XAMPP phpMyAdmin - Access forbidden!

Question

I can't access PHPMyAdmin. I have installed XAMPPlite 1.6.5 on Windows 7. I haven't changed any config, except .htaccess, where I added the third line:

Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from localhost

Unfortunately, I get the following error when I try to access phpMyAdmin or security from localhost.

Access forbidden!

You don't have permission to access the requested object. It is either read-protected or not readable by the server.

Solution

First question: Are you actually accessing it from localhost? (127.0.0.1 ONLY!)

In your httpd.conf file or somewhere in the main Apache config, you've probably got a line like "AllowOverride None" and should be set to All instead. (That prevents .htaccess files from working properly (security).

Or even it might in the PHPMyAdmin configuration. I couldn't tell you where that is because I don't know what operating system you use (it varies).

Comments

[bbutle01]

I wonder why I was downvoted

[bbutle01]

Yes, I am accessing it from localhost (localhost/xampp). I am using Windows

[ionFish]

@Casebash - Windows... In your Apache config, there may be a file in the includes folder called "security.conf" or similar. Look for a block with PHPMyAdmin in a VirtualHost container and see if there's an AllowOverride None

[bbutle01]

I can't even find an includes folder :-(