Fixing phpMyAdmin errors












1















All,



Per:
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/support/
we are supposed to ask support Qs here for phpmyadmin.



Getting this error:



"Failed to read configuration file This usually means there is a syntax error in it, please check any errors shown below."



But the box below is blank.



The only thing I added was a timeout value of:



$cfg['LoginCookieValidity'] = 19200



And I used to be able to set this to:



60*60*24*3



or 3 days, so as developer not re-logging in all the time.



Even after commenting out the $cfg['LoginCookieValidity'] line the system still errors with a blank red line.



I do not see any log file defined in the config.inc.php config file, so have no idea where to look for the current errors.



All help appreciated!



Cheers!



OMR










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    Shouldn't that line have a ; after it? What happens if you delete it altogether? Apache error log usually has some hints - typically in /var/log/httpd/?????.log or /var/log/apache/??????.log

    – davidgo
    Jan 25 at 18:08











  • Alsi, stackoverflow may be more appropriate according to your link (but I think this is on topic here to)

    – davidgo
    Jan 25 at 18:11











  • Davidgo, The ';" fixed that line, but still getting the Red Blank error line after login, so not reading anything. Was importing tables when this all went down, so used the cmd line to finish, but can't actually login still.

    – OldManRiver
    Jan 25 at 18:55











  • Oh Stackoverflow is recommended, but that throws you to SuperUser when you want to ask a phpmyadmin Q!

    – OldManRiver
    Jan 25 at 18:56











  • davidgo, Must have been something hanging in the DB as I pulled up MySQL Workbench and after that phpMyAdmin went back to working! Cheers

    – OldManRiver
    Jan 25 at 19:03
















1















All,



Per:
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/support/
we are supposed to ask support Qs here for phpmyadmin.



Getting this error:



"Failed to read configuration file This usually means there is a syntax error in it, please check any errors shown below."



But the box below is blank.



The only thing I added was a timeout value of:



$cfg['LoginCookieValidity'] = 19200



And I used to be able to set this to:



60*60*24*3



or 3 days, so as developer not re-logging in all the time.



Even after commenting out the $cfg['LoginCookieValidity'] line the system still errors with a blank red line.



I do not see any log file defined in the config.inc.php config file, so have no idea where to look for the current errors.



All help appreciated!



Cheers!



OMR










share|improve this question


















  • 2





    Shouldn't that line have a ; after it? What happens if you delete it altogether? Apache error log usually has some hints - typically in /var/log/httpd/?????.log or /var/log/apache/??????.log

    – davidgo
    Jan 25 at 18:08











  • Alsi, stackoverflow may be more appropriate according to your link (but I think this is on topic here to)

    – davidgo
    Jan 25 at 18:11











  • Davidgo, The ';" fixed that line, but still getting the Red Blank error line after login, so not reading anything. Was importing tables when this all went down, so used the cmd line to finish, but can't actually login still.

    – OldManRiver
    Jan 25 at 18:55











  • Oh Stackoverflow is recommended, but that throws you to SuperUser when you want to ask a phpmyadmin Q!

    – OldManRiver
    Jan 25 at 18:56











  • davidgo, Must have been something hanging in the DB as I pulled up MySQL Workbench and after that phpMyAdmin went back to working! Cheers

    – OldManRiver
    Jan 25 at 19:03














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All,



Per:
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/support/
we are supposed to ask support Qs here for phpmyadmin.



Getting this error:



"Failed to read configuration file This usually means there is a syntax error in it, please check any errors shown below."



But the box below is blank.



The only thing I added was a timeout value of:



$cfg['LoginCookieValidity'] = 19200



And I used to be able to set this to:



60*60*24*3



or 3 days, so as developer not re-logging in all the time.



Even after commenting out the $cfg['LoginCookieValidity'] line the system still errors with a blank red line.



I do not see any log file defined in the config.inc.php config file, so have no idea where to look for the current errors.



All help appreciated!



Cheers!



OMR










share|improve this question














All,



Per:
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/support/
we are supposed to ask support Qs here for phpmyadmin.



Getting this error:



"Failed to read configuration file This usually means there is a syntax error in it, please check any errors shown below."



But the box below is blank.



The only thing I added was a timeout value of:



$cfg['LoginCookieValidity'] = 19200



And I used to be able to set this to:



60*60*24*3



or 3 days, so as developer not re-logging in all the time.



Even after commenting out the $cfg['LoginCookieValidity'] line the system still errors with a blank red line.



I do not see any log file defined in the config.inc.php config file, so have no idea where to look for the current errors.



All help appreciated!



Cheers!



OMR







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    Shouldn't that line have a ; after it? What happens if you delete it altogether? Apache error log usually has some hints - typically in /var/log/httpd/?????.log or /var/log/apache/??????.log

    – davidgo
    Jan 25 at 18:08











  • Alsi, stackoverflow may be more appropriate according to your link (but I think this is on topic here to)

    – davidgo
    Jan 25 at 18:11











  • Davidgo, The ';" fixed that line, but still getting the Red Blank error line after login, so not reading anything. Was importing tables when this all went down, so used the cmd line to finish, but can't actually login still.

    – OldManRiver
    Jan 25 at 18:55











  • Oh Stackoverflow is recommended, but that throws you to SuperUser when you want to ask a phpmyadmin Q!

    – OldManRiver
    Jan 25 at 18:56











  • davidgo, Must have been something hanging in the DB as I pulled up MySQL Workbench and after that phpMyAdmin went back to working! Cheers

    – OldManRiver
    Jan 25 at 19:03














  • 2





    Shouldn't that line have a ; after it? What happens if you delete it altogether? Apache error log usually has some hints - typically in /var/log/httpd/?????.log or /var/log/apache/??????.log

    – davidgo
    Jan 25 at 18:08











  • Alsi, stackoverflow may be more appropriate according to your link (but I think this is on topic here to)

    – davidgo
    Jan 25 at 18:11











  • Davidgo, The ';" fixed that line, but still getting the Red Blank error line after login, so not reading anything. Was importing tables when this all went down, so used the cmd line to finish, but can't actually login still.

    – OldManRiver
    Jan 25 at 18:55











  • Oh Stackoverflow is recommended, but that throws you to SuperUser when you want to ask a phpmyadmin Q!

    – OldManRiver
    Jan 25 at 18:56











  • davidgo, Must have been something hanging in the DB as I pulled up MySQL Workbench and after that phpMyAdmin went back to working! Cheers

    – OldManRiver
    Jan 25 at 19:03








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Shouldn't that line have a ; after it? What happens if you delete it altogether? Apache error log usually has some hints - typically in /var/log/httpd/?????.log or /var/log/apache/??????.log

– davidgo
Jan 25 at 18:08





Shouldn't that line have a ; after it? What happens if you delete it altogether? Apache error log usually has some hints - typically in /var/log/httpd/?????.log or /var/log/apache/??????.log

– davidgo
Jan 25 at 18:08













Alsi, stackoverflow may be more appropriate according to your link (but I think this is on topic here to)

– davidgo
Jan 25 at 18:11





Alsi, stackoverflow may be more appropriate according to your link (but I think this is on topic here to)

– davidgo
Jan 25 at 18:11













Davidgo, The ';" fixed that line, but still getting the Red Blank error line after login, so not reading anything. Was importing tables when this all went down, so used the cmd line to finish, but can't actually login still.

– OldManRiver
Jan 25 at 18:55





Davidgo, The ';" fixed that line, but still getting the Red Blank error line after login, so not reading anything. Was importing tables when this all went down, so used the cmd line to finish, but can't actually login still.

– OldManRiver
Jan 25 at 18:55













Oh Stackoverflow is recommended, but that throws you to SuperUser when you want to ask a phpmyadmin Q!

– OldManRiver
Jan 25 at 18:56





Oh Stackoverflow is recommended, but that throws you to SuperUser when you want to ask a phpmyadmin Q!

– OldManRiver
Jan 25 at 18:56













davidgo, Must have been something hanging in the DB as I pulled up MySQL Workbench and after that phpMyAdmin went back to working! Cheers

– OldManRiver
Jan 25 at 19:03





davidgo, Must have been something hanging in the DB as I pulled up MySQL Workbench and after that phpMyAdmin went back to working! Cheers

– OldManRiver
Jan 25 at 19:03










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