Why can't I access Xampp's phpmyadmin on localhost? Access is forbidden.
Solution 1
The solution can be found here. Summary follows:
Edit /opt/lampp/etc/extra/httpd-xampp.conf
.
Add the line Require all granted
to the bottom of the <Directory "/opt/lampp/phpmyadmin">
block as follows:
<Directory "/opt/lampp/phpmyadmin">
AllowOverride AuthConfig Limit
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Require all granted
</Directory>
Solution 2
I solved this by creating a new virtual host for phpmyadmin
For windows systems:
Append the following to C:/xampp/apache/conf/httpd.conf
:
NameVirtualHost phpmyadmin.local
<VirtualHost phpmyadmin.local>
ServerName phpmyadmin.local
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/phpmyadmin"
<Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs/phpmyadmin">
AllowOverride All
Allow from All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Change the DocumentRoot/Directory
to the path where you have installed your version of phpmyadmin
.
Open the C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
file in a text editor and add the following line:
127.0.0.1 phpmyadmin.local
then save the hosts file and restart xampp
.
Andrew Fairbairn
Updated on July 05, 2022Comments
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Andrew Fairbairn almost 2 years
I can access localhost fine on Xampp with phpmyadmin on ubuntu. I can see the contents of /htdocs which I completely cleared and wrote my own for. I want to access phpmyadmin, but cannot.
When loading phomyadmin, I am greeted by a 403 Error and a note advising me to configure the setting in the file
httpd-xampp.conf
. I looked in/opt/lampp/etc/extra/httpd-xampp.conf
, but have no idea what to configure.Two areas within the file seem useful in this scenario:
<Directoy "/opt/lampp/phpmyadmin"> AllowOverride AuthConfig Limit Order allow,deny Deny From all </Directory>
and
# # New XAMPP security concept # <LocationMatch "^/(?:xampp|security|licenses|phpmyadmin|webalizer|server-status|server-info))"> Order deny,allow Deny from all Allow from ::1 127.0.0.0/8 \ fc00::/7 10.0.0.0/8 172.16.0.0/12 192.168.0.0/16 \ fe00::/10 169.254.0.0/16 ErrorDocument 403 /error/XAMPP_FORBIDDEN.html.var </LocationMatch>
In both segments I tried changing "Deny from all" to "Allow from all" and restarted Xampp with the command
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp restart
. I received the same error page as before. I tried other solutions found online, but none have worked.What do I have to configure to access phpmyadmin?