mySQL admin giving me fatal error message

[ronip]

whenever I click on the admin button for mySQL i keep getting this error

Fatal error: Unparenthesized `a ? b : c ? d : e` is not supported. Use either `(a ? b : c) ? d : e` or `a ? b : (c ? d : e)` in C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\libraries\DatabaseInterface.php on line 518

I just installed xampp and have not even made any changes
I tried looking for the file according to the file path but the file doesn't even exist
what's going on??

[Altrea]

Hi,

please provide the following information:
- Apache error.log
- Apache access.log
- PHPINfo() output

[Froosh]

In addition to what Altrea requested you provide, I wonder about the XAMPP 8.1.6 setup on your system.

I have XAMPP 8.1.6, and when I try launching phpMyAdmin launches from the XAMPP Control Panel, I am presented with the expected phpMyAdmin content.

On my system DatabaseInterface.php is located in C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\libraries\classes folder, not C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\libraries\.
Line 518 "$sql .= ' AND';" does not contain a ternary operator:

Code: Select all

if ($table_type) {
    if ($needAnd) {
        $sql .= ' AND';
    }

    if ($table_type === 'view') {


To me, this indicates either the error message is incorrect, or your XAMPP setup has issues. Possibly changes were made to the phpMyAdmin code base on your system?

[Nobbie]

I think ronip has installed a different phpMyadmin, not the Xampp installation. The error message is known for older phpmyadmin releases in conjunction to PHP 8.