title: PhpMyAdmin - config authentication refuses to work
body: <p>I can't get config authentication to work in PHPMyAdmin on my local Win 7 PC with Apache 2.2 and MySQL 5.1. I've tried with two different versions of PHPMyAdmin, including the latest, 3.4.7.1. I've used the setup script, and checked my config.inc.php, which seems to contain the right values.</p>
  
  <pre><code>$cfg['Servers'][$i]['verbose'] = '';
  $cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = 'localhost';
  $cfg['Servers'][$i]['port'] = '';
  $cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] = '';
  $cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp';
  $cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysqli';
  $cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'config';
  $cfg['Servers'][$i]['user'] = 'root';
  $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] = 'root';
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But PHPMyAdmin refuses to take any notice and asks me for my password every time. This is driving me crazy!</p>
  
  <p>Can anybody think why this might be happening and save me additional grey hairs?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>