Title: MySQL Question Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # MySQL Question * [pandrus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pandrus/) * (@pandrus) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-question-2/) * Hi, * trying to install WP on namesecure. * I have an existing phpBB there – and so am wondering if installing WP will make MySQL changes that will ruin the forum. * Also — I can’t seem to get the settings right anyway. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 20 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-question-2/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-question-2/page/2/?output_format=md) * Thread Starter [pandrus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pandrus/) * (@pandrus) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-question-2/#post-333600) * the settings being these: * // ** MySQL settings ** // define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘mysql.website.com’); // The name of the database * tried this tried the ip address and tried the username which namesecure says is the DB name. ??? * could this be due to the phpBB already using the DB? * define(‘DB_USER’, ‘username’); // Your MySQL username define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘ password’); // …and password define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value * [bob58](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bob58/) * (@bob58) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-question-2/#post-333601) * DB_HOST should be set to mysql.website.com DB_NAME to the database name (or user name if your provider says so) * Thread Starter [pandrus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pandrus/) * (@pandrus) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-question-2/#post-333604) * bob – will this mess with my current phpbb forum & its mysql tables?? * Thread Starter [pandrus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pandrus/) * (@pandrus) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-question-2/#post-333605) * Still didn’t work. Getting this error when I try to open /wp-admin/install.php * Warning: main(/nfs/cust/3/83/91/619383/web/wp-settings.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /nfs/cust/3/83/91/619383/web/wp-config.php on line 20 * Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required ‘/nfs/cust/3/83/91/619383/web/wp- settings.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/local/php/include’) in /nfs/cust/3/83/91/ 619383/web/wp-config.php on line 20 * [bob58](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bob58/) * (@bob58) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-question-2/#post-333607) * wp should not interfere with the phpBB installation (at least not in the database). * where did you put your files ? Do you have different folders for phpBB and wp? Was the upload ok ? * Can you request the wp-installation, as far as I get it under [http://www.yourhost.com/](http://www.yourhost.com/) * Thread Starter [pandrus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pandrus/) * (@pandrus) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-question-2/#post-333610) * well, * the wp files I dumped right into my root folder (www.mysite.com) thinking I will delete the old site once I build this one. * the phpbb is in [http://www.mysite.com/forum/](http://www.mysite.com/forum/) * [bob58](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bob58/) * (@bob58) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-question-2/#post-333611) * What are the rights on your root folder ? Which Version of WordPress are you using ? * [bob58](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bob58/) * (@bob58) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-question-2/#post-333613) * Whoops, did you edit the wp-config.php ? Or create it ? * Thread Starter [pandrus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pandrus/) * (@pandrus) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-question-2/#post-333647) * WordPress: 2.01 * Wp-Config: I edited it. * root: rights should be ok – I mean my current site is available at /index.html – I set all wordpress pages/folders/subfolders to 777 * [bob58](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bob58/) * (@bob58) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-question-2/#post-333649) * Is wp-settings.php available in your root directory ? The error message says, that wp-config.php cannot locate wp-settings.php in the same directory. * Thread Starter [pandrus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pandrus/) * (@pandrus) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-question-2/#post-333651) * I don’t see wp-settings.php in my dir… let me see… * ahhhhh – not sure what happened but the last 10 or so files weren’t in root. * thanks bob – so far so good right now. * PS – does wp just make a new mysql table and so not interfere with phpbb? * [bob58](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bob58/) * (@bob58) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-question-2/#post-333653) * In the install-process, you can define a table prefix (default is wp_) that is used when adding a table (i.e. wp_posts, wp_options, …). I have phpBB and (multiple) wps in one database and no problems. * But in general, it is a good idea, to backup the db … * Thread Starter [pandrus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pandrus/) * (@pandrus) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-question-2/#post-333655) * Okay – now I made a bigger mess. * The new blog wasn’t showing up when I hit “view site” because it was going to index.html (the old site). * So I went to options and changed the site url to [http://www.mysite.com/index.php](http://www.mysite.com/index.php) * Now wordpress is a huge mess. Can’t change that option back. when I try to in options – it tells me: Sorry, you need to enable sending referrers for this feature to work. * help again? * Thread Starter [pandrus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pandrus/) * (@pandrus) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-question-2/#post-333658) * Tried changing network.http.SendReferrer * settings in Firefox, but no difference. * [bob58](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bob58/) * (@bob58) * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-question-2/#post-333659) * I can try to, but you need access to your DB. * There’s a great description at * [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/site-url/](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/site-url/) * If you don’t have access to your db AND there are no entries in the db, you can work around with changing the table prefix in wp-config.php (i.e. to wp2_) and reinstall WordPress, but that’s not the best way 🙁 Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 20 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-question-2/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-question-2/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘MySQL Question’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [installation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/installation/) * [MySQL](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mysql/) * [phpBB](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/phpbb/) * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 20 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [pandrus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pandrus/) * Last activity: [20 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mysql-question-2/page/2/#post-334009) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics