Unable to access phpMyAdmin after a password is set to the database

Question

After I set password to MySQL, phpMyAdmin is denying access to the database and is showing the following error:

MySQL said:

1045 - Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)

I have googled it and tried to mess with the config file, I tried everything, but couldn't come up with a solution. I even went through the previous questions of Stack Overflow, but the answers there also didn't change the situation.

Here is my config.inc.php file:

<?php
/*
 * This is needed for cookie based authentication to encrypt password in
 * cookie
 */
$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = 'xampp'; /* YOU SHOULD CHANGE THIS FOR A MORE SECURE COOKIE AUTH! */

/*
 * Servers configuration
 */
$i = 0;

/*
 * First server
 */
$i++;

/* Authentication type and info */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type']            = 'config';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user']                 = 'root';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password']             = 'root';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword']      = true;

/* Server parameters */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host']             = 'localhost';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type']     = 'tcp';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['compress']         = false;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysql';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = false;

/* Select mysqli if your server has it */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysqli';

/* User for advanced features */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] = 'pma';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] = 'root';

/* Advanced phpMyAdmin features */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb']            = 'phpmyadmin';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['bookmarktable']    = 'pma_bookmark';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['relation']         = 'pma_relation';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_info']       = 'pma_table_info';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_coords']     = 'pma_table_coords';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages']        = 'pma_pdf_pages';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['column_info']      = 'pma_column_info';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['history']          = 'pma_history';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['designer_coords']  = 'pma_designer_coords';

/*
 * End of servers configuration
 */

/*
 * Directories for saving/loading files from server
 */
$cfg['UploadDir']   = '';
$cfg['SaveDir']     = '';

$cfg['AllowAnywhereRecoding']       = true;
$cfg['DefaultCharset']              = 'utf-8';
$cfg['DefaultLang']                 = 'en-utf-8';
$cfg['DefaultConnectionCollation']  = 'utf8_general_ci';

$cfg['MySQLManualBase'] = 'http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en';
$cfg['MySQLManualType'] = 'searchable';

?>

Answer 1

Here's the code you should have for the phpmyadmin config.inc.php file:

   <?php

          $i = 0;
          $i++;
          $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost';
          $cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp';
          $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'http';
          $cfg['Servers'][$i]['compress'] = false;
          $cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysql';
          $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = false;

   ?>

If you are having issues w the host configuration, you should use:

         $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = '127.0.0.1';

If that doesn't work, here's another work-around that doesn't require any coding:

• open /scripts/signon.php page in your browser under PHPMyAdmin folder
• enter the the login details
• Then another login screen pops-up, enter the mysql details