Error establishing a database connection

megdov
(@megdov)

10 years, 9 months ago

I am working on a school assignment that involves WordPress. I am trying to manually install it on my site on a subdomain, but I get this message when attempting to go to megendonovanmedia.com/icm507/wordpress and http://megendonovanmedia.com/icm507/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php (please excuse the long URLs):

“Error establishing a database connection”

I have “localhost” where it should be in the configuration file (and I’m 100% sure my database name, user and password are correct):

/** MySQL hostname */
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);

I use Bluehost.com — should I use something else?

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lettergrade
(@lettergrade)

10 years, 9 months ago

‘localhost’ should be correct. Have you tried using the Bluehost automatic install option instead? They have an auto-installer in their cpanel which takes a few of the steps out of it.

admcfajn
(@ajmcfadyen)

10 years, 9 months ago

does your table-prefix match?

If you go through cPanel, then to phpMyAdmin you can see all the WordPress tables… often prefixed with wp_

so if your wp-config.php declares the prefix as mydb_ instead of wp_ that could cause problems.

rohitsahu
(@rohitsahu)

10 years, 9 months ago

I have a problem in installation error in local machine:
Error establishing a database connection

Thread Starter megdov
(@megdov)

10 years, 9 months ago

Thanks! I assumed I had to do it all manually but after further inspection, my prof is ok w/ doing the auto-installer — that seemed to fix everything! Thanks for the feedback lettergrade & ajmcfayden!

lettergrade
(@lettergrade)

10 years, 9 months ago

Awesome, glad everything is moving for you!

formulas
(@formulas)

10 years, 9 months ago

Now what… Frank

esmi
(@esmi)

10 years, 9 months ago

@formulas: It is impolite to interrupt another poster’s ongoing thread with a question of your own. It causes significant problems for the forum’s volunteers and prevents us from being able to track issues by topic. Please post your own topic.

Phillip Flores
(@pcflores)

10 years, 9 months ago

This might be a bit late but BlueHost’s database name is usually prefixed by your account name e.g. pcfpress_wor1 which you need to specify in the config.php file.