XAMPP restrict access to phpMyAdmin by authentication

Wondering how authentication/log-in form will be implemented in xampp? This edit in config.inc.php will handle the job.

The path for the configuration script is \phpMyAdmin\config.inc.php.

This line configures the authentication used by phpMyAdmin in accessing it:

$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'authentication method here'; // Authentication method (config, http or cookie based)?
Note:

If you replace the use authentication method here with:

config
- it will use the password and username from the configuration file. Remember the last tutorial? (read it here)

http
- will use the http authentication of Apache(secure/recommended settings)

cookie
- will use the database for username in authentication and will require browsers to allow cookie. (secure/recommended setting)