MySQL Workbench vs phpMyAdmin [closed]

Solution 1:

Could it replace phpmyadmin completely?

Yes it can. Actually you get much more control in Workbench, especially on the administration side. Probably the main advantage of phpMyAdmin is in its web user interface, which in some cases can be more convenient than the Workbench client.

Solution 2:

Workbench is very nice if you need to visualize your table relationships, basically that's the only thing I've used it for, but I believe phpmyadmin also supports that now, through a java applet?, it's called Designer view.

You can access it by clicking on your database in the left-hand frame, and then clicking on the Designer tab.

Also, keep in mind that there are limitations on the free versions, like it cannot reverse engineer existing databases.