Phpmyadmin unable to open file

You should get some kind of install prompt. Step through this you will learn lots along the way. But basically its one config file that needs some settings. I had the same problem. The simple solution for me:. On ubuntu How are we doing? Please help us improve Stack Overflow. Take our short survey. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group.

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Michal Hudak 4, 9 9 gold badges 55 55 silver badges 86 86 bronze badges. Please provide more information. What do you mean by weird page? Also, what OS are you running? Is this windows, max or linux? Is this a desktop or a server? Show 2 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. David LeBauer Lingani Lingani 1, 1 1 gold badge 8 8 silver badges 3 3 bronze badges. Where is the apache2. Thanks it worked for me too — Youssef Snoussi. Add a comment. Christine Christine 5 5 silver badges 8 8 bronze badges.

Stephen Ostermiller Akshay Akshay 1 1 silver badge 2 2 bronze badges. Where can the setting for the port number be found? The default for apache is 80 nad mysql is — Adrian Enriquez. Black Black I did that but the checkmark did not go away. So I closed out the CP and started it again. With the checkmark still in place, I started Apache and MySql. Both show as running. I got the Xampp window.

Not sure where I choose English tho. I clicked on "phpmyadmin", and I got an error banner that said "Cannot load mysql extension. Please check your PHP configuration".

So there, I am stuck. Any ideas. At least I way farther than I have been before. Something tells me that lousy checkmark has something to do with my problem. Thanks for your help. It ran okay. Then I opened the XCP and the tick is gone. Bot services are running. Then went to localhost, where I get the German header, but an English navigation. Tried to open the phpmyadmin, and I get the same error as before.

Getting frustrating. March More Info. Here is the text of error message: 1. This extension may be part of the PHP distribution compiled-in , otherwise it needs to be loaded dynamically. Its name is probably mysql. Hope this sheds some light. While creating a database, I added a root access password, which initially wasn't set. If i do it via opening the file normally, I get this:. Failed to save 'config. Select 'Retry as Admin' to retry as administrator. If i try via terminal with sudo access and vim edit, I still get unable to open file for writing error.

I have tried doing this via sudo from terminal, I have tried changing chmod permissions. I have browsed through almost all of the similar questions here, but none of the solution is working. Nothing seems to work apparently. You need to shuttdown the mysql service daemon , then edit your config. How are we doing? Please help us improve Stack Overflow. Take our short survey. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group.

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