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1. cmmcwain
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I would like to build a custom theme for my site, so I was advised to use XAMPP and build and test my theme on my local server.

   The XAMPP install went great. I entered the database name, username, and password I created in myPHPadmin, but when I go to install WP I get a "can't connect to database error.

   I have scanned the wp-config.php file to see if I made a mistake but I can't find any.

   Can anyone possibly help?

   Thank you,
   Corie

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   All I can suggest is that you check that the db connection details are correct(host, name, username & password( and that MySql is running.

3. cmmcwain
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Yes they are and myslq is running. Thanks for replying!

4. James
   Happiness Engineer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   This might help:

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

5. cmmcwain
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I am running Win7 will this still work?

6. James
   Happiness Engineer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   It should. The instructions may require a bit of extra interpretation, but you should be able to install Xampp on Win 7.

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