title: MYSQL not allowing JSON data type
body: <p>I'm trying to add a column of type JSON to one of my tables. I'm using XAMPP with phpmyadmin. The server version is 10.1.31-MariaDB. The innodb version is 5.6.36-83.0</p>
  
  <p>When i try to select the JSON type from the select-box in phpmyadmin, i do not see anything about JSON. Also, running this query results in a "syntax error":</p>
  
  <pre><code>ALTER TABLE my_table
  ADD `some_column` json;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've seen both in the manual, and in various tutorials, that mysql indeed does support JSON type. </p>
  
  <p>Is it a version issue? To be honest, i'm very confused about the whole mysql versioning situation. I see on Wikipedia, that the latest stable release is 8.0.11, whereas mine seems to be something completely different(i dont know which is relevant: the "server" or the "innodb" version) I would assume that XAMPP uses the latest mysql version, but maybe i'm wrong.</p>
  
  <p>Can someone shed some light on the issue? If it is actually a version thing, would it be possible to upgrade, while still using XAMPP? </p>