Hey there,
I hesitated at asking this here, but after failed attempts at finding my answer elsewhere, I knew there were some really sharp people here and the support is by far the best I've found yet.
What I'm wanting to do is create a completely separate mySQL database that is independent from the one XAMPP installs and having it run on the same server. The problem I'm having is finding the right documentation that details how to do this and helping me understand how it works. If I understand it correctly, I download MySQL from their website and install it in a separate directory and choose another port other than 3006 to run it on, which I chose 3007. But what to do from there is where I'm lost.
I'm not sure how I make the connection to the second database and do I need to install another instance of phpMyAdmin for the new database? What I was going to do is change the phpMyAdmin Alias name so I can add phpmyadmin to the root folder of the new website that will be accessing the separate database.
Any help will be greatly appreciated!