remember that phpMyAdmin is a direct link to your data. It is necessary to protect this from predators, and if you have default passwords in use ... anyone with your IP address could theoretically log in and steal your data AND make modifications to allow access to your entire system.
So the standard setup is for access to phpMyAdmin only from the local subnet that the machine is on.
If you want to make an exception to this rule, you should make it only for specific IP addresses, to be sure you are not invaded.
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