WAMP Server ERROR “Forbidden You don't have permission to access /phpmyadmin/ on this server.”

Question

Hi Friends previously I am using XAMP Server but when I install joomla Templates it creates alots of error. Now I installed the WAMP, but the issues are: 1. I can access wit

Answer 1

None of the above answers worked for me, or where unsafe (as some pointed out, using Allow from all can make your files and data accessible to the outside world).

Open the c:\wamp\alias\phpmyadmin.conf file and change

Allow from 127.0.0.1

to

Allow from 127.0.0.1  ::1

Explanation:

• On most computer systems, localhost resolves to the IP address 127.0.0.1, which is the most commonly used IPv4 loopback address, and to the IPv6 loopback address ::1 (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Localhost)

• The resolution of the name localhost into one or more IP addresses is configured by the following lines in the operating system's hosts file:

  127.0.0.1    localhost
  ::1          localhost
  

• to see your hosts file, go to c:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\HOSTS

• notice the above lines are commented out with the note: # localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.

On my machine, on Win7, I also noticed the following:

• localhost\phpmyadmin did not work on Chrome, but worked on IE11
• 127.0.0.1\phpmyadmin worked on Chrome

Answer 2

If its possible uninstall wamp then run installation as administrator then change you mysql.conf file like that

<Directory "c:/wamp/apps/phpmyadmin3.5.1/">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride all
        Order Allow,Deny
    Allow from all
    Allow from all
</Directory>

Not: Before I reinstall as admin the solution above didn't work for me

Answer 3

I faced this problem

Forbidden You don't have permission to access /phpmyadmin/ on this server

Some help about this:

First check you installed a fresh wamp or replace the existing one. If it's fresh there is no problem, For done existing installation.

Follow these steps.

1. Open your wamp\bin\mysql directory
2. Check if in this folder there is another folder of mysql with different name, if exists delete it.
3. enter to remain mysql folder and delete files with duplication.
4. start your wamp server again. Wamp will be working.