What is a blowfish secret in phpMyAdmin?

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Muteking picture Muteking · Jan 23, 2016 · Viewed 48.8k times · Source

About setting up the config.inc.php, the official phpMyAdmin docs says

$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = 'theExampleWrites16ValuesHere';  // use here a value of your choice

What is a blowfish secret? How do I generate, or choose, a value?

Answer

Dave picture Dave · Jan 23, 2016

Simply use any random string of characters and/or numbers that you like. It is a value that will be unique to your instance and use of phpMyAdmin.

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