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

You may had set different passwords for user 'root' or have been changed your password. I had same error as :

mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

and I found that my root password for phpmyAdmin is not same on both 'mysql' and 'phpmyadmin' databases, so I updated my password for 'phpmyadmin' database same as 'mysql' database as follow:

sudo gedit /etc/phpmyadmin/config-db.php

and update the fields

$dbuser='root';

$dbpass='myNewPassword'; <-- update your new password here

Best wishes!