Title: Error establishing a database connection???
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Error establishing a database connection???

 *  [mawktherussian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mawktherussian/)
 * (@mawktherussian)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-142/)
 * Hello WordPress community.
 * I am having troubles with the blog i am trying to develop, it is my first so 
   i expected it but it is still bothersome and i need help. I am using Zymic as
   my webhost and [http://digitalphotoart.vndv.com](http://digitalphotoart.vndv.com)
   that is my website. I edited wp-config.php and used file-zilla to upload the 
   files to the root directory of my site. i have no idea why it isnt working and
   i would appreciate any kind of help.
 * thank you 🙂

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-142/#post-1175960)
 * Your wp-config.php file does not appear to be configured correctly. Double check
   the database name, user, user password, and host connection.
 *  Thread Starter [mawktherussian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mawktherussian/)
 * (@mawktherussian)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-142/#post-1175965)
 * yea, my db name is digitalphotoart-wp and my
    db user is digitalphotoart-admin
 * the host connection is ‘localhost’
 *  [jon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adiant/)
 * (@adiant)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-142/#post-1176046)
 * Based on the web hosts I’ve used, assuming digitalphotoart is your ID, shouldn’t
   those hyphens be underscores?
 * digitalphotoart-wp to digitalphotoart_wp
    and digitalphotoart-admin to digitalphotoart_admin

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 * Last reply from: [jon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adiant/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-142/#post-1176046)
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