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# pinnerite

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 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Using existing domain](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/)
 *  Thread Starter [pinnerite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pinnerite/)
 * (@pinnerite)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/page/2/#post-8796779)
 * All enquiries led back to errors in wp-config.php.
    Finally, it occurred to me
   to search for a php code checker. I tried it on the sample config.php file – 
   No errors. I then changed each item line by line running the php checker each
   time until finally the complete file was error free. I copied it to the blog 
   directory on my domain and attempted to access it from a browser. No problems.
 * I still am baffled by the earlier problems but thank you for hand-holding me.
   🙂
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Using existing domain](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/)
 *  Thread Starter [pinnerite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pinnerite/)
 * (@pinnerite)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/page/2/#post-8790379)
 * As suggested I deleted everything on /blog and on my download directory relating
   to WordPress, excluding the zip file and went through the whole process again.
 * The only difference this time is that the error code is now 77.
 * I’ll tackle my hosting supplier as soon a i can.
    Thank you for your efforts.
   I’ll report back as soon as I have some fresh information.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Using existing domain](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/)
 *  Thread Starter [pinnerite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pinnerite/)
 * (@pinnerite)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/page/2/#post-8787157)
 * I reworked from wp-config-sample.php and uoloaded to the web site.
    No difference.
   Line 32 seems to be just the closing marker of a comment(!)
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Using existing domain](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/)
 *  Thread Starter [pinnerite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pinnerite/)
 * (@pinnerite)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/page/2/#post-8786560)
 * I always employ Kate for editing text but there is always the possibility of 
   a ‘slip ‘twixt cup and lip’.
    I’ll double check.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Using existing domain](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/)
 *  Thread Starter [pinnerite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pinnerite/)
 * (@pinnerite)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/page/2/#post-8786044)
 * I finally managed to get into my hosting account’s cpanel and thence to MySQL.
   
   I deleted and recreated the database. I returned wp-config.php and edite it to
   match the changes that I had made and copied the amended file to the site.
 * Now both:
 * [http://www.asandco.co.uk/blog/](http://www.asandco.co.uk/blog/)
    [http://www.asandco.co.uk/blog/wp-admin](http://www.asandco.co.uk/blog/wp-admin)
 * return:
 * Fatal error: Can’t use function return value in write context in /home/asandcoc/
   public_html/blog/wp-config.php on line 32
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Using existing domain](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/)
 *  Thread Starter [pinnerite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pinnerite/)
 * (@pinnerite)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/page/2/#post-8782237)
 * I have not been handling this well.
 * I moved all the WP files from public_html to public_html/blog
    I then edited 
   wp-config.php as suggested. There was no .htaccess in public_html/blog
 * I could not get into cPanel.
    I assumed [http://www.asandco.co.uk/blog/cpanel](http://www.asandco.co.uk/blog/cpanel)
   should do it. For now I’m a bit stuck.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Using existing domain](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/)
 *  Thread Starter [pinnerite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pinnerite/)
 * (@pinnerite)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/page/2/#post-8747711)
 * I really appreciate this.
 * I created /public_html/blog and moved all the WP files there.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Using existing domain](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/)
 *  Thread Starter [pinnerite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pinnerite/)
 * (@pinnerite)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/page/2/#post-8742903)
 * At the mopment [http://www.<mydomain&gt](http://www.<mydomain&gt);.co.uk/index.
   php is not going anywhere!
    Except to a google listing. It looks like I’m going
   have to learn about .htaccess before I go any further. 🙁
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Using existing domain](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/)
 *  Thread Starter [pinnerite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pinnerite/)
 * (@pinnerite)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/#post-8741598)
 * Thank you. I’ll do as you suggest.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Using existing domain](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/)
 *  Thread Starter [pinnerite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pinnerite/)
 * (@pinnerite)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/#post-8741070)
 * At Nativespace the WordPress files are situated on /public_html along with those
   for my website.
 * [http://www.asandco.co.uk/wp-admin/](http://www.asandco.co.uk/wp-admin/)
 * gets me to a logon screen for a new installation (it wasn’t even doing that yesterday)
   but I had already created the first part including activating mysql via cPanel.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Using existing domain](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/)
 *  Thread Starter [pinnerite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pinnerite/)
 * (@pinnerite)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/#post-8740535)
 * Thanks for responding.
 * Yes by domestic machine, I meant the local machine from which I access my domain.
   
   My web site is:
 * [http://www.asandco.co.uk](http://www.asandco.co.uk)
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Using existing domain](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/)
 *  Thread Starter [pinnerite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pinnerite/)
 * (@pinnerite)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/#post-8738832)
 * No my existing domain is hosted on Nativespace. It is to /public_html on my section
   of their server to which I have uploaded the WordPress files.
 * For DB_HOST I have tried assigning ‘albury.asandco’ (my machine’s hostname but
   have since switched to ‘localhost’. Neither produce anything different. I certainly
   cannot get a login panel.
 * Although I can access my website at the moment, I cannot access Nativespace in
   order to seek advice from them. Neither the .com or .co.uk sites.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Using existing domain](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/)
 *  Thread Starter [pinnerite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pinnerite/)
 * (@pinnerite)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/#post-8738097)
 * No the install process was handled via me as the user.
 * Since you confirmed that I need not move the files to a separate folder I left
   them on my hosting provider’s /public_html folder.
 * When I go to my domain’s /wp-admin from Google I get an apparently random return
   from a Google search.
 * However, something niggles me. When I accessed MySQL to create the database it
   was handled via cPanel which would be addressing the facilities allocated to 
   me by Nativespace and not MySQL on my demestic machine. Indeed at this stage 
   I do not even have MySQL (or MariaDB) installed on my machine. So what is DB_HOST
   supposed to be pointing to? What is its purpose?
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Using existing domain](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/)
 *  Thread Starter [pinnerite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pinnerite/)
 * (@pinnerite)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/#post-8735599)
 * I always change my hostname so as to identify every machine on my LAN so that
   is not the cause of my problem.
    The table_prefix is the default -> wp_
 * I have checked and triple-checked the other entries,I think the time has come
   to raise the issue with my hosting provider Nativespace.
    Presumably it is their
   MySql server and that my have issues at the moment.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [Using existing domain](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/)
 *  Thread Starter [pinnerite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pinnerite/)
 * (@pinnerite)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-existing-domain-2/#post-8734827)
 * I think the problem is most likely to be that I may not have the database server
   name entered correctly.
 * At DB_HOST I had entered my machine’s hostname.
 * I just checked it at $hostname
 * Should there be more to it than this?

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