Title: config.php — 2 questions
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# config.php — 2 questions

 *  Resolved [elliesword](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elliesword/)
 * (@elliesword)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configphp-2-questions/)
 * Questions:
 * IF the name of my database for WordPress is Cow .
    In the config.php, should 
   I enter: (‘DB_NAME’, ‘Cow’); or should I enter: (‘DB_NAME’, ‘DB_Cow’); ???
 * Same concept applies to all 4 of the questions.
 * When saving the config-sample file as config.php, there is a choice as to encoding.
   Should I use ANSI or UTF-8 ???
 * Thanks!

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 *  [figaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/figaro/)
 * (@figaro)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configphp-2-questions/#post-1203801)
 * See if this helps you understand the entries:
 * [link moderated]
 *  Thread Starter [elliesword](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elliesword/)
 * (@elliesword)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configphp-2-questions/#post-1203819)
 * That is an excellent resource! I’m very grateful to have it. Yet,
    I’m still 
   getting the “Error Establishing a Database Connection.”
 * I changed the ‘DB_HOST’, TO ‘localhost’) and thought that would do it. My server
   techie (not too bright, I’ve decided) said to use the mysqlservername.com +(the
   ip address). I can see he is wrong, but ‘localhost’ doesn’t work either.
 * Thanks for the link, though! I appreciate it!
 *  [figaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/figaro/)
 * (@figaro)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configphp-2-questions/#post-1203821)
 * He may not be wrong…what your DB_Host value is depends on your host. See the 
   link below for values for some of the common hosts.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php](http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php)
 *  Thread Starter [elliesword](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elliesword/)
 * (@elliesword)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configphp-2-questions/#post-1203845)
 * I wrote my server “www.servergrid.com” and received the following message. Does
   this perhaps have anything to do with my not being able to get this installed?
 * “The servers support Mysql 5.0 and PHP 4.4 and 5. Though the Mod_rewrite is not
   supported as the servers are IIS based not Apache based. Though wordpress is 
   known to work with our services. Please let us know if we can assist you further.
   Thank you.”
 *  Thread Starter [elliesword](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elliesword/)
 * (@elliesword)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configphp-2-questions/#post-1203849)
 * I checked the link you gave me. Thanks! I tried again, using “localhost” and 
   then “localhost:3306” (alternate port is 3306) and then the link my techie gave
   me: “mysql10xxxx.com(64.8.isp#” and then “mysql10xxxx.com(64.8.isp#:3306” — and
   always get the same error message: “Error Establishing a Database Connection.”
 * I’m defeated.
 *  Thread Starter [elliesword](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elliesword/)
 * (@elliesword)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configphp-2-questions/#post-1203881)
 * Situation resolved! It was the host name — no ISP needed.
    Many thanks to all
   for your help!

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 * Last reply from: [elliesword](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elliesword/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configphp-2-questions/#post-1203881)
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