phpMyAdmin won't load

Question

I'm trying to open my PhpMyAdmin by using this address because my port in xampp is 8080.

http://localhost:8080/phpmyadmin/

But the page won't load and after a while, it will give time out error. In my config.inc file,

/* Authentication type and info */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'http';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = '1234';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysqli';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = true;
$cfg['Lang'] = '';

/* Bind to the localhost ipv4 address and tcp */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost:8080';

what i did so far was changing

 $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'http';

to

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';'

and changing

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost:8080';

to

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = '127.0.0.1';

as well as changing my password to ' ' but still no luck

Isaac Bennetch Isaac Bennetch · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-10T14:43:28

If you use XAMPP, there should be a way to open phpMyAdmin directly from the XAMPP interface. I suggest you revert the changes you've made to config.inc.php and try using the XAMPP method to enter.

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'http';

I thought XAMPP uses auth_type config, so this is a bit strange; you mention changing from http to config, but may it have been set to config in the first place? Stating the username and password (as is done on the next two lines) is only needed with auth_type config, so if you're using some other method those lines are ignored.

Furthermore, using 'http' doesn't give as great of error reporting if a problem occurs when logging in; for testing purposes please try using 'config' or 'cookie' and see if you get a better error back.

That being said, if you're just getting a blank page after a long time trying to load, that suggests that something else might be wrong. Check your webserver error log for hints about what the problem could be.

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost:8080';

This is certainly incorrect; as this directive specifies the hostname for the MySQL server and you would specify the MySQL port number with $cfg['Servers'][$i]['port']. Probably $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = '127.0.0.1'; is correct here, and the comment above stating that it's connecting via TCP (instead of socket) would support that guess.

phpMyAdmin won't load

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