Title: WordPress Install Issue.
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress Install Issue.

 *  [maxoutwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxoutwp/)
 * (@maxoutwp)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-install-issue/)
 * I have created a sub directory on my FTP called “wordpress”. In here i have the
   word press files and the wp-config.php file that i have edited for setup. When
   i try to load the install.php i return with the following error. “This either
   means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is
   incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at localhost. This could mean
   your host’s database server is down.” I have not edited the /** MySQL hostname*/
   
   define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); do i need to change this.
 * I have checked my database, username and password for errors.
 * any help out there? please.

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 *  Thread Starter [maxoutwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maxoutwp/)
 * (@maxoutwp)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-install-issue/#post-1114507)
 * this is the error, sorry.
 * Error establishing a database connection
 * This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.
   php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at localhost. This
   could mean your host’s database server is down.
 *  [ukmma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ukmma/)
 * (@ukmma)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-install-issue/#post-1114508)
 * im having a similar problem however I have changed hostname
 *  [Charles E. Frees-Melvin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thee17/)
 * (@thee17)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-install-issue/#post-1114509)
 * install.php will not run if you have a config.php. remove it run install and 
   have install create it. that error means you have no database tables.
 *  [ukmma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ukmma/)
 * (@ukmma)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-install-issue/#post-1114511)
 * that didnt work for me 🙁
 *  [Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gangleri/)
 * (@gangleri)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-install-issue/#post-1114513)
 * Thee, wp-config.php ‘creates’ the database tables, when you remove it, WP can’t‘
   talk’ to the database anymore. Deleting it sounds like a very bad idea to me.
 * Max, did you follow the instructions, edit the wp-config-sample.php with the 
   correct information and changed its name to wp-config.php? (All this after creating
   a database and asigning users of course.)
 *  [ukmma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ukmma/)
 * (@ukmma)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-install-issue/#post-1114515)
 * I followed all of those instructions Gangleri
 *  [the-debil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/the-debil/)
 * (@the-debil)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-install-issue/#post-1114519)
 * What process did you use for creating your database?
 * Which hosting company are you using?
 * Do you know the nameservers of your actual server?
 * Cheers
    Dave
 *  [ukmma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ukmma/)
 * (@ukmma)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-install-issue/#post-1114533)
 * my host is 1&1 and I created db using their “MS SQL Administration”
 * yes I know the name servers of my actual server as I had to input these into 
   the config file
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-install-issue/#post-1114535)
 * > MS SQL Administration
 * you can NOT use mssql – it must be MySQL
 *  [the-debil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/the-debil/)
 * (@the-debil)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-install-issue/#post-1114624)
 * **UKMMA**
 * >  my host is 1&1 and I created db using their “MS SQL Administration”
   > yes I know the name servers of my actual server as I had to input these into
   > the config file
 * That answers my questions really, I was doing to see what services were available
   on your server, with a dns look up.
 * As samboll has said, MySQL 4 and above.
 * Cheers
    Dave

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