(HY000/1130): Host 'localhost' is not allowed to connect to this MariaDB server

When phpmyadmin cannot connect:

How to fix:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSX-ib2aMDQ

edit file:

C:\xampp\mysql\bin\my.ini

by adding:

skip-grant-tables

to [ mysqld ]  as follows:


# The MySQL server
[mysqld]
skip-grant-tables
port= 3306
socket = "C:/xampp/mysql/mysql.sock"
basedir = "C:/xampp/mysql