phpMyAdmin ERROR: mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/1045): Access denied for user 'pma'@'localhost' (using password: NO)

Question

I keep getting the following errors with mysql connection through XAMPP and I don\'t know what to do:

That\'s the code in the config.inc.php

Answer 1

Might be late to the party - also, this answer is for LAMP users who got to this thread from google, like me.

Basically, the problem is PMA is trying to connect to SQL with a user that doesn't exist.

At /etc/phpmyadmin/config-db.php, you will find 2 variables: $dbuser, and $dbpass. Those specify the MySQL user and Password that PMA is trying to connect with.

Now, connect with some username/password that work (or just "root" if you are connecting from localhost), create a new user with global priviliges (e.g - %PMA User% with password %Some Random Password%), then in the above mentioned file set:
$dbuser = %PMA User% ;
$dbpass = %Some Random Password%;

You might also change other stuff there, like the server address ($dbserver), the port ($dbport, which might not be the default one on your machine), and more.