I can't access XAMPP phpMyAdmin; it says: Error MySQL said: Documentation Cannot connect: invalid settings

Question

Full error message:

Error
MySQL said: Documentation
Cannot connect: invalid settings. 
Connection for controluser as defined in your configuration failed.
phpM         


        

Answer 1

I found the answer in StackOverflow. In "config.inc.php" file, I changed 'config' to 'cookie'. Here is the answer quoted from StackOverflow:

Step 1:

Locate phpMyAdmin installation path.

Step 2:

Open phpMyAdmin>config.inc.php in your favourite text editor.

Step 3:

Search for $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';

Replace it with $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';