To change the port successfully, i had to change the port number in following files in the mentioned manner.
You can change the port number to 3308 from 3306 in \xampp\mysql\bin\my.ini file in a couple of places.
There is also a couple of default MySQL port settings in the \xampp\php\php.ini file that would also need changing.
Save the files and restart Apache and MySQL to test.I changed mysql port in xampp, now how do I listen to the new port?
Goto xampp>phpMyAdmin Directory.
Find the config.inc.php file.
Now change this line:
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = '127.0.0.1';
To
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['host'] = '127.0.0.1:3307';
Now, restart your server.
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