Title: PHP myadmin not connecting
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# PHP myadmin not connecting

 *  Resolved [marod5000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marod5000/)
 * (@marod5000)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-myadmin-not-connecting/)
 * tried to change my “root” password from the defualt to my custom password.
 * after making the changes,
 * php myadmin doesnt come up saying :
 * phpMyAdmin tried to connect to the MySQL server, and the server rejected the 
   connection. You should check the host, username and password in your configuration
   and make sure that they correspond to the information given by the administrator
   of the MySQL server.
    Open new phpMyAdmin window
 * Help NEED Urgently COS my entire DATA is at STAKE.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-myadmin-not-connecting/#post-4359598)
 * Are you hosting this server yourself?
 *  Thread Starter [marod5000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marod5000/)
 * (@marod5000)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-myadmin-not-connecting/#post-4359641)
 * Well problem resolved.
    Actually Yea, I have wamp server running on my local 
   machine. However I have resolved the problem.
 * CONFLICT at PHP MY ADMIN
 * Edit two files namely
    Php config. Ini Wp config. Php
 * Makesure
    User name and password is same.
 * Then
    Delete cookies in browser
 * Then
    Restart server
 * Then refresh browser.
 * Problem solved.
    Everybody happy.

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 * Last reply from: [marod5000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marod5000/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-myadmin-not-connecting/#post-4359641)
 * Status: resolved

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