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2ninerniner2… I need you help with an “error establishing database connection”. I don’t know how to send you the request in a new thread. I read your help to another person and my challenge is similar but potentially different. I set up MAMP. Everything seems to be fine. I had to go with a port of 3308 instead of 3306 because I had an older Apache server still installed. Is it possible that I have to include the port in the host field such as: “localhost:3308”?
Other wise, I get the green lights on the MAMP dash. And for credentials, I am using:
Database: same as what I set in MyPHPadmin
Username: root
Password: root
Host: localhost
Table prefix: wp_Forgive me for not knowing the correct way or means by which to pose my question to you.
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In reply to: ANOTHER "Error establishing a database connection"Can I add my challenge? I installed MAMP and set up a database named “erwinsco”. using the wp tool, I provide the following:
database: erwinsco
user: root
password: root
server: localhostget the “Error establishing a database connection” message.
Nothing in the videos stated that I need to do more than just create a db on MyPHPadmin. I am not well knowledgable about MySQL. But I did try manually entering the credentials in the sample config file and renaming it wp-config.php
What else can I do to resolve this? Ive confirmed that the database is there (myPHPadmin). Ive confirmed that MAMP is running. Ive confirmed that the wordpress folder I extracted and renamed is in the htdocs folder (made no changes to folder configuration)
Would greatly appreciate ANY help.