- In ‘/etc/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php’ change this line $cfg['UploadDir'] = '/etc/phpmyadmin/upload'
- Make a folder named upload in that location.
Now in phpMyAdmin, you can pick files from that directory for upload.
(found here:http://daipratt.co.uk/importing-large-files-into-mysql-with-phpmyadmin/)