Welcome to the release candidate of phpMyAdmin version 5.2.0 (rc1). This release contains many new features.

Some highlights include:

* Removed support for Microsoft Internet Explorer
* Requires PHP 7.2 or newer
* Requires the openssl PHP extension
* Improved handling of system CA bundle and cacert.pem, falling back to Mozilla CA if needed
* Replace "master/slave" terms with "primary/replica"
* Add "NOT LIKE %...%" operator to Table search
* Add support for the Mroonga engine
* Add support for account locking
* Several fixes and improvements to the SQL parser library

There are, of course, many more fixes and new features that you can see in the ChangeLog file included with this release or online at https://demo.phpmyadmin.net/master-config/index.php?route=/changelog

Downloads are available now at https://phpmyadmin.net/downloads/

For the phpMyAdmin team,
Isaac