I'm still having this problem about a year later, on ubuntu server (no desktop), with phpmyadmin 4.6.6-5 and php 7.2.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.2.
I suppose that the problem goes unnoticed if php warnings are deactivated, but I'm doing also some development on this server, and the warnings are useful for me.
I'm still having this problem about a year later, on ubuntu server (no desktop), with phpmyadmin 4.6.6-5 and php 7.2.15- 0ubuntu0. 18.04.2.
I suppose that the problem goes unnoticed if php warnings are deactivated, but I'm doing also some development on this server, and the warnings are useful for me.