Worked like a charm! Thanks for the help! I have no idea why java version 16 or 17 didn't work with it, but now with an old java 8 jre it works. I heard from someoneI know that it worked for them with java 11 as well, but it must have been a different java 11 install than what I found, as it didn't work for me with that either. I guess this old java 8 jre still pulls way more than it's weight!! Also, setting the environment variables probably helped, that was kinda missing for me too.
MySQL said: Documentation Cannot connect: invalid settings. mysqli::real_connect(): (HY000/1130): Host 'localhost' is not allowed to connect to this MariaDB server Connection for controluser as defined in your configuration failed. mysqli::real_connect(): (HY000/1130): Host 'localhost' is not allowed to connect to this MariaDB server phpMyAdmin tried to connect to the MySQL server, and the server rejected the connection. You should check the host, username and password in your configuration and make sure that they correspond to the information given by the administrator of the MySQL server.