Stuck on MySql

[Argonomic]

I'm trying to create an account to log into with MySql.

I'm new to PHP, and was recommended XAMPP. I installed it with no problems and began doing various tutorials. This is where I'm stuck:

The "admin" button for MySql in XAMPP control panel runs a GUI app that people say is dead. I understand how to log in from the command line, but I don't know how to create an account to log into. If I create it via the dead GUI app then I get an access failure error on a MySql lib file every 4 seconds until I remove the user.

So how do I create an account to log into with MySql?

Thanks.

[Argonomic]

Clicked "admin" next to apache and then discovered the phpMyAdmin stuff so now I'm making some progress again.