Configure phpmyadmin, how to get server details!

[miraan]

Hi,

I have just installed Apache, PHP5, and WinMySQLAdmin 1.4 on brand new Windows XP, I have configured everything properly (I followed instructions from a book, so I know everything is right), I have tested a php file on localhost and it works fine, but now, I want to install phpmyadmin on my computer so I can easily play with databases, etc. I have downloaded the ZIP file for the english installation off the official website and extracted files into a folder called "pma" and created a config.inc.php file from instructions on installing phpmyadmin on the internet. This is what my config.inc.php file looks like (I can show you the password and user because I am running this only on my local system) :

<?php
$i=1;
$cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] = 'http://localhost/pma/';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost';
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config'; 
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'test'; 
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'test'; 
$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = ''; 
?>
 

I am 100% sure that everything is right here, apart from this bit:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost';
 

I have WinMySQLAdmin 1.4 installed but I am unsure how to get the right details from that, here is an image of what my winmysqladmin screens look like, please see if this helps me:

AND

Please help thanks!

[Atli]

Hi.

I don't get the problem.

Is phpMyAdmin not working?
If so, then how is it not working?
What exactly is the problem?

[Lazoris]

If you're just trying to setup a local host to test stuff on your home pc or laptop, I just used this

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

Its a pre-setup webserver application with apache, php and anything else you might need. Im not a programmer so when i tried to setup all that stuff on my own I took me like 3 days lol. Using this should solve any setup issues, unless you want to learn how to do it all.

Hope this helped.

Laz