Installation issues on localhost

  • Resolved mwwingens

    (@mwwingens)


    7 years, 9 months ago

    Attempting to set up a local host on my Mac using WP 4.5.3 and MAMP, but can’t launch the installation.
    Wordpress keeps throwing the ‘error establishing database connection’ message on /wp-admin/install.php. I checked the configuration of wp-config.php (database, username, password and localhost) and tried different preferences for ports in MAMP too (both default MAMP and 80/306).

    Possibly missing a rookie step – can anyone guide me in the right direction?

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  • Denzel Chia

    (@denzel_chia)

    7 years, 9 months ago

    Hi,

    In phpMyadmin you need to create a database.

    In WordPress install page

    Enter your database name
    username is root
    password is root
    host should be localhost.

    Thank you.

    Thread Starter mwwingens

    (@mwwingens)

    7 years, 9 months ago

    Hi Denzel,

    Thanks for the advise – I did all that prior to this post. Seems there was an issue with my config file which I fixed by going through the WP admin to create it. Was resolved easily.

    Thanks

    Denzel Chia

    (@denzel_chia)

    7 years, 9 months ago

    You are welcome!
    Thank you.

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