Well this is odd, I have xampp running for years without too much problems, but now I'm into something I can't solve on my own.
Today I needed phpmyadmin, so first thing I did was go to /localhost/phpmyadmin in de browser. Now I get a big red warning page saying this:
"Welcome to phpMyAdmin
Error
MySQL said: Documentation
#2002 - Een verbindingspoging is mislukt omdat de verbonden party niet correct heeft geantwoord na een bepaalde tijd, of de gemaakte verbinding is mislukt omdat de verbonden host niet heeft geantwoord.
The server is not responding (or the local server's socket is not correctly configured).
Connection for controluser as defined in your configuration failed."
How can my configuration be incorrect? I have checked everything but I can't get it working...
What I've done so far:
- Checking if my passwords are correct
- Checking if mysql service is running
- Restarting/reinstalling mysql service
- Running mysql without service
- Checked for ports in use and multiple instances of mysql
The point is, I have only one instance of mysql running (as it should be), XAMPP control panel says everything is allright, but none of my applications can reach the database now. Also can't even get a loginscreen of phpmyadmin.
Reinstalling xampp is my last option, I have a difficult configuration and it would take a lot of time to backup and restore everything. Do you think it is possible to restore mysql functionality without a reinstall? if so, what are the steps I need to take to get it working again?
Thank you very much!
Marco