phpMyAdmin access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)

Question

I am unable to connect to my MySQL in xampp I have this error:

MySQL said: Documentation

1045 - Access denied for user \'root\'@\'localhost\'

Answer 1

found a solution, in my config file I just changed

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

to

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'HTTP';