phpmyadmin not open up

[mohit sehgal]

Error
MySQL said: Documentation

Cannot connect: invalid settings.
Connection for controluser as defined in your configuration failed.
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.


xampp version:5.5.33

please help.

[mohit sehgal]

solved.
I had mysql server installed seperately which was keeping port 3306 busy all the time , uninstalling it and changing some configurations made my life easier.