mysql said: Cannot connect: invalid settings. xampp

Solution 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.

Solution 2:

I also had the same problem and it tooks me several hours to figured out.

I just changed 'config' to 'cookie'

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';

Solution 3:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = '127.0.0.1:3307';

if u change port address