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1. martin23
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Hello,

   i managed to install wordpress on my website. however, after entering the correct data on http://www.example.com/wp-admin.php, i proceded to the next page where it called me 'Sparky' and said that we are ready to install. then, out of the blue, the next page i.e. http://www.example.com/wp-admin/install.php said "Error establishing a database connection". and now im stuck on this page.

   im a mecahnical guy and a absolute dummy when it comes to IT. so someone please help me.

   thanks a lot.

2. rmathus
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Hello,

   Make sure your MySQL username, database, and password are correct in the wp-config.php file within the root directory of the wordpress install. It should look as follows:

   <?php
   // ** MySQL settings ** //
   define('DB_NAME', 'yourdatabase');     // The name of the database
   define('DB_USER', 'yourusername');     // Your MySQL username
   define('DB_PASSWORD', 'yourpassword'); // ...and password
   define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');     // 99% chance you won't need to change this value
   
   // Change the prefix if you want to have multiple blogs in a single database.
   $table_prefix  = 'wp_';   // example: 'wp_' or 'b2' or 'mylogin_'
   
   // Use UTF8 for some plugins
   define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
   
   // Change this to localize WordPress.  A corresponding MO file for the
   // chosen language must be installed to wp-includes/languages.
   // For example, install de.mo to wp-includes/languages and set WPLANG to 'de'
   // to enable German language support.
   define ('WPLANG', '');
   
   /* Stop editing */
   
   define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__).'/');
   require_once(ABSPATH.'wp-settings.php');
   ?>

   Hope this helps,
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3. martin23
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   yes, its working now. but i have another problem now. have a look at these links please "http://www.allbutvocal.com/index.php/2009/06/23/test/", what is that index.php doing in there? as far as i think, it shouldn't be there right? how do i fix this?

   thanks

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