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1. Janne-san
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   I'm building my WordPress site offline with Mamp Pro. My trial period is now over and I'm trying to change to normal Mamp but it doesn't work.

   I get this message: Error establishing a database connection

   Does anyone know how to fix this?

   Thank you for your answers.

   - Janne

2. keesiemeijer
   moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Have you created a new database for your local site and are the database settings in your wp-config.php correct?

3. Janne-san
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Thank you so much! I got it working but all my pages are now missing. Can I get them back somehow?

4. keesiemeijer
   moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Did you make a backup of your database from Mamp Pro?
   if you did you can import the old database: https://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup

5. Janne-san
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   I really value your help but I'm just wondering why didn't you tell that I should back up my files before creating this new database?

6. keesiemeijer
   moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   I'm really sorry about that.

   I get this message: Error establishing a database connection

   This made me conclude you already uninstalled Mamp Pro.

   Can you still see the database you created in Mamp Pro?

7. Janne-san
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   No I can't see that database. Does it mean that the new one replaced the old one?

8. Janne-san
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   I did not install or uninstall Mamp at this point. I just changed to the regular version and I got the error message. Is there any way I could access the old database and get that information back? I just lost 2 weeks work here.

9. keesiemeijer
   moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Does it mean that the new one replaced the old one?

   No. You can create multiple databases with Mamp and Mamp Pro, and creating a new one will not replace other databases. I just installed mamp Pro and I could switch between the two without any problems.

   Try:
   - quitting and restarting mamp and see if you can see the old database in the phpMyAdmin. (re-starting your computer is better because it will flush the DNS cache).

   - Deleting cookies and cache in your browser

   Did you try the Mamp forums: http://forum.mamp.info/index.php?c=1

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