phpmyadmin error on login (2 replies)

Windows version used : Windows 7 64 bit
Version WampServer : 3.06 64 bit
Apache Version: 2.4.23
PHP Version: 5.6.25
MySQL Version: 5.7.14
What color is the WampServer icon : green

Do you have access to localhost (Homepage WampServer)? Yes
is there an error message at the bottom of the page? No

Do you have access to phpMyAdmin? Sort of. Able to see login page and upon entering correct credentials see the error listed below.
If you refer to an error message, please include the EXACT wording of the error in your post:

ERROR
SQL query:
SET lc_messages = 'en_US';
MySQL said:
#1193 - Unknown system variable 'lc_messages'

If you use an Antivirus and / or Firewall, please include the names of these: no
What is the full path to the installation of WampServer (eg D:\wamp\): C:\wamp64
If you have one or more Virtual Hosts defined, please show their definition(s): just local host

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Hello,
I left work Friday with my yii2 site hosted on my wamp server working completely normal, when i returned today i was greeted by a familiar issue (second time) where phpmyadmin gives me this error upon login and my web site wont load (assuming this is related to the phpmyadmin problem as it spits a sql connection related error ). Last time i did this i did a fresh install of wamp and copied my site over resulting in it working until the problem surfaced again. I understand that the error message usually points to the my.ini file however from what i read mine seems to be correct listing lc-messages as:

###my.ini
;Path to the language
;See Documentation:
; [dev.mysql.com]
lc-messages-dir="c:/wamp64/bin/mysql/mysql5.7.14/share"
lc-messages=en_US

Writing out this question i am noticing the inconsistency between the underscore in the error statement and my file wamp is displaying.

Please advise, Thanks.