Title: getting started/wp-config.php problem
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# getting started/wp-config.php problem

 *  [jakobdorof](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jakobdorof/)
 * (@jakobdorof)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-startedwp-configphp-problem/)
 * hey,
    sorry, this is the basic-est of basic questions, but after changing wp-
   config.php to have all my database details and dumping all the files into my 
   directory on my webspace, i just get that “sorry, database error” message where
   it says it can’t connect with the info i gave it. thing is, i’m pretty sure all
   the details are correct. this is what i have:
 * // ** MySQL settings ** //
 * define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘soyrev’); // The name of the database
 * define(‘DB_USER’, ‘soyblog’); // Your MySQL username
 * define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘xxxxx’); // …and password
 * define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value
 * tried changing ‘localhost’ to the db hostname that i put in when creating my 
   mysql database, but that didn’t work either. i was just wondering if anyone knew
   what i was doing wrong, and if they could explain what i have to do in very very
   simple terms. (i know practically nothing about all this)
 * thanks for reading, and thanks for any help you can provide!!
 * -jakob

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-startedwp-configphp-problem/#post-288151)
 * Who is your host, and do they have cpanel, vdeck, plesk or ensim control panels?
 *  Thread Starter [jakobdorof](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jakobdorof/)
 * (@jakobdorof)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-startedwp-configphp-problem/#post-288152)
 * dreamhost. yeah, they have a control panel…which is how i made the mysql database.
   they have a knowledge base too but it’s not helping too much with this particular
   problem of mine.
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-startedwp-configphp-problem/#post-288154)
 * Isn’t the db_host wrong for DH ?
    It should be something like
 * name.your-domain-name
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-startedwp-configphp-problem/#post-288160)
 * When I installed for somebody on dreamhost the DB_HOST was something like `mysql.
   domain.com` – exactly as you can see in the control panel when you click Goodies
   > Mysql.
 *  Thread Starter [jakobdorof](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jakobdorof/)
 * (@jakobdorof)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-startedwp-configphp-problem/#post-288163)
 * i think i tried that already but i might’ve just messed it up…i’ll try again 
   in a jiffy and tell you if it works or not. thanks! 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [jakobdorof](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jakobdorof/)
 * (@jakobdorof)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-startedwp-configphp-problem/#post-288189)
 * so far so good. thanks guys! 🙂
 *  [ecotv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ecotv/)
 * (@ecotv)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-startedwp-configphp-problem/#post-288441)
 * i am so confused.
    i am trying to get the wordpress installation up and going.
   Somehow, i screwed things up. it was working fine before, but now it gives me
   an error saying i entered one of the values in wrong. i am entering them in directly
   from the email i got from joomla, which tells all of the settings.
 * is there a way to check all of the values, or maybe to start over?
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-startedwp-configphp-problem/#post-288445)
 * Who is joomla? 🙂
    Where is your WP install? – I cannot see it clicking on your
   name, just a listing of directories.
 *  [ecotv](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ecotv/)
 * (@ecotv)
 * [20 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-startedwp-configphp-problem/#post-288446)
 * hrm i seem to have figured out my blunder

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