As a follow up.
I installed the XAMPP package on a different Laptop as a stand alone yesterday.
All went brilliantly and started ok.
Went into
http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ (no problem).
Then misguidedly decided to change the the MYSQL root password.
Foolishly assumed that if I did it here then all would be well with the world and next time I used it it would be OK.
Oh how wrong can you be....
Password changed for MYSQL and accepted.
Cam out and went back in again.
Yep, Cannot find it because now MYSQL has a password, but as far as I can see phpmyadmin doesn't recognise the fact.
So anyway I tested first with
http://localhost/phpmyadmin/? - The ? at the end is part of the URL I entered
Hmmmm Straight in no questions, but if entered as
http://localhost/phpmyadmin - NO MYSQL Connection
I tried checking the file config.inc.php in the folder C:\xampp\phpmyadmin as suggested somewhere.
Added Password to Line $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'mypasswprdhere';
Saved it.
Even Stopped and Started MYSQL Service
No difference, didn't want to know.
So, just to see if it was actually using this file I edited the line
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';
to be
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'html';
Ran it, and it prompted me for user and Password (which is the solution I am currently using),
and also shows it does use this file.
(Oh, and I did quadruple check the spelling of the password in both locations)
So anyway... My Next Question ........
IS THERE ANYWAY that I can set the MYSQL Password for root AND get phpMyAdmin to work OK from
http://localhost/phpmyadmin/I seem to have it working on the main system by mindless hacking, BUT I have no idea how.
I cannot get the same result on the laptop, though.
I can live with solution, and to be honest I have other tools to administer MYSQL, that I am more familiar with,
if I need to install them. So this is now just an academic exercise for me.
I just hate to be beaten by technology, and if no one can tell me why, I will waste my time
finding the answer just for the heck of it (sad I know).
Andrew