Access Denied phpMyadmin error 2002

Question

I’m needing to use phpmyadmin in the xampp, but this returning me this error

#2002 - File or directory not found The server is not responding (or the socket of the local server is not configured correctly). The connection for user control as defined in the settings, failed.

Could someone help me?

Answer 1

Type of connection

Based on the details provided by the error, try accessing the file:

/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php 

And search the line:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp';

Altering tcp for socket.

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Path to mysql.Sock

Another issue with this error is that PHP cannot locate the Mysql socket file. Locate your file:

/etc/php/php.ini

And look for the line:

; Default socket name for local MySQL connects.  If empty, uses the built-in
; MySQL defaults.
; http://php.net/mysql.default-socket
mysql.default_socket = /caminho/para/mysql.sock

Where is /caminho/para/mysql.sock in the example string, puts the correct path to the file mysql.sock in your system.

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^{Credits of the two solutions for @Semibz and @vaquerito respectively on archlinux in this topic.}