Did you run the setup script for the first time?, in order to allow access to local-server (specially in win 8) & make sure you always run it as admin.
If you have access to phpmyadmin you can do the above step from setting tab, in more setting option.
If you are having trouble setting this up, let me know and i will tell you more details about it.
This might be not the best answer for your questions, but i am trying to help as much as i can.
All right, Do the following steps , i assume that you have access to phpmyadmin, if not go to wamp directory -> alias -> open phpmyadmin.conf
Change the following code :
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 127.0.0.1
To
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from all
Then save it.
Afterwards, Go to wamp tray icon -> right click -> put the server online
That should allow you to have access in both localhost and phpmyadmin
- Instead of manually editing config.inc.php, you can use the Setup
Script. First you must manually create a folder config in the
phpMyAdmin directory (you can find it on wamp/apps/phpmyadmin/). This is a security measure and should be deleted after finishing the setupscript.
- Then open localhost/phpmyadmin on your web browser
- Go to settings tab
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in more settings you will find link to SetupScript , should be in
localhost/phpmyadmin/setup/index.php
under servers, hit new server
- Type your host name which should be localhost since you are running on local machine
- In Authentication Settings right the user and password to access phpmyadmin
- There are a lot of other settings you may use depends on your needs
- hit save button
- Note that changes are not saved to disk until explicitly choose Save from the Configuration area of the screen. Normally the script saves the new config.inc.php to the config/ directory, but if the webserver does not have the proper permissions you may see the error "Cannot load or save configuration." Ensure that the config/ directory exists and has the proper permissions - or use the Download link to save the config file locally and upload (via FTP or some similar means) to the proper location.
- Once the file has been saved, it must be moved out of the config/ directory to phpmyadmin main directory and the permissions must be reset, again as a security measure.
- Now the file is ready to be used. You can choose to review or edit the file with your favorite editor, if you prefer to set some advanced options
- If you are using the auth_type "config", it is suggested that you protect the phpMyAdmin installation directory because using config does not require a user to enter a password to access the phpMyAdmin installation. Use of an alternate authentication method is recommended, for example with HTTP–AUTH in a .htaccess file or switch to using auth_type cookie or http.
- Open the main phpMyAdmin directory in your browser. phpMyAdmin should now display a welcome screen and your databases, or a login dialog if using HTTP or cookie authentication mode.
- You should deny access to the ./libraries and ./setup/lib subfolders in your webserver configuration. For Apache you can use supplied .htaccess file in that folder, for other webservers, you should configure this yourself. Such configuration prevents from possible path exposure and cross side scripting vulnerabilities that might happen to be found in that code.
- It is generally good idea to protect public phpMyAdmin installation against access by robots as they usually can not do anything good there. You can do this using robots.txt file in root of your webserver or limit access by web server configuration.
I hope that helps, if you need further information, Dont hesitate to ask :)
