Can anyone confirm that phpMyAdmin AllowNoPassword works with MySQL databases?

I have a version of phpMyAdmin located on my local Apache server.

I am trying to login without a password however phpMyAdmin keeps throwing the warning:

Login without a password is forbidden by configuration (see AllowNoPassword)

However in my config.php file for phpMyAdmin I have set:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = TRUE;

So I don't know why the message is still appearing.

1. Copy config.sample.inc.php to config.inc.php.

   In most cases you will find the config file

   • on linux: /etc/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php
   • on mac: /Library/WebServer/Documents/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php

2. If you are trying to log in as root, you should have the following lines in your config:

   $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
   $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = true;

According to this: https://www.simplified.guide/phpmyadmin/enable-login-without-password

This $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = TRUE; should be added twice in /etc/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php

if (!empty($dbname)) {
    // other configuration options
    $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = TRUE;
    // it should be placed before the following line
    $i++;
}

// other configuration options
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = TRUE;

I tested the statement:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPasswordRoot'] = true; 

It did not work out for me.

Instead

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = true; 

worked.

Thanks!