Changed password in phpMyAdmin on a Mac using XAMPP, now unable to access localhost/phpmyadmin

Question

I\'ve read all the posts I could find about this, and none helped. I\'ve deleted the XAMPP folder from my computer and reinstalled it from the DMG file, which of course fixed th

Answer 1

In your main installation folder for phpMyAdmin, you must have made a config.inc.php file, that is the file that you should be changing. Incase you don't have that file, then create it:

In the main installation folder(pMA) you would already have a file named: config.sample.inc.php, which contains the default configurations. Make a copy of this file and rename it to config.inc.php, you can do that directly using cp command (after navigating into the said folder):

cp ./config.sample.inc.php ./config.inc.php

Now make a few changes to this new file:

1. Change the entry $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost'; to $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = '127.0.0.1'; (as it does not work in some places)
2. Write/change this line: $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = false;

Note: by the main installation folder for phpMyAdmin i mean the root folder of the installation of phpMyAdmin, i.e /<abc>/<xyz>/phpMyAdmin/.
Also make the 2nd change first, and make the 1st change only if the host is not found

Answer 2

Inside \xampp\phpmyadmin\config_inc.php

add or change like following code.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';

after that try to clear browsing data. then restart mysql.
It works for me. Hope it may help you.

Answer 3

Although, @bool dev have provided an answer above. I would like to share my version of how i resolved this using the terminal. I am using 10.12.5 (OS Serria)

Firstly, you need to have root access

sudo su

Then go to root folder

cd /

From there you need to navigate to the phpMyAdmin folder

cd Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/phpmyadmin/

Then using any editor open the config.inc.php file. (I used vi)

vi config.inc.php

Go to the following section in the file

/* Authentication type */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = ''; // This is empty, set your password here

Then just restart your MySql server. And viola it should be working now.