Stumped on installation

  • derekjackson

    (@derekjackson)


    13 years, 6 months ago

    Hi,
    although I’ve been creating websites using PHP for a good few years, I’m new to the whole MySQL / WordPress thing.

    I’m hoping to install WordPress locally on my Mac OSX 10.4.11 desktop.

    I’ve been working my way through the tutorial at
    http://maczealots.com/tutorials/wordpress/ but I can’t seem to configure MySQL.

    I think I’ve successfully configured mySQL (I got the output ‘Query OK, 1 row affected’ when I created the database), PHP is working, yet running the installer brings up the ‘Error establishing a database connection’. I’ve spent two evenings on this so far (more than 5 minutes!) – any ideas where I should be looking next?

    Any help appreciated…

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  • esmi

    (@esmi)

    13 years, 6 months ago

    See this Codex page.

    Thread Starter derekjackson

    (@derekjackson)

    13 years, 6 months ago

    Broken link – thanks for the thought, though!

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    13 years, 6 months ago

    Try again – this page.

    obscure

    (@obscure)

    13 years, 6 months ago

    running the installer brings up the ‘Error establishing a database connection’.

    Can you connect to the database using phpMyAdmin with the same database log in details that are in the WP config file?

    Thread Starter derekjackson

    (@derekjackson)

    13 years, 6 months ago

    @esmi – thanks, but that’s where I started to begin with! That’s how I ended up at the tutorial I mentioned in my first post.

    @obscure – not sure. How would I connect to phpMyAdmin? I set up PHP on my mac ages ago (I think just by turning on Personal Web Sharing). I also set up MySQL at a point previously (using MAMP, I think), but didn’t get anywhere with it so haven’t touched it since. As such, I skipped the tutorial stages about installing MySQL and PHP (but the testing side of things seemed to imply they’re working fine).

    Pritam

    (@pritamhans)

    13 years, 6 months ago

    It seems you are not in control of your Web server. Do you have correct details for MySQL? Maybe, you should delete your existing server installation and reinstall a server. I would suggest you use XAMPP.

    Thread Starter derekjackson

    (@derekjackson)

    13 years, 6 months ago

    Thanks – maybe that’s the way to go (although it might be good to try the phpMyAdmin thing first).

    Will I be safe to just install XAMPP without risking my computer? Not sure how to uninstall the server (In fact, not even sure if the MAMP app is still on the machine – I think I dragged it to the trash when I got annoyed with it!)

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