Installation

  • junsync

    (@junsync)


    11 years, 6 months ago

    lol just reposting cause I misspelled installation earlier

    Hey Im having trouble getting wordpress installed can someone help me? I am using xampp. I installed xampp created a new database called wordpress then created a new user with the name wordpress and password wordpress. I unzipped the latest wordpress and put the folder into the htdocs folder. I then changed the wp-config.php file so that database username and password all are wordpress. But when i try to run http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php i get an error

    “Error establishing a database connection
    This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at localhost. This could mean your host’s database server is down.

    Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
    Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
    Are you sure that the database server is running?
    If you’re unsure what these terms mean you should probably contact your host. If you still need help you can always visit the WordPress Support Forums.”

    can someone help me get past this? Thanks so much.

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  • fevered – a11n

    (@fevered)

    11 years, 6 months ago

    Is the database name correct in your config file? If the name/password is the same that’s the only issue I could see… Check the codex here to make sure everything is as it should be, settings wise.

    You could also try not editing the wp-config file (just rename it to wp-config-sample) and running the install without it, since WordPress will set it up anyways.

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