Is your hostname entered as localhost
Is your username root
Is the password empty (blank, not even a space!)
Is the database name exactly as you created it?
Are both Apache and MySQL running?
NOTE: NONE of these are OPTIONS!!! The ONLY item on this list that YOU get to choose is the database name. They are TOTALLY DEPENDENT upon which local server you are using; the above values are SPECIFICALLY for XAMPP for Windows.
Have you checked the error log within XAMPP? The error log is normally found in /xampp/mysql/data/.
Also, check to see if phpmyadmin is able to connect to MySQL: http://localhost/phpmyadmin (once XAMPP is running).
2ninerniner2
hostname: localhost
username: simile35
password: ******
database name: wordpress
on my xampp control panel both apache and mysql are running.
secondv
I couldn’t find an error log in mysql data but I found one in apache
these are the errors that showed up.
[Tue Aug 30 10:01:40 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/xampp/htdocs/arm-manifests
[Tue Aug 30 10:01:43 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/xampp/htdocs/arm-manifests
[Tue Aug 30 10:01:52 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/xampp/htdocs/pki
[Tue Aug 30 10:02:05 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/xampp/htdocs/ThawteTimestampingCA.crl, referer: app:/StageManager-2.5.swf
[Tue Aug 30 10:02:08 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/xampp/htdocs/ResourceCentralAtomPub_v1, referer: app://C:/Program Files (x86)/Common Files/Adobe/CS5.5ServiceManager/extensions/MYMESSAGES/ResourceCentral.swf?extID=com.adobe.rc.mymessages&appID=PPRO
[Tue Aug 30 10:02:29 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/xampp/htdocs/webfeed
[Tue Aug 30 10:05:30 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/xampp/htdocs/favicon.ico
[Tue Aug 30 10:05:30 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/xampp/htdocs/favicon.ico
[Tue Aug 30 10:05:30 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/xampp/htdocs/favicon.ico
@simile35 – did you not read the NOTE section? 🙂
What I gave you for values are NOT OPTIONS!!! What you have entered for Username and Password WILL NOT WORK! 🙂 … well, they CAN be but ONLY if you set up this user and password IN ADVANCE with phpMyAdmin (which I am going to assume you didn’t 🙂
Once again, for all those reading this having DB connection issues, the DEFAULT VALUES for XAMPP for Windows “out of the box” are:
– Hostname = localhost
– Username = root
– Password = empty (blank, not even a space!)
– Database name = exactly as YOU created it?
*** THESE ARE NOT OPTIONAL VALUES!!! They MUST be entered EXACTLY as stated ***
The username for MySQL on XAMPP is root by default, and the MySQL password is blank. If you did not change these, then you may want to try those values.
Actually I did go into phpmyadmin and add the user simile.
I tried the root account and the same things happened. I got this message “alright sparky you’re ready…” and then back to the connection error page.
resolved.
For some reason the install form wasn’t writing to the config file. When I manually edited the config file it worked perfectly.
Thanks for the help.
The config issue used to happen to me a lot until I realized I needed to set the permissions on the directory that has the WP install to read/write. All XAMPP directories are set to read only unless you change it. If you are on a mac right click > get info > set privelages to read/write > click the gear icon > apply to enclosed items. That should prevent that problem in the future.
