If you are ever trying to import a (large) existing database through phpMyAdmin and you are getting the following error, you might want to check your php.ini file. \# File: php.ini memory\_limit = 256M post\_max\_size = 128M upload\_max\_filesize = 128M max\_execution\_time = 600 max\_input\_time = 600 Try increasing the values image/svg+xml of the configuration variables until you get successful results. If you are using Docker to boot up your phpMyAdmin instance, you might also want to check the UPLOAD_LIMIT environment variable in your docker-compose.