Hopefully someone can help me, for I have queried the web with no success or concrete answer to this error. I’m using Windows and Xampp. Here is the error I am getting aft
If you use XAMPP Path ( $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] = 'phpmyadmin'; ) C:\xampp\phpmyadmin\config.inc.php (Probably XAMPP1.8 at Line Number 34)
Another Solution: I face same type problem "#1142 - SELECT command denied to user ''@'localhost' for table 'pma_recent'"
On ubuntu, try dpkg-reconfigure phpmyadmin and recreate the phpmyadmin database. I installed using ansible and this was not done.
Open the config.inc.php file from C:\xampp\phpmyadmin
Put the "//" characters in config.inc.php at the start of below line:
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] = 'phpmyadmin';
Example: // $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] = 'phpmyadmin';
Reload your phpmyadmin at localhost.