title: Phpmyadmin - connection for controluser failed PHPMyadmin
body: <p>I installed xampp and i am trying to connect to localhost/phpmyadmin. <br>
  I get an error. Connection for controluser as defined in the configuration failed. <br>
  I can't even log in as username: root, no password .<br>
  Here are my configuration: </p>
  
  <pre><code>/* Authentication type and info */
  $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';
  $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
  $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = '';
  $cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysqli';
  $cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowNoPassword'] = true;
  $cfg['Lang'] = '';
  
  /* User for advanced features */
  $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controluser'] = 'pma';
  $cfg['Servers'][$i]['controlpass'] = '';
  </code></pre>