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1. VinceA
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   I'm trying to make WordPress run locally on my PC but have problems setting it up. (I tried to look at the many many posts on this subject, but couldn't find a solution for myself...)

   - MySQL 5.0
   - PHP 4.4.1
   - hosted on my pc (using IIS).

   I created a database named 'wordpress' and I can connect to it from within the mysql shell, but for some reason WordPress just couldn't connect to it. I'm sure the dbname, dbpassword, and dbhost are correct.

   I tinkered with the wordpress php source to find out the problem and I managed to get it to print out this error message:

   "WordPress database error: [Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server; consider upgrading MySQL client]"

   I installed MySQL using default settings.
   Any help? What else should I look for? Thanks!

2. chaaban
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   i think best way to start using php and mysql on local is by using easyphp it will install php , mysql and phpMyadmin its a very nice and free software

   i know this might not answer your question ... but it can help you alot dealing with mysql and php

   here is the link for easyphp : http://www.easyphp.org/?lang=en

3. VinceA
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Hi, no it doesn't answer my question, but it gave me the idea to try and see first if my PHP installation works with MySQL independent of WordPress. Thanks.

4. moshu
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Setting up a server (even a local one) is not something that should be discussed on the WP Forum because it is not a WP issue. I assume there are many specialized sites/fora for this kind of questions, so please, ask there.

5. James
   Happiness Engineer
   Posted 6 years ago #

   Follow this guide:

   http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/xampp/

6. Obie
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #

   We are getting this same error:
   "We were able to connect to the database server (which means your username and password is okay) but not able to select the mysite_wordpress database."

   The database certainly exists.
   And I have the correct name with the prefix in wp-config.php

   Where do we go from here?

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