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

Answer 2

Assuming you're trying to connect to http://localhost/phpmyadmin.

From XAMPP control panel start both the Apache module and the MySQL module.

Answer 3

Go to :

xampp/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php

open the file config.inc.php Go to line no:31

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] = 'pma';

Change the line to :

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] = 'root';

Restart your system.

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