Sokkit / PHPMy[Min]Admin

Is Sokkit still available & database admin recommendation

[djkaytee]

Hi everyone.

A couple of years ago I developed a website for a friend's business and used Sokkit to help me by seeing the effect of my PHP code as I went along. I think I also used it to build their database.
Now I am on a new computer and need to revamp their site. I looked around for Sokkit to use again and the sites for it seem unloved. Does anyone know if it is still available, and if not is there an easy to use alternative?

I also need to make website changes (new tables, new fields in existing tables, adding data) and have been looking at the options - PHPMyAdmin and PHPMinAdmin are both jumping out at me. The first because it seems the most widely used and supported, but it also seems to do a lot more than I need, which is why PHPMinAdmin tempts. Should I just go straight to the standard or does MinAdmin have any fans here?

Thank you.
Katie

[lammert]

I would go for the PHPMyAdmin version because you never know when you need the extra functionality.

If you are developing the database on your local computer, you might install a local MySQL and use the GUI based MySQL Administrator. You can download the MySQL Administrator from the mysql.org website. After your testing and tuning you can dump the database to an SQL file and upload it to the webserver.

The GUI based MySQL Administrator is IMHO more user friendly when creating, designing and optimizing databases than PHPMyAdmin but the disadvantage is that it only works with local databases AFAIK.

[djkaytee]

Thanks,
You're probably right PHPMyAdmin would be safer to go for in the long term.

Does anyone know about Sokkit?
Katie