phpmyadmin Failed to set session cookie. Maybe you are using HTTP instead of HTTPS

Question

I install PHP, Apache, and MySQL done and worked. When I finish installing Phpmyadmin, then open it has an error.

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Answer 1

You don't seem to be the first to experience this; there's one other before you: https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/issues/14184

I've personally had trouble where I have to press the button to log in a second time, but it works for me. The person who opened that bug was completely unable to log in.

So basically it's currently an open and known bug and hopefully it will be fixed for the next phpMyAdmin release.

Answer 2

Just clear the cookies and the cache in your browser. This is how it worked for me.

Answer 3

I had the same problem, but, in my case, the problem was my VPN, so I disabled it.

If you are using a VPN you need to disable it or just disable you cookie blocking.

Answer 4

After searching the net for a solution to this problem i figured out that in my case a specific chrome extension caused the login problem. So i recommend to disable your extensions .

In my case the chrome extension that caused the problem was called : Safe torrent scanner

Answer 5

I found one reason for this error

Ref: https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/issues/15634#issuecomment-571713024

If your browser has a Secure cookie and you are browsing a non secure connexion, the non secure connexion will send a new non secure cookie. And the browser will refuse to overwrite the Secure one. Leading to an endless loop.

"Failed to set session cookie. Maybe you are using HTTP instead of HTTPS to access phpMyAdmin."

I also tried "Privacy Badger" but could not reproduce the issue.

Answer 6

Just had this issue on Chrome today, the following worked for me so I thought I'd share it.

Navigate to the Inspector > Application > Clear Storage > Go ahead and clear everything.