UTF-8
is how it is supposed to be
when do you get this error?
When I click phpMyAdmin after selecting my language when at http://localhost/xampp/splash.php when setting up WordPress on my computer
review this to see if you did it all correctly
http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/xampp/
In the Xampp control panel, the running displays are there, but the module boxes are both checked
See if this helps…if your XAMPP install isn’t working, then try the process shown in the video with a fresh install.
http://educhalk.org/blog/?p=154
Thank you. Everything was working fine until I got to http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php and got
Can’t select database
We were able to connect to the database server (which means your username and password is okay) but not able to select the wordpress database.
Are you sure it exists?
Does the user rgabel@humerlis.com have permission to use the wordpress database?
On some systems the name of your database is prefixed with your username, so it would be like username_wordpress. Could that be the problem?
If you don’t know how to setup a database you should contact your host. If all else fails you may find help at the WordPress Support Forums.
I did find the following file:
C:\xampplite\mysql\data\wordpress
I may be in over my head.
Does the user rgabel@humerlis.com have permission to use the wordpress database?
why is your user an email address?this should be the exact set up for wp-config.php
define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress'); // The name of the database
define('DB_USER', 'root'); // Your MySQL username
define('DB_PASSWORD', ''); // ...and password
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); // 99% chance you won't need to change this value
notice the db name is “wordpress”
the user is always “root”
and the password is left blank
