phpMyAdmin configuration storage is not completely configured

Question

I have installed xampp 5.6.14 on windows. I open phpmyadmin http://localhost/phpmyadmin/

but warning

! The phpMyAdmin configuration storage is not

Answer 1

resolving configuration storage problem in xampp in windows :

go to import tab in localhost/phpmyadmin and

browse xampp\phpMyAdmin\sql folder and select create_tables.sql and

then click go button

now phpmyadmin db added to your db list

now we must create user account for this db :

users tab and click add user

name : pma

password : pmapass

and click go

for privilege of this user create a file : pma_privileges.sql

with this content :

ON mysql.* TO 'pma'@'localhost';
GRANT 
SELECT
( Host, User, Select_priv, Insert_priv, Update_priv, Delete_priv, Create_priv, Drop_priv, Reload_priv, Shutdown_priv, Process_priv, File_priv, Grant_priv, References_priv, Index_priv, Alter_priv, Show_db_priv, Super_priv, Create_tmp_table_priv, Lock_tables_priv, Execute_priv, Repl_slave_priv, Repl_client_priv ) 
   ON mysql.user TO 'pma'@'localhost';
GRANT 
SELECT
   ON mysql.db TO 'pma'@'localhost';
GRANT 
SELECT
(Host, Db, User, Table_name, Table_priv, Column_priv) 
   ON mysql.tables_priv TO 'pma'@'localhost';
GRANT 
SELECT
,
   INSERT,
   UPDATE
,
      DELETE
         ON phpmyadmin.* TO 'pma'@'localhost';

and import it by import tab

now we create db and user with privilege so now

we must add them to config.inc.php file in xampp\phpMyAdmin folder

so add these :

    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] = 'pma';
    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] = 'pmapass';
    
    /* Storage database and tables */
    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] = 'phpmyadmin';
    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['bookmarktable'] = 'pma__bookmark';
    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['relation'] = 'pma__relation';
    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_info'] = 'pma__table_info';
    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_coords'] = 'pma__table_coords';
    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages'] = 'pma__pdf_pages';
    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['column_info'] = 'pma__column_info';
    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['history'] = 'pma__history';
    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_uiprefs'] = 'pma__table_uiprefs';
    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking'] = 'pma__tracking';
    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['userconfig'] = 'pma__userconfig';
    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['recent'] = 'pma__recent';
    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['favorite'] = 'pma__favorite';
    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['users'] = 'pma__users';
    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['usergroups'] = 'pma__usergroups';
    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['navigationhiding'] = 'pma__navigationhiding';
    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['savedsearches'] = 'pma__savedsearches';
    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['central_columns'] = 'pma__central_columns';

now restart the mysql and browser and the configuration storage error disappear and

columns after comment in creating table are visible

Answer 2

Visit the C:\xampp\phpMyAdmin\config.inc.php and open this and set your own username and password, by default the username - 'root' and password - ' ',

and then restart your xammp server.

when you create the database schema at that time you have to remember the username and password for the next process

Answer 3

First in phpMyAdmin go to users -> search the user "root" and host "localhost". then select option -> edit privileges after that go to -> change password set your password for root there.

then go to xampp folder -> phpmyadmin -> config.inc.php change config to cookie. and password to your new password. $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config'; ----> cookie $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root'; $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = ''; -----> new password(what you set for user root)

Answer 4

The officially distributed create_tables.sql script includes a line to create and use the 'phpmyadmin' database, so perhaps XAMPP changes things.

Note that I don't use XAMPP and I expected that their installer would have set this all up for you, so there may be something wrong there that should be fixed in a more proper way, but one possible solution might be to download the official phpMyAdmin version of create_tables.sql and use that, or you could just add the following line at the top of your sql file:

CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `phpmyadmin`
  DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;
USE phpmyadmin;

Answer 5

This is what I did to enable the advanced features (using the latest version 3.4.x)

First login to phpmyadmin and create a new database called phpmadmin. When you have created the database select the import tab at the top of the page. Click the Browse/Choose file button and navigate to your phpmyadmin folder and open the scripts directory and select the create_tables.sql file. Click open to close the window. Then press Go (bottom of page). The database for the control user has been setup.

Next to setup the control user. Go to the phpmyadmin home screen and click the privileges tab. Click the add a new user link. For the username type phpmyadmin. Set anything as the password (Make sure you remember it). Choose the option to Create database with same name and grant all privileges And then click the Go button.

You have now setup the control user and the database for phpmyadmin. You now need to configure phpmyadmin. Open the config file (called config.inc.php). And remove the // from the start of the following lines

/* User used to manipulate with storage */
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] = 'pma';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] = 'pmapass';

/* Storage database and tables */
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pmadb'] = 'phpmyadmin';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['bookmarktable'] = 'pma_bookmark';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['relation'] = 'pma_relation';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_info'] = 'pma_table_info';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['table_coords'] = 'pma_table_coords';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['pdf_pages'] = 'pma_pdf_pages';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['column_info'] = 'pma_column_info';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['history'] = 'pma_history';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['tracking'] = 'pma_tracking';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['designer_coords'] = 'pma_designer_coords';
// $cfg['Servers'][$i]['userconfig'] = 'pma_userconfig';


Make sure you set $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] to phpmyadmin and apply the password to $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass']. Log out of phpmyadmin, then log back in (not as the control user). The advanced features should now be enabled.