Title: Still No Luck :( Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Still No Luck :( * [gingerbeer2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gingerbeer2000/) * (@gingerbeer2000) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-no-luck/) * I’ve been trying to resolve this problem for a few days now and its doing my head in ! * I get this error listed below; * Error establishing a database connection! This probably means that the connection information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect. Double check it and try again. * * Are you sure you have the correct user/password? * Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname? * Are you sure that the database server is running? * I have placed the Mysql username and password in the relevant fields also the host name to my site. Shouldnt it create the database for me or direct me to the wordpress configuration page ? * Below is my PHP server info * [http://superultra3.uk2net.com/phpinfo.php](http://superultra3.uk2net.com/phpinfo.php) * (‘DB_NAME’, ‘wordpress’) (‘DB_USER’, ‘*****_com1’); (‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘******’);(‘ DB_HOST’, ‘[http://www](http://www).????.com/blog’) * All folders are chmod 755 * Please what am i doing wrong ? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 19 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-no-luck/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-no-luck/page/2/?output_format=md) * [rustindy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rustindy/) * (@rustindy) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-no-luck/#post-133894) * The installer doesn’t create the database for you. You’ll need to create the database and the user first (remembering to give that user full rights to the database) before WP will install. * Thread Starter [gingerbeer2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gingerbeer2000/) * (@gingerbeer2000) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-no-luck/#post-133895) * how does one do that ? * [buffyvs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/buffyvs/) * (@buffyvs) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-no-luck/#post-133897) * first off… change the db host to just “local host” you most likely wont even need to change that to anything at all * You create the database by going into your control panel and going into your mySql. Create a user, password and a database and make sure that you have added that user to that database you created. * Remember the name you give for the database, the user and password and edit it to that in your config.php * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-no-luck/#post-133898) * Try : * (‘DB_HOST’, ‘????.com’) * Thread Starter [gingerbeer2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gingerbeer2000/) * (@gingerbeer2000) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-no-luck/#post-133899) * Into mysql ? how ? * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-no-luck/#post-133900) * [http://help.uk2.net/faq/cgi/databasesmysql.html](http://help.uk2.net/faq/cgi/databasesmysql.html)– it’s not localhost… and you did get the right user/pass from them ? * (I deal with this host ……. clever isn’t a word I’d use) * Thread Starter [gingerbeer2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gingerbeer2000/) * (@gingerbeer2000) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-no-luck/#post-133901) * Now i get this error * We’re having a little trouble selecting the proper database for WordPress. * * Are you sure it exists? * Your database name is currently specified as wordpress. Is this correct? * On some systems the name of your database is prefixed with your username, so it would be like username_wordpress. Could that be the problem? * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-no-luck/#post-133903) * Edit wp-config.php and the host line I wrote goes there * Thread Starter [gingerbeer2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gingerbeer2000/) * (@gingerbeer2000) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-no-luck/#post-133904) * I havent typed in localhost but ???????.com change in error see above * Thread Starter [gingerbeer2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gingerbeer2000/) * (@gingerbeer2000) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-no-luck/#post-133905) * i have the correct username & password for the DB * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-no-luck/#post-133906) * User and pass are correct, as is host. * Have YOU created ‘wordpress’ ? If not, then from their faq: “Your username and database will almost certainly be your domain name, with some characters replaced by underscores (_), and ending with the number 1. Don’t miss the number out, or it won’t work.” * Thread Starter [gingerbeer2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gingerbeer2000/) * (@gingerbeer2000) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-no-luck/#post-133907) * wordpress ? you mean the database ? * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-no-luck/#post-133910) * Yup * Thread Starter [gingerbeer2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gingerbeer2000/) * (@gingerbeer2000) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-no-luck/#post-133911) * how do i create the database in mysql ? * Thread Starter [gingerbeer2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gingerbeer2000/) * (@gingerbeer2000) * [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-no-luck/#post-133912) * i havent created it atm because i dont know how 🙁 Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 19 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-no-luck/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-no-luck/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Still No Luck :(’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 19 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [gingerbeer2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gingerbeer2000/) * Last activity: [21 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-no-luck/page/2/#post-133920) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics