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Better Answer with Cause for this problem. Just see '403 Forbidden You don't have permission to access /phpmyadmin/ on this server'

Best Answer with Cause for this problem. Just see 'Forbidden You don't have permission to access /phpmyadmin/ on this server'

The previous 2 adverts are MOST DEFINITELY NOT THE BEST ANSWER

Beware, advise from the ill informed.



In fact that has the possibility to open up your phpMyAdmin, the gateway to your database, to allow anybody in the world to go in and view or delete your databases.

It is an answer from at best the lazy and badly informed OR at worst from those who might like you to open up your system to make hacking it more simple.

You should ALMOST NEVER 'Allow all' or 'Require all granted' access to your phpMyAdmin tool.
Only when you have a very good knowledge of MySQL should you ever consider giving access to phpMyAdmin to anything other than the PC running WAMPServer or your own local network. And definitely not untill you have created a new Super User account with a strong password and removed the default 'root' account.

So a better answer to the question would be :-

Its probably an IPV4 / IPV6 thing i.e. you are trying to access phpMyAdmin over a IPV6 connection ( and ip of ::1 in the apache access log ) so the solution is

edit the \wamp\alias\phpmyadmin.conf file and make these changes

    Order Deny,Allow
    Deny from all
    Allow from 127.0.0.1
    Allow from ::1
    Allow from localhost

Or if you are using Apache 2.4.x replace all the above with

    Require local

Remember
You have installed a web server ( Apache ) which in fact has potentially opened up a new Attack Vector on your PC and/or Network.
Under no circumstances should you grant access to the whole internet to any tools or sites you have developed until you have researched the security implications of your actions.

WAMPServer is intended to be used as a development tool and not a LIVE server.
Anybody can install WAMPServer which means a large number of it users are total beginners and do not have the knowledge or experience to manage a LIVE web server.

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