PHPMyAdmin Error

While accessing phpmyadmin from WHM, it is showing the below error.

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#2002 - The server is not responding (or the local MySQL server's socket is not correctly configured)
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Reason is:

The mysql socket file is missing from the "/tmp" directory.

Solution:

1. Create a symbolic link from the original mysql socket file to /tmp

# ln -s /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock /tmp

OR

2. Edit the PhpMyAdmin configuration file to use the original MySQL socket file.

vi /usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php

Make sure, the correct mysql socket file is mentioned there.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] = '';
change to

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['socket'] = ‘/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock’;

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = 'tcp';
change to
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['connect_type'] = ‘socket’;