Connection for control user as defined in your configuration failed. xampp

php, phpmyadmin

Solution

Basically what is happening here is that you have wrong credentials in your[ .../phpMyadmin/config.inc.php] file .This occurs if you have another mysql instance installed and the username and the passowrd that you use in this file is different.You have to change the username and the password in the above file to match.

/* Authentication type and info */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root'; //Change this to your values
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'root';  //Change this to your values
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysql';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = true;
$cfg['Lang'] = '';

Problem

when i tried to uninstall xampp and reinstall xampp.I received below error message when i go phpmyadmin Need help and guide to solve it .thanks Error MySQL said: Documentation 1045 - Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO) Connection for controluser as defined in your configuration failed. phpMyAdmin tried to connect to the MySQL server, and the server rejected the connection. You should check the host, username and password in your configuration and make sure that they correspond to the information given by the administrator of the MySQL server.

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