Title: WordPress installation with Xampp
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# WordPress installation with Xampp

 *  Resolved [woodson02](https://wordpress.org/support/users/woodson02/)
 * (@woodson02)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-installation-with-xampp/)
 * I installed Xampp onto my F:/xampp.
    I created my folder inside htdocs (folder)
   I unzipped wordpress into my folder. F:/xampp/htdocs/folder/wordpress/.
 * I created my database at phpadmin (database)
    I created user and set permissions
   to all (admin/X)
 * I open browser type in [http://localhost/folder/wordpress/wp-admin/setup-config.php](http://localhost/folder/wordpress/wp-admin/setup-config.php).
   I hit let’s go. I type in database name, user name, pw – that I just created 
   in phpadmin. Database host -localhost.
 * I receive 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. Xampp is running. [http://localhost/xampp/](http://localhost/xampp/).
   Click on Status. Top 5 are activated. I’ve deleted user and recreated user so
   I know the user name and pw are correct.
 * I’ve tried manually entering the information from the wp-config-sample.php. Saving
   it as wp-config.php. Then going to [http://localhost/folder/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php](http://localhost/folder/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php).
   I get the error:
 * Error establishign 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.
 * Can someone please help me understand what I am doing wrong and how to correct
   it to get this working. I’m using Windows 7 64

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 *  Thread Starter [woodson02](https://wordpress.org/support/users/woodson02/)
 * (@woodson02)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-installation-with-xampp/#post-2270880)
 * Nevermind – I was putting my wordpress user name in instead of my mysql user 
   name. I switched to root and everything worked perfectly.

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