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

Question

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 r

Answer 1

This is old but as it is the first result in Google,

Please note that this also happens when your MySql service is down,

I fixed this by simply restarting MySQL Server using:

/etc/init.d/mysql restart

in SSH (Command is for a CentOS/CPanel server)