MySQL Socket Error in phpMyAdmin

While accessing phpMyAdmin, you may get the following error.

#2002 – The server is not responding (or the local MySQL server’s socket is not correctly configured)
This is due to the missing socket file in the location /tmp.

The socket path which is specified in the phpMyAdmin configuration file is /tmp/mysql.sock.


$ vi /usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php
cfg['Server']['socket'] = ‘/tmp/mysql.sock’;
If mysql.sock is missing in /tmp, then create a link to the mysql.sock file in /var/lib/mysql.

$ ln -s /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock /tmp/mysql.sock
There is also another fix for this issue.

1. Open the phpMyadmin config file “config.inc.php”.vi /usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php
2.Locate the line:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = ‘localhost’;

3.Replace ‘localhost’ with ’127.0.0.1′ and save.

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = ’127.0.0.1′;

This will also fix the issue.