Setting up XAMPP for MySQL

So, now you need to set up your computer to do some MySQL work on--but when you try to create a new database by typing http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ you get the dreaded "error 403"... Simple answer--you need to configure your httpd-xampp.conf file, found under xampp/apache/conf/extra

At the bottom of the file, change the new security update to:

# New XAMPP security concept
#

Order deny,allow
Allow from all
# Allow from 127.0.0.0/8
# ErrorDocument 403 /error/HTTP_XAMPP_FORBIDDEN.html.var


And it should work fine. How to work with the database from there, I leave to another time...