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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Updating to 2.6.5: I think I altered the file setup](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-to-265-i-think-i-altered-the-file-setup/)
 *  Thread Starter [frothy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frothy/)
 * (@frothy)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-to-265-i-think-i-altered-the-file-setup/#post-914593)
 * Sir or Madam, thanks. I thought maybe the three-step guide was sufficient. But
   I appreciate your mixture of helpfulness and sanctimony, hallmarks of WordPress.
   org. The extended instructions will certainly be useful, if there is another 
   time. They can’t help me now, but maybe they will in the future.
 * The WordPress is installed in the root and contains wp-admin, wp-content, and
   wp-includes. These three folders are also in the www folder and the public_html
   folder, both of which are also in the root. So I wonder if I should delete the
   WordPress folder (and its subfolders) and leave the ones that are in public_html
   and www.
 * I’m not really sure how to proceed. I have replaced the faulty file that generated
   the headers error message with one from the latest upgrade, but I wouldn’t know
   if it’s really been fixed if I am not importing the backup, as you note that 
   it “confused” things before. I’ll just have to look again at the extended instructions
   tomorrow and redoo what needs to be redone, step by step. Thanks.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Error establishing a database connection](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-28/)
 *  [frothy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frothy/)
 * (@frothy)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-28/#post-683815)
 * Hm, never mind – the situation resolved itself. I suspect it had nothing to do
   with me or my settings and more to do with the host site itself. Woo.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Error establishing a database connection](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-28/)
 *  [frothy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frothy/)
 * (@frothy)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-28/#post-683814)
 * Matt, did you fix yours?
 * This just happened to me, and I’m positive it’s something I did. The site was
   fine this morning, but after uploading a new theme (stupid Tarski), the database
   vanished. I get the “Error establishing a database connection” message (and nothing
   more)..
 * And in my cPanel, I apparently no longer have an SQL database. I hope that simply
   means it can’t be connected to, rather than it having been deleted…
 * Here’s my code in my wp-config.php file:
 * <?php
    // ** MySQL settings ** // define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘xxxxx’); // The name of 
   the database define(‘DB_USER’, ‘xxxxxx’); // Your MySQL username define(‘DB_PASSWORD’,‘
   xxxxxxx’); // …and password define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // 99% chance you
   won’t need to change this value define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’); define(‘DB_COLLATE’,”);
 * // You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique
   prefix
    $table_prefix = ‘wp_’; // Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!
 * // Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the
    // chosen
   language must be installed to wp-content/languages. // For example, install de.
   mo to wp-content/languages and set WPLANG to ‘de’ // to enable German language
   support. define (‘WPLANG’, ”);
 * /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */
 * define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__).’/’);
    require_once(ABSPATH.’wp-settings.
   php’); ?>
 * I tried changing ‘localhost’ to ‘127.0.0.1’ and also to the actual URL, to no
   avail.
 * I’m no programmer, so I hope there’s a simple solution here..

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