Problem:

I can't access localhost/phpmyadmin/

before I can access localhost/phpmyadmin/ but today when I'm trying to access this page I got weird page

also I can access localhost/xampp/ without any problem

Question:

How can I solve this problem ?

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21 Answers

what you need to do is to add phpmyadmin to the apache configuration:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

Add the phpmyadmin config to the file:

Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf

then restart apache:

sudo service apache2 restart

On windows, I think you can just navigate to the apache2 config file and include the phpmyadmin config file as shown above, then restart apache

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A cleaner way is to create the new configuration file: 

/etc/apache2/conf-available/phpmyadmin.conf

and write the following in it:

Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf

then, soft link the file to the directory /etc/apache2/conf-enabled:

sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/conf-available/phpmyadmin.conf /etc/apache2/conf-enabled
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You should use localhost:portnumber/phpmyadmin Here the Portnumber is the number which you set for your web server or if you have not set it until now it is by Default - 80.

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Make sure that both apache webserver and MySQL server are running. I had the same failure because I forgot to start my webserver.

when you run Xampp, check the apache port no. ex: if it is displaying port 80, then type

After that it will display automatically

I am using Linux Mint : After installing LAMP along with PhpMyAdmin, I linked both the configuration files of Apache and PhpMyAdmin. It did the trick. Following are the commands. 

sudo ln -s /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/phpmyadmin.conf

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

sudo apt-get -y --reinstall install phpmyadmin; sudo service apache2 restart;

Hope this helps.

It generally occurs when your default port for localhost is being used by another application (like apache tomcat). Easy fix is to stop the application and simply go to localhost/phpmyadmin.

In my case it worked after stopping apache tomcat.

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Sometimes it's case sensitive. Have you tried going to ?

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Based on your output, one of your plugins is messing up with the phpmyadmin. Try disabling all plugins to see if that works.

If it does, enable them one by one and check again, to find the problematic one.

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Resolving same problem on Ubuntu 14.04, I use code:

 sudo ln -s /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/phpmyadmin.conf sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

it is because since Ubuntu 13, Apache loads configuration files from the /etc/apache2/conf-enabled directory.

Ubuntu Documentation

You need reload the server.

If you use apache server systemctl reload apache2

If you use nginx server systemctl reload nginx

Judging by the output of the image which you linked in one of your comments:

... maybe you accidentally downloaded some form of the website from where you thought you were downloading phpMyAdmin. The text contains references to "Dropbox" which makes me think that the information displaying is in no way related to phpmyadmin.

Try re-installing and see if that helps...

Or it could be that Skype is running on the same port (it does by default).

Disable Skype or configure Skype to use another port

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I also faced the same issue. i worked on it and found out ,this is simply because i have mistakenly moved my "phpmyadmin" folder in to a some folder inside Xampp. Go through all the other folders which are inside the main "XAMPP" folder. Then if you find the "phpmyadmin" inside another folder other than "xampp" move it back to the main "XAmpp" folder and refresh the page. :)

A cleaner way to include the phpmyadmin config into apache2 is to create a new config file by:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/phpmyadmin.conf

and write in it:

Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf

Run the Apache server, note down the port number(eg:8081) Open your browser and type localhost:8081(or apache's port number)

Just change - $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost'; in config.inc.ph. i.e. from existing to localhost if you installed it locally

Make sure you still have phpMyAdmin maybe you deleted it in your htdocs folder?

Get the latest version:

Unzip then place the phpMyAdmin (rename the folder if it has version numbers) in your htdocs folder.

Make sure Skype is disabled as it will some times run on the same port as your XAMPP install... I'm not sure why but apache installed via xampp on some windows 7 machines ive seen apache not run if skype is on after 10years of IT work.

So make sure apache is running, mysql is running and hit:

localhost/phpMyAdmin

You should get some kind of install prompt. Step through this you will learn lots along the way. But basically its one config file that needs some settings.

I had the same problem. Couldn't access neither.
and I did not quite understand the other answers.
The simple solution for me:

  1. stop all actions in xampp (I had apache and mysql running. apache on port 80 and 7000something)
  2. quit firefox
  3. restart the actions (apache and mysql)
  4. restart firefox.
  5. open (or - whatever it be)
  6. voila!

Now apache runs on port 80 and 443 and mysql on 3306.

What you need to do is to add phpmyadmin to the apache configuration:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

Add the phpmyadmin config to the file:

Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf

Then restart apache:

sudo service apache2 restart

On ubuntu 18.0.1, I think you can just navigate to the apache2 config file and include the phpmyadmin config file as shown above, then restart apache

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