Set some commonly used options

Version check Enables check for latest version on main phpMyAdmin page
Natural order Use natural order for sorting table and database names
Initial state for sliders	OpenClosedDisabled
Login cookie validity Define how long (in seconds) a login cookie is valid
Show only listed databases You can use MySQL wildcard characters (% and _), escape them if you want to use their literal instances, i.e. use 'my\_db' and not 'my_db'.
Hide databases Hide databases matching regular expression (PCRE)
Skip locked tables Mark used tables and make it possible to show databases with locked tables
Disable multi table maintenance Disable the table maintenance mass operations, like optimizing or repairing the selected tables of a database.
Maximum databases Maximum number of databases displayed in database list	i
Maximum tables Maximum number of tables displayed in table list	i
Recently used tables Maximum number of recently used tables; set 0 to disable
Show hint Whether to show hint or not
Send error reports Choose the default action when sending error reports	Ask before sending error reportsAlways send error reportsNever send error reports

Customize text input fields

CHAR columns editing Defines which type of editing controls should be used for CHAR and VARCHAR columns; input - allows limiting of input length, textarea - allows newlines in columns	inputtextarea
Minimum size for input field Defines the minimum size for input fields generated for CHAR and VARCHAR columns
Maximum size for input field Defines the maximum size for input fields generated for CHAR and VARCHAR columns
CHAR textarea columns Number of columns for CHAR/VARCHAR textareas
CHAR textarea rows Number of rows for CHAR/VARCHAR textareas
Textarea columns Textarea size (columns) in edit mode, this value will be emphasized for SQL query textareas (*2) and for query window (*1.25)
Textarea rows Textarea size (rows) in edit mode, this value will be emphasized for SQL query textareas (*2) and for query window (*1.25)
Bigger textarea for LONGTEXT Double size of textarea for LONGTEXT columns

Specify browser's title bar text. Refer to documentation for magic strings that can be used to get special values.

Default title Title of browser window when nothing is selected
Table Title of browser window when a table is selected
Database Title of browser window when a database is selected
Server Title of browser window when a server is selected

Disable some of the warnings shown by phpMyAdmin

Server/library difference warning Disable the default warning that is displayed if a difference between the MySQL library and server is detected
Missing phpMyAdmin configuration storage tables Disable the default warning that is displayed on the database details Structure page if any of the required tables for the phpMyAdmin configuration storage could not be found
Suhosin warning A warning is displayed on the main page if Suhosin is detected
mcrypt warning Disable the default warning that is displayed if mcrypt is missing for cookie authentication
MySQL reserved word warning Disable the default warning that is displayed on the Structure page if column names in a table are reserved MySQL words