Error: YOU SHOULD UPGRADE TO MYSQL 5.5.0 OR LATER

[kumkumsharma]

If you are getting error “YOU SHOULD UPGRADE TO MYSQL 5.5.0 OR LATER” in phpmyadmin then you can follow steps to resolve this issue.

• First check and go to below path to locate common.inc.php file.

Windows server - C:\inetpub\wwwroot\phpMyAdmin\libraries\common.inc.php
Linux server - /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/libraries/common.inc.php

• You have to edit “common.inc.php” file and comment below code.

if (PMA_MYSQL_INT_VERSION < $cfg['MysqlMinVersion']['internal']) {
PMA_fatalError(
__('You should upgrade to %s %s or later.'),
array('MySQL', $cfg['MysqlMinVersion']['human'])
);
}

Now save this file and you are able to access phpmyadmin website.