29.07.2016, 19:37
I feel like I've replied to this thread before ... strictly speaking, NO you don't need wampserver. You can download the MySQL server as a standalone package and you can use a standalone client.
However phpMyAdmin is convenient web interface for managing the server. And because it runs on PHP (just like it says on the tin) it also requires a web server. That webserver is usually Apache but phpMyAdmin can also be installed on other webservers. WAMP (literally Windows - Apache - MySQL - PHP) is a software bundle that bundles all these pieces of software in one package.
However phpMyAdmin is convenient web interface for managing the server. And because it runs on PHP (just like it says on the tin) it also requires a web server. That webserver is usually Apache but phpMyAdmin can also be installed on other webservers. WAMP (literally Windows - Apache - MySQL - PHP) is a software bundle that bundles all these pieces of software in one package.