wget https://files.phpmyadmin.net/phpMyAdmin/4.5.0.2/phpMyAdmin-4.5.0.2-english.tar.gz
tar xvzf phpMyAdmin-4.5.0.2-english.tar.gz
mv phpMyAdmin-4.5.0.2-english myadmin
mkdir myadmin/config
chown -R ************ myadmin/config

/etc/php5/fpm/php.ini
session.gc_maxlifetime = 3600
sudo service php5-fpm restart

#save configuration created using https://adrhc.go.ro/myadmin/setup
mv -v myadmin/config/config.inc.php myadmin/config.inc.php
sudo chown ************ myadmin/config.inc.php
rmdir myadmin/config
sudo service php5-fpm restart

#pma tables (phpMyAdmin configuration storage)
#pma = php My Admin
#Use phpMyAdmin in order to execute the sql content of myadmin/sql/create_tables.sql.
#Disable the phpmyadmin-DB creation if you want the pma tables to be included in the current database.

#config.inc.php
/* Servers configuration */
$i = 0;

/* Server: localhost [1] */
$i++;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose'] = 'mysql asrock';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['port'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_http_realm'] = 'phpMyAdmin';

/* don't know the purpose of these commented & not required settings
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'db user name';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'db password';
*/

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] = 'db user name for accessing the pmadb below named phpmyadmin';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] = 'db password for controluser';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] = 'phpmyadmin';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['bookmarktable'] = 'pma__bookmark';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['relation'] = 'pma__relation';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['userconfig'] = 'pma__userconfig';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['users'] = 'pma__users';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['usergroups'] = 'pma__usergroups';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['navigationhiding'] = 'pma__navigationhiding';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_info'] = 'pma__table_info';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['column_info'] = 'pma__column_info';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['history'] = 'pma__history';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['recent'] = 'pma__recent';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['favorite'] = 'pma__favorite';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_uiprefs'] = 'pma__table_uiprefs';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking'] = 'pma__tracking';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_coords'] = 'pma__table_coords';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages'] = 'pma__pdf_pages';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['savedsearches'] = 'pma__savedsearches';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['central_columns'] = 'pma__central_columns';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['designer_settings'] = 'pma__designer_settings';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['export_templates'] = 'pma__export_templates';
/* End of servers configuration */