Cannot login to phpMyAdmin, no errors shown

Question

I have MySQL set up correctly on my linux computer, however I want a better way to input data into the database besides terminal. For this reason, I downloaded phpMyAdmin. However, when I try to log in to the phpMyAdmin from index.php, it doesnt do anything. It seems to just refresh the page without doing anything. I am putting in the correct MySQL username and password. What is the issue?

Here is a screen shot of what it shows after I click "go".

Answer 1

In my case it was due to an old Apache session. Stop Apache, clear all pending sessions in your sessions.save_path directory (example: /var/lib/php/session) and restart Apache.

Answer 2

Are you sure that mysql is running? I had the same issue after doing a database import and filling up the volume containing the mysql database. After changing various permissions and clearing sessions, I tried to restart mysql (/etc/init.d/mysql restart) and it failed because the volume was full. After increasing /var and starting mysql successfully, I was able to log into phpmyadmin just fine.