How to Fix phpMyAdmin “Access Denied” Error in cPanel
Introduction When accessing phpMyAdmin through cPanel, you may encounter the following error: Error: mysqli_sql_exception: Access denied for user ‘cpses-username’@’localhost’ (using password: YES). This issue arises when the MySQL password for the cPanel user is out of sync, preventing authentication. To resolve this, reset the cPanel password to force MySQL to synchronize the credentials. Prerequisites Access