective database.