phpmyadmin - mysql said: Cannot connect: invalid settings. xampp

Question

I changed the root password to test and now I cannot login in phpMyAdmin page in XAMPP. I looked for help here and here which basically says changed config.inc.php file in XAMPPPHPMYADMIN folder.

/* Authentication type and info */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['compress'] = false;
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'test';    <---- changed this
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysql';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = true;

/* User for advanced features */
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] = 'pma';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] = 'test'; <--- I changed this too (Edit: Not needed)

This code below works which uses the above password

if($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']=="127.0.0.1")
{
define("DATABASE_SERVER", "localhost");
define("DATABASE_USERNAME", "root");
define("DATABASE_PASSWORD", "test");
define("DATABASE_NAME", "TIGERWOODS");
} 

This happend to me bofore on Mac and I could not resolve it. Now it happened again on WinXP. I am using Xampp 1.7.4.

Answer 1

I have been confronted with the same problem, so I went to :

/xampp/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php

I pasted the password which I had enter earlier then I was able to access phpmyadmin again, there in the privileges tab/ edit/ I chose no password and go then it all came back to life :)

Also you can change the user to admin but your phpmyadmin would be in admin side and your other localhost website will not work either.