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Elissa Williams
Elissa Williams
527 Points
Posted by Elissa Williams
Elissa Williams
527 Points

When I try to open phpMyAdmin I get an error. "MySQL said: Documentation #2003 - Can't connect to MySQL server on..."

Here is the message: #2003 - Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061) — The server is not responding. mysqli_real_connect(): (HY000/2003): Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)

2 Answers

anthonybrackner
anthonybrackner
17,776 Points
anthonybrackner
anthonybrackner
17,776 Points

Did we ever get an answer on this one? It's not letting me connect to SQL servier in PHPAdmin.

christos chatzicharalampous
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christos chatzicharalampous
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 6,456 Points
christos chatzicharalampous
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christos chatzicharalampous
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 6,456 Points

Hello there, I had some similar issues getting a similar error. I added the app MAMP4 and mysqld (got a msg from windows to allow the app connect) to the firewall settings, restarted the server and the problem was solved.