hi @sole_practitioner ,
Mysql8 causes odd issues with php if don’t set the following for your mysql setting:
default-authentication-plugin = mysql_native_password
I am guessing that will fix this issue (I’d rec a reinstall after fix above mysql setting).
Regarding docker, it should be super simple, but there’s a recent thread where a user is having issues getting docker-compose to work on a mint (ubuntu based) os. If we can get that straightened out, then getting a OpenEMR docker install literally just takes several commands followed by a 10 minute wait:
XAMPP version for EMR - 5.0.2. Windows 10