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# jd

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 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.p](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-either-means-that-the-username-and-password-information-in-your-wp-configp/)
 *  Thread Starter [jd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeffdjacobsgmailcom/)
 * (@jeffdjacobsgmailcom)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-either-means-that-the-username-and-password-information-in-your-wp-configp/#post-1879972)
 * MySQL was running… but my hostname was wrong. I needed to change it from “localhost”
   to “127.0.0.1”
 * Appreciate the help.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.p](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-either-means-that-the-username-and-password-information-in-your-wp-configp/)
 *  Thread Starter [jd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeffdjacobsgmailcom/)
 * (@jeffdjacobsgmailcom)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/this-either-means-that-the-username-and-password-information-in-your-wp-configp/#post-1879970)
 * Thanks, Kailash…
 * This is the error the PHP script returns:
 * Could not connect: Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/var/mysql/
   mysql.sock’ (2)
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Host-error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/host-error-1/)
 *  [jd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeffdjacobsgmailcom/)
 * (@jeffdjacobsgmailcom)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/host-error-1/#post-1879963)
 * try localhost

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