Title: localhost / can’t connect
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# localhost / can’t connect

 *  Resolved [sjoerdkulsdom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sjoerdkulsdom/)
 * (@sjoerdkulsdom)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-cant-connect/)
 * in an attempt to learn something more about databases and php i installed MySQL,
   got Apache running on my mac with OS 10.4 and downloaded WordPress.
 * i followed a few tutorials about installing WordPress, but no luck.
    a little
   explanation here: [http://www.kulsdom.com/wordpress/](http://www.kulsdom.com/wordpress/)
 * note: i’m new to MySQL and PHP. if you think i need some more reading about these
   subjects first before installing and using WordPress i’m open for suggestions…
 * thanks!
    stewart

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 *  [the_rob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/the_rob/)
 * (@the_rob)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-cant-connect/#post-333720)
 * I build and test everything new on a personal server and gone through errors 
   like that before.
 * But what specifically is the problem?
 *  Thread Starter [sjoerdkulsdom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sjoerdkulsdom/)
 * (@sjoerdkulsdom)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-cant-connect/#post-333727)
 * well, the main problem is this WordPress message: [http://www.kulsdom.com/wordpress/wordpresserror.gif](http://www.kulsdom.com/wordpress/wordpresserror.gif)
 * …
    all explained in the first link.
 *  [henrylilei](https://wordpress.org/support/users/henrylilei/)
 * (@henrylilei)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-cant-connect/#post-333861)
 * I am still having this problem too, is there anyone can tell me how to fix it?
   Thanks.
 *  [iand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iand/)
 * (@iand)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-cant-connect/#post-333862)
 * If you are on 10.4.4 you might have run into this:
    [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/55902](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/55902)
   Also, I remember running into some problems setting up and connecting to mysql
   and did `mysql> SELECT Host, User, Password FROM mysql.user -> WHERE LENGTH(Password)
   > 16; and set the password again as outlined here, which seemed to work. [http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/old-client.html](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/old-client.html)
 *  Thread Starter [sjoerdkulsdom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sjoerdkulsdom/)
 * (@sjoerdkulsdom)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-cant-connect/#post-333990)
 * Okay, problem solved, thanks to a friend who found this article.
    [http://www.billstevenson.org/news/2005/05/phpmyadmin.html](http://www.billstevenson.org/news/2005/05/phpmyadmin.html)(
   done with PhpMyAdmin)

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