Wamp phpMyAdmin error #1045 - Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost'

Question

This is quite common problem and I found a lot of tutorials to help me solve it, although, there is one additional problem with my case...

This is my config settings in config.inc.php

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose'] = 'localhost';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['port'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] = '';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysqli';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'root';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = true;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPasswordRoot'] = true;

When I try to log in via wamp main page, the error shows:

1045 - Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

AND this same is when I try to acces MyAdmin by CONSOLE!

No matter what I type as password or just press enter, it shows me this same error, and because of that i cant 'flush priviliges'.

What can I do?

Answer 1

Try username = root and password is blank.

Answer 2

Step 1: Open your MySQL console.

Step 2: Enter the Provided Command Lines

$use mysql;
$UPDATE mysql.user SET password="PASSWORD("YourPassword") WHERE user="root";
$FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
$exit;

Step 3: Open and edit your config.inc.php file located in your local server files

1. Go to My Computer > C Drive > ( Your Local Server Folder, WAMP/MAMP/XAMPP ) > APPS > PHPMYADMIN > config.inc.php
2. Using a text editor, such as Notepad++, open your config.inc.php file.
3. Find this line of code: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = ''; // MySQL password
4. Change ['password'] = ''; --to--> ['password'] = 'YourPassword'; with the new chosen password you created from Step 2.
5. Click Save

Step 4: Go to phpmyadmin go to http://localhost/phpMyAdmin/.