fmPreferences - fmBridgeConnection
Bridge is just another way to connect to your database. Normally program uses direct MySQL connection to remote database installed at website or some other web server. In some cases this type of connection does not work - your hosting provider may not allow direct connections or your LAN settings/firewall prevent connection from being established. Bridge allows you to work with remote database without direct MySQL connection established.
While working through bridge you must store your temporary data somewhere in local database. Bridge is used only for two major operations - get data from remote database and post data to that database. You must understand the difference between bridge connection and MySQL connection. Bridge is not a connection itself, actually this is just a way to transfer files between remote and local machine and nothing else.
To configure PHP MySQL Bridge Connection, follow few steps:
If you have difficulties with "tmp" folder please check this article for help.
Note: It is strongly recommended to create database backup before any mass operations which may be potentially unsafe.