phpmyadmin - count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable

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phpmyadmin - count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable

475.8k views Asked by alebal At 28 December 2017 at 04:26

I've uploaded the backup to a table, opening the table I see this:

Warning in ./libraries/sql.lib.php#601
count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable

Backtrace

./libraries/sql.lib.php#2038: PMA_isRememberSortingOrder(array)
./libraries/sql.lib.php#1984: PMA_executeQueryAndGetQueryResponse(
array,
boolean true,
string 'alternativegirls',
string 'tgp_photo',
NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
string '',
string './themes/pmahomme/img/',
NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
string 'SELECT * FROM `tgp_photo`',
NULL,
NULL,
)
./sql.php#216: PMA_executeQueryAndSendQueryResponse(
array,
boolean true,
string 'alternativegirls',
string 'tgp_photo',
NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
string '',
string './themes/pmahomme/img/',
NULL,
NULL,
NULL,
string 'SELECT * FROM `tgp_photo`',
NULL,
NULL,
)
./index.php#53: include(./sql.php)

Inside phpMyAdmin...

PHP is 7.2, the server is Ubuntu 16.04, installed yesterday.

Looking for I saw that some have this error in their code, but I did not find anyone who received it in phpMyAdmin...

What should I do? Is that my error? A phpmyadmin error? wait update ? I go back to PHP 7.1?

Original Q&A

There are 40 answers

**kaleem** · Answer 1 · 2018-11-05 12:22:50

Works on UBUNTU 18.04 


Edit file: '/usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php'
Replace: (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)
With:  ((count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1)

Restart the server
sudo service apache2 restart

**Roland Mester** · Answer 2 · 2018-05-17 09:29:35

Edit file '/usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php' Replace: (make backup)

"|| (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1) 
&&($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*'))) 
&& count($analyzed_sql_results['select_tables']) == 1;"

With:

"|| (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1) 
&& ($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*') 
&& (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_tables']) == 1));"

**ibrahim.suez** · Answer 3 · 2018-05-19 07:53:52

ibrahim.suez On 19 May 2018 at 07:53

Works on UBUNTU 16.04.3 Just open

usr/share/libraries/sql.lib.php

modify

|| (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)

To

|| ((count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1)

**Temüjin** · Answer 4 · 2018-05-25 19:57:10

The Easiest Method:

Just run this below command line in terminal and come back to PhpMyAdmin.

sudo sed -i "s/|\s*\((count(\$analyzed_sql_results\['select_expr'\]\)/| (\1)/g" /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php

Manual Method:

Open sql.lib.php file

nano /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php

Find for count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] code on file. You can get this at line ~613. You can see this below wrong code

|| (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)

Just replace that wrong code with this below one

|| ((count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1)

Save the file and come to PhpMyAdmin.

**Srikanth Ponnuru** · Answer 5 · 2018-06-04 04:46:13

Srikanth Ponnuru On 04 June 2018 at 04:46

Edit file: '/usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php'

Replace: (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)

With: (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1

this worked for me

**amrit** · Answer 6 · 2018-06-02 05:24:24

Edit file /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php

See an error on your error

./libraries/sql.lib.php#2038: PMA_isRememberSortingOrder(array)
./libraries/sql.lib.php#1984: PMA_executeQueryAndGetQueryResponse(

go to this line and remove the function call.

It works for me.

**KingNonso** · Answer 7 · 2018-08-03 23:41:41

I had this issue when using windows and the responses above solved it for me, however when i switched to linux (ubuntu 18.04 LTS) I had the same issue and couldn't figure out how to solve it because I didn't see the file '/usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php'.

This sql.lib.php file wasn't in the share folder or the phpmyadmin/libraries folder of my /opt/lampp directory - since I was using xampp on my ubuntu. Based on the update made to the xampp (because I used the latest installation as of now) setup.

The answer is still to replace: (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)

With: (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1

However the file to look for is Sql.php found in /opt/lampp/phpmyadmin/libraries/classes/Sql.php

Future updates or if you still don't find it: use grep -r 'count($analyzed_sql_results' /opt/lampp/phpmyadmin to search for matching documents in your directory and edit accordingly

**CTS_AE** · Answer 8 · 2021-09-15 09:53:44

Here's an automated patching script I threw together utilizing Chandra Nakka's answer.

FILE="/usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php"
PATTERN="(count(\$analyzed_sql_results\['select_expr'\] == 1)"

echo "Verifying broken code in $FILE"

if grep -q "$PATTERN" "$FILE"; then
  LINE_NUMBER=$(grep -n "$PATTERN" "$FILE" | cut -d : -f 1)
  echo "Broken code found on line: $LINE_NUMBER"
  BEFORE_CODE=$(sed -n "$LINE_NUMBER"p "$FILE")

  echo -e "\nCreating backup of $FILE"
  sudo cp "$FILE" "$FILE-backup-$(date +"%Y-%m-%dT%H%M%S")"
  echo "Backup created at: $FILE-backup-$(date +"%Y-%m-%dT%H%M%S")"

  echo -e "\nApplying fix"
  sudo sed -i "s/|\s*\((count(\$analyzed_sql_results\['select_expr'\]\)/| (\1)/g" $FILE
  AFTER_CODE=$(sed -n "$LINE_NUMBER"p "$FILE")

  # Trim before and after code with xargs
  echo "BEFORE: $(echo $BEFORE_CODE | xargs)"
  echo " AFTER: $(echo $AFTER_CODE | xargs)"
else
  echo "Broken code not found. Maybe it's already been patched "
fi

**Edward Ellsworth** · Answer 9 · 2017-12-29 22:59:56

Edward Ellsworth On 29 December 2017 at 22:59

phpmyadmin 4.7.4 is supposed to have "Fixed several compatibility issues with PHP 7.2"

Chances are you have an older version of phpmyadmin.

https://www.phpmyadmin.net/news/2017/8/24/phpmyadmin-474-released/

**PhoneixS** · Answer 10 · 2018-12-10 12:32:49

I think the best option is to update Phpmyadmin to a version which has this already fixed.

Until it is published as a deb, you could do it like in @crimson-501 answer which I will copy below:

Your first step is to install PMA (phpMyAdmin) from the official Ubuntu repo: apt-get install phpmyadmin.
Next, cd into usr/share directory: cd /usr/share.
Third, remove the phpmyadmin directory: rm -rf phpmyadmin.
Now we need to download the latest PMA version onto our system (Note that you need wget: apt-get install wget): wget -P /usr/share/ "https://files.phpmyadmin.net/phpMyAdmin/4.9.4/phpMyAdmin-4.9.4-english.zip" Let me explain the arguments of this command, -P defines the path and "the link.zip" is currently (7/17/18) the latest version of PMA. You can find those links HERE.
For this next step you need unzip (apt-get install unzip): unzip phpMyAdmin-4.9.4-english.zip. We just unzipped PMA, now we will move it to it's final home.
Lets use the cp (copy) command to move our files! Note that we have to add the -r argument since this is a folder. cp -r phpMyAdmin-4.9.4-english phpmyadmin.
Now it's time to clean up: rm -rf phpMyAdmin-4.9.4-english.

Keep Reading!

You might now notice two errors after you log into PMA.

the configuration file now needs a secret passphrase (blowfish_secret). phpmyadmin
The $cfg['TempDir'] (./tmp/) is not accessible. phpMyAdmin is not able to cache templates and will be slow because of this.

However, these issues are relatively easy to fix. For the first issue all you have to do is grab your editor of choice and edit /usr/share/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php but there's a problem, we removed it! That's ok, all you have to do is: cd /usr/share/phpmyadmin & cp config.sample.inc.php config.inc.php.

We will now add our Blowfish Secret! nano config.inc.php and copy the dynamically generated secret from near the bottom of this page: https://www.question-defense.com/tools/phpmyadmin-blowfish-secret-generator.

Example phpMyAdmin Blowfish Secret Variable Entry:

/*
 * This is needed for cookie based authentication to encrypt password in
 * cookie
 */
$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = '{^QP+-(3mlHy+Gd~FE3mN{gIATs^1lX+T=KVYv{ubK*U0V'; 
/* YOU MUST FILL IN THIS FOR COOKIE AUTH! */

Now save and close the file.

Now we will create a tmp directory for PMA: mkdir tmp & chown -R www-data:www-data /usr/share/phpmyadmin/tmp. The last command allows the Apache web server to own the tmp directory and edit it's contents.

**olealgo** · Answer 11 · 2018-12-18 11:46:23

Ubuntu 18.10 (December, 2018)

Line 613, 614, 615, replace with:

        || count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1
            && ($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*'))
    && count($analyzed_sql_results['select_tables']) == 1;

**TopekoX** · Answer 12 · 2019-03-21 12:33:10

Work for me.. Ubuntu 18.04

sudo nano /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php

Find for count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] code on file. You can get this at line ~613.

|| (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)

Just replace with code :

|| ((count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1)

Save the file and reload PhpMyAdmin.

Done!!!

**elenche** · Answer 13 · 2019-03-20 21:28:56

Open the /usr/share/phpmyadmin/sql.lib.php file with elevated privileges, and edit the following in the function PMA_isRememberSortingOrder():

~ line 613 to fix the initial error:
- Replace || count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)
- With || (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1)
~ line 614 to fix the 500 error that will probably follow:
- Replace && ($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*')))
- With && ($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*'))

Restart your Apache server: sudo service apache2 restart.

Tested on Linux Mint 19.1 based on Ubuntu 18.04, with PhpMyAdmin 4.6.6 and PHP 7.2.

**mollas85** · Answer 14 · 2021-04-07 11:10:33

Just correct the count() function and closing parentheses from line 604 till 615 in /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php file:

function PMA_isRememberSortingOrder($analyzed_sql_results)
{
    return $GLOBALS['cfg']['RememberSorting']
        && ! ($analyzed_sql_results['is_count']
            || $analyzed_sql_results['is_export']
            || $analyzed_sql_results['is_func']
            || $analyzed_sql_results['is_analyse'])
        && $analyzed_sql_results['select_from']
        && ((empty($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']))
            || (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1)
                && ($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*'))
        && count($analyzed_sql_results['select_tables']) == 1;
}

**Neoark Software** · Answer 15 · 2018-06-15 10:46:17

Proceed following steps at ubuntu-18.04:

Step 1) locate sql.lib.php

It will show something like:

/usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php

Step 2) Open terminal (Alt t) and write:

sudo /usr/sbin/pma-configure

Step 3)sudo gedit /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php and search below function:

 

    function PMA_isRememberSortingOrder($analyzed_sql_results)
     {
        return $GLOBALS['cfg']['RememberSorting']
            && ! ($analyzed_sql_results['is_count']
                || $analyzed_sql_results['is_export']
                || $analyzed_sql_results['is_func']
                || $analyzed_sql_results['is_analyse'])
            && $analyzed_sql_results['select_from']
            && ((empty($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']))
                || (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)
                    && ($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*')))
            && count($analyzed_sql_results['select_tables']) == 1;
     }

Step 4) Replace above function with:


     function PMA_isRememberSortingOrder($analyzed_sql_results)
     {
        return $GLOBALS['cfg']['RememberSorting']
            && ! ($analyzed_sql_results['is_count']
                || $analyzed_sql_results['is_export']
                || $analyzed_sql_results['is_func']
                || $analyzed_sql_results['is_analyse'])
            && $analyzed_sql_results['select_from']
            && ((empty($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']))
                || (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1)
                    && ($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*'))
            && count($analyzed_sql_results['select_tables']) == 1;
     }

Step 4) Save & close file and below command on terminal

sudo /usr/sbin/pma-secure

Step 5) sudo service mysql reload

Step 6) sudo service apache2 reload

It works for me.. Goodluck

**jbator** · Answer 16 · 2018-06-28 10:08:20

If someone have similar error in DB export page (I had this issue in Ubuntu 18.04), then replace line 551 in file /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/plugin_interface.lib.php with code

if ($options != null && (is_array($options) || $options instanceof Countable) && count($options) > 0) {

**faye.babacar78** · Answer 17 · 2020-05-30 14:28:30

faye.babacar78 On 30 May 2020 at 14:28

Add the phpmyadmin ppa

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:phpmyadmin/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

**HUGO POLANCO** · Answer 18 · 2018-08-25 17:42:33

HUGO POLANCO On 25 August 2018 at 17:42

Upgrade to phpMyAdmin 4.8.3. this solves the PHP 7.2 compatibility issues

**cwhisperer** · Answer 19 · 2018-09-10 06:41:50

On Ubuntu 18.04 with MariaDb and Nginx, I solved it with updating file /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php as follows:

|| (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1

The answer mentioned by @Nguyen throws a 500 error saying:

FastCGI sent in stderr: "PHP message: PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected ')', expecting ';' in /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php on line 614"

**Nato Boram** · Answer 20 · 2019-07-17 15:14:18

This is fixed in later versions of PHPMyAdmin. The Ubuntu Software Repositories for Ubuntu 18.04.2 holds version 4.6.6.5, while they're currently at 4.9.0.1. Updating your PHPMyAdmin installation will fix this problem, but might prove to be riskier than just editing that one line of code. Here's how I did it on my Ubuntu Server. Steps are essentially the same (with a different path) for all operating systems.

Download PHPMyAdmin.

wget https://files.phpmyadmin.net/phpMyAdmin/4.9.0.1/phpMyAdmin-4.9.0.1-all-languages.zip
unzip phpMyAdmin-4.9.0.1-all-languages.zip

Backup your old PHPMyAdmin installation.

cp -r /usr/share/phpmyadmin ~/phpmyadmin-backup

Drop your new PHPMyAdmin on your old PHPMyAdmin

cd phpMyAdmin-4.9.0.1-all-languages
rm -r /usr/share/phpmyadmin/doc/html
cp -R * /usr/share/phpmyadmin/

Verify that it works. If it doesn't, welll... You have a backup, so restore it and manually edit the faulty line. In my own personal experience, I discovered after doing this that version 4.6.6.5 was not only riddled with bugs, but also incredibly slow compared to the new 4.9.0.1. The speed increase was pure magic for something I though was of "WordPress" quality.

**Vipul** · Answer 21 · 2019-02-21 11:38:35

is_countable function introduced in (PHP 7 >= 7.3.0)

is_countable — Verify that the contents of a variable is a countable value.

use this function following way ::

is_countable ( $var )

It will return boolean value. For more detail please visit on http://php.net/manual/en/function.is-countable.php

**Tridev Shrestha** · Answer 22 · 2019-04-16 05:40:42

I tried all of above solution but didn't work for me.

Try this:-

Install required version of PHP(in my case 7.0) and then in terminal, type

sudo update-alternatives --config php

Output will be like this :-

Then you can switch to any version of PHP by simply entering the selection number(in my case 1).

Hope this may help other -:)

**oklm** · Answer 23 · 2020-05-03 13:23:42

This worked well for me on Ubuntu 18.04.

Open sql.lib.php file

nano +613 /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php

Replace this wrong code:

|| (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)

With this one:

|| ((count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1)

Save the file.

Restart your server with:

sudo service apache2 restart

And refresh PhpMyAdmin

**ali ozkara** · Answer 24 · 2020-12-22 07:32:30

This worked for me;

sudo nano /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php

Line No : 614

Replace two codes :

Replace:

(count($analyzed_sql_results[‘select_expr’] == 1)

With:

(count($analyzed_sql_results[‘select_expr’]) == 1)

AND

Replace:

($analyzed_sql_results[‘select_expr’][0] == ‘*’)))

With:

($analyzed_sql_results[‘select_expr’][0] == ‘*’))

save, exit and run

sudo service apache2 restart

**Kundan roy** · Answer 25 · 2019-01-31 05:49:03

open this file: '/usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php'

sudo nano /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php

press ctrl+w to search (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)

Find: count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)

Replace With:  (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1)

Restart the server

 sudo service apache2 restart

moreover, If you still facing same issue then do following.

open this file /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/plugin_interface.lib.php

sudo nano /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/plugin_interface.lib.php

Find : if ($options != null && count($options) > 0) {

Ctrl+w : if ($options != null && count($options) > 0) {

replace with following code

if ($options != null && count((array)$options) > 0) {

now save and restart the server

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

**jave.web** · Answer 26 · 2019-02-15 02:36:12

As the error in code in conf file may vary (@Jacky Nguyen vs @ĦΔŇĐŘΔ ŇΔҜҜΔ answers),
the general solution answer would be to
a) correct the condition logic in conf file to make sense
(x)or b) install corrected/current phpmyadmin

As for a)

open the file with error code
For the terminal people: sudo nano /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php
For the regular folks: sudo gedit /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php
find the condition - basically search for $analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']
now the logic should be to check whether this sub array is empty, or, whether it has just 1 element with a value "*
so basically the block
between && $analyzed_sql_results['select_from']
and && count($analyzed_sql_results['select_tables']) == 1
should look something like this

&& (
    empty($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) //the sub array is empty,
    || //or,
    (
        (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1) //it has just 1 element
        && //and at the same time
        ($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*') //the 1 element value is "*"
    )
)

This is a good example of why to indent and beautify your code, if it would be indeted correctly, I believe this would never happen, or at least, would be more easily found.

**Máté Kiss** · Answer 27 · 2018-10-14 19:53:13

Hi the following solve my same problem absolutely (import/export and so on):

Fix Bug Phpmyadmin [plugin_interface.lib.php] + Php7.2 + Ubuntu 16.04

so... under ubuntu 18.04, mysql, php7.2: Terminal:

sudo gedit /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/plugin_interface.lib.php

Find the following line(ctrl+f):

if ($options != null && count($options) > 0) {

it was on line #551 for me

and change for following:

if ($options != null && count((array)$options) > 0) {

ctrl+s for save the changes

and in terminal: ctrl+c for get back promt...

and: sudo systemctl restart apache2

"I think in new php version.It can’t use count() or sizeof() with un array type. Force parameter to array is easy way to solve this bug,..."

Thanks for the original author for the problem solving! I try to share it!

**loquace** · Answer 28 · 2018-03-24 10:28:27

I found this PHP 7.2 count() - SYNTAX error in sql.lib.php

That perfectly works on my config:

Debian 9, 
PHP 7.2.3-1+0~20180306120016.19+stretch~1.gbp81bf3b (cli) (built: Mar  6 2018 12:00:19) ( NTS )

Open /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php

Change line: Move parenthesis before ==

|| ((count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] ) == 1) && ($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*')))

in

function PMA_isRememberSortingOrder($analyzed_sql_results){

return $GLOBALS['cfg']['RememberSorting']
    && ! ($analyzed_sql_results['is_count']
        || $analyzed_sql_results['is_export']
        || $analyzed_sql_results['is_func']
        || $analyzed_sql_results['is_analyse'])
    && $analyzed_sql_results['select_from']
    && ((empty($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']))
        || ((count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] ) == 1)
            && ($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*')))
    && count($analyzed_sql_results['select_tables']) == 1;
 }

**Jacky Nguyen** · Answer 29 · 2018-03-26 03:59:25

Edit file /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php using this command:

sudo nano +613 /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php

On line 613 the count function always evaluates to true since there is no closing parenthesis after $analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']. Making the below replacements resolves this, then you will need to delete the last closing parenthesis on line 614, as it's now an extra parenthesis.

Replace:

((empty($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']))
    || (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)
        && ($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*')))

With:

((empty($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']))
    || (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1)
        && ($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*'))

Restart the server apache:

sudo service apache2 restart

**Oleksandr P.** · Answer 30 · 2018-03-28 12:21:58

Try replace this function in file: /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php

function PMA_isRememberSortingOrder($analyzed_sql_results)
{
    return $GLOBALS['cfg']['RememberSorting']
        && ! ($analyzed_sql_results['is_count']
            || $analyzed_sql_results['is_export']
            || $analyzed_sql_results['is_func']
            || $analyzed_sql_results['is_analyse'])
        && $analyzed_sql_results['select_from']
        && ((empty($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']))
            || (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1)
                && ($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*'))
        && count($analyzed_sql_results['select_tables']) == 1;
}

**William Desportes** · Answer 31 · 2020-01-11 12:35:25

I see that you are all editing or updating from our files

For those who want automatic updates you can use our Ubuntu PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:phpmyadmin/ppa

And for Debian users you will need to wait for next version of Debian or use PPA

Ubuntu 20 has phpMyAdmin 4.9 or a later version

Debian issue on our tracker

Countable issues on our tracker

TLDR Update to latest 4.9 or 5.0 version to solve this issue.

**C13L0** · Answer 32 · 2020-01-18 03:43:53

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

These are the steps which worked for me. Many, many thanks to William Desportes for providing the automatic updates on their Ubuntu PPA.

Step 1 (from William Desportes post)
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:phpmyadmin/ppa

Step 2
$ sudo apt-get --with-new-pkgs upgrade

Step 3
$ sudo service mysql restart

If you have issues restarting mysql, you can also restart with the following sequence
$ sudo service mysql stop;
$ sudo service mysql start;

**Benjamin Gakami** · Answer 33 · 2019-06-18 12:45:26

Benjamin Gakami On 18 June 2019 at 12:45

none of these solutions worked for me you need to update phpmyadmin to the latest, follow instructions here

https://askubuntu.com/questions/947805/how-to-upgrade-phpmyadmin-revisited

**Eliezer Berlin** · Answer 34 · 2020-08-20 13:42:10

Eliezer Berlin On 20 August 2020 at 13:42

add-apt-repository ppa:phpmyadmin/ppa
apt-get clean
apt-get update
apt-get purge phpmyadmin
apt-get install phpmyadmin

Fixed it for me, on Ubuntu 18.04.

**J.T.** · Answer 35 · 2019-07-21 14:23:27

For my version of phpmyadmin (4.6.6deb5), I found line 613, and realized the count() parentheses were not closed properly. To fix this temporarily until the next release, just change:

|| (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)

to:

|| (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1

**shibby** · Answer 36 · 2018-02-08 10:12:20

tested on Debian, should works on Ubuntu:

1.) First download latest phpMyadmin file.

2.) Delete (make a backup) all previous version file located in /usr/share/phpmyadmin directory.

3.) Uncompress to /usr/share/phpmyadmin/ directory all files of latest phpmyadmin.

4.) Modify file libraries/vendor_config.php and change line:

define('CONFIG_DIR', '');

to

define('CONFIG_DIR', '/etc/phpmyadmin/');

and

define('TEMP_DIR', './tmp/');

to

define('TEMP_DIR', '/tmp/');

5.) restart apache server and done.

**Farahmand** · Answer 37 · 2019-05-04 17:50:33

Based on @jbator's answer, you can edit /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/plugin_interface.lib.php and replace this line:

if ($options != null && count($options) > 0) {

with these lines:

if ($options != null &&
   ((is_array($options) || $options instanceof Countable) && count($options) > 0) ||
   (method_exists($options, 'getProperties') && $options->getProperties() != null && (is_array($options->getProperties()) || $options->getProperties() instanceof Countable) && count($options->getProperties()) > 0)) {

In this way, we won't have empty exported file.

**M E S A B O** · Answer 38 · 2019-05-06 13:20:14

Take a look: https://devanswers.co/problem-php-7-2-phpmyadmin-warning-in-librariessql-count/

Firstly, backup sql.lib.php before editing. Edit sql.lib.php in nano.

$ sudo nano /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/sql.lib.php

Press CTRL + W and search for (count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'] == 1)

Replace it with ((count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1)

Save file and exit. (Press CTRL + X, press Y and then press ENTER)

**Alejandro Reyes** · Answer 39 · 2019-05-13 21:05:03

Replace Function:

function PMA_isRememberSortingOrder($analyzed_sql_results) {
return $GLOBALS['cfg']['RememberSorting']
    &&!(
        $analyzed_sql_results['is_count']
        || $analyzed_sql_results['is_export']
        || $analyzed_sql_results['is_func']
        || $analyzed_sql_results['is_analyse']
    )&&
    $analyzed_sql_results['select_from']&&
    (
        empty($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'])||
        count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'])==1&&
        $analyzed_sql_results['select_expr'][0] == '*'
    )
    && count($analyzed_sql_results['select_tables']) == 1;
}

**Bikram Nath** · Answer 40 · 2019-05-19 18:15:48

Bikram Nath On 19 May 2019 at 18:15

|| ((count($analyzed_sql_results['select_expr']) == 1

This is what I changed in line 614 and phpmyadmin works without any error. Need one ( before count, and one ) before == . That's it.

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This is a good example of why to indent and beautify your code, if it would be indeted correctly, I believe this would never happen, or at least, would be more easily found.

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