No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it

Question

When I was trying to connect my phpmyadmin on my XAMPP, it gave an error:

#2002 - No connection could be made because the target m         


        

Answer 1

If your operating system is Windows 7:

• go to control panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services
• find mysql then right-click, click start

If your operating system is Linux (Ubuntu):

• in terminal type this command: sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start

Good Luck