phpMyAdmin – Error

#2002 – The server is not responding (or the local MySQL server’s socket is not correctly configured)

Here is what worked for me on cPanel server.

root@server [~]# vi /usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php

find
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] = '';
change to
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] = '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock';

next line
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp';
change to
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'socket';

now restart mysql service

root@server [~]# /etc/init.d/mysql restart

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