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1. louisgeorges
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   I deleted everything and uploaded it back with a new database but when I go to mydomain.com/wp-admin/install.php I get a error page.

   On it I see it's using the old path to my old database host. I keep checking my wp-config.php file and it's the correct "new" database host but when I run the install.php it uses the old host and I can't figure out why. Help!

   Thanks

2. moshu
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Not sure what do you mean by "deleted and uploaded back"...

   If the wp-config is correct - then it should not go back to the old database.

3. louisgeorges
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Well I got my previous WP with someone else and there was a lot of publicity for his stuff on it so even though he claimed it ranked better with SE I didn't want to use it.

   So I deleted all the files on my website servers and when I re-installed it using your free version at wordpress.org, it told me that I already had a database and I needed to "clear it", "delete it" (I'm not sure what was the wording).

   After I deleted the previous database and created a new one, I uploaded everything including a new wp-config.php file with the information for the new database.

   When I try to run the install.php file it keeps telling me that the path for my database is wrong and it shows me the address of the old database host.

   I looked everywhere I could think of but I can't figure out why it insists on reading the old database address.

4. Aimee
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Is it set to localhost and is your database name and user name your-ftp-username_dbname ?

5. louisgeorges
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Hey Aimeeish,

   I'm not sure about the last part of your question but it's not localhost, it has a different address (I'm not one of the 99%). All my information is correct on my database in my hosting service... (I checked it a dozen times!)

   It must be some lingering file somewhere... how else would it know the name of the last database host. When I deleted everything I must have mist something.

6. louisgeorges
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Ok, I got it working!

   I deleted everything again and uploaded it and it's working.

   Whatever I mist the first time I got it this time.

   Thanks

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