phpMyAdmin is throwing a #2002 cannot log in to the mysql server phpmyadmin

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narancha picture narancha · Sep 12, 2010 · Viewed 187.7k times · Source

I have installed MySQL server enterprise 5.1 on my local machine and now I want to install phpMyAdmin, but it does not work.

I have unrared phpMyAdmin to my server root directory and browsed to "localhost/phpMyAdmin/setup/index.php", started a new server and the only setting I changed was filling in my MySQL password in the field "Password for config auth"

So now when I am trying to log in I get an error message saying "#2002 cannot log in to the mysql server phpmyadmin"

Does anyone know what's wrong? I've been having this problem since yesterday.

Answer

kouton picture kouton · Apr 17, 2013

If you're getting the #2002 Cannot log in to the MySQL server error while logging in to phpmyadmin, try editing phpmyadmin/config.inc.php and change:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost';

to:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = '127.0.0.1';

Solution from Ryan's blog

Edit (20-Mar-2015):

Note that if you're on a fresh install, config.inc.php may not exist. You need to rename / copy config.sample.inc.php and then change the relevant line

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