Sequence of events:
sme 8.1 with phymyadmin working ok.
Backed up sme 8.1 via backup to usb
Clean install sme 9
restored backup
Had some LDAP issues.
Installed phpmyadmin and had problem described above.
applied various updates to sme 9
Still had problem with phpmyadmin.
Followed process above with complete uninstall of phpmyadmin
reinstalled phpmyadmin
all good
said thanks
