If you are used to the command line client of mySQL, and you prefer it over phpmyadmin, then this is a solution to connect to the servers opened only for localhost.

MySQL Command Line Client for Dummies. Contribute to jon-heller/mycli development by creating an account on GitHub.

This ad hoc sorting functionality saves many keystrokes when compared to the MySQL command line client. Any SQL command can be executed in the query input field—not just queries. And the commands ...