WordPress Install Issue.

  • I have created a sub directory on my FTP called “wordpress”. In here i have the word press files and the wp-config.php file that i have edited for setup. When i try to load the install.php i return with the following error. “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.” I have not edited the /** MySQL hostname */
    define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); do i need to change this.

    I have checked my database, username and password for errors.

    any help out there? please.

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  • Thread Starter maxoutwp

    (@maxoutwp)

    this is the error, sorry.

    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.

    im having a similar problem however I have changed hostname

    install.php will not run if you have a config.php. remove it run install and have install create it. that error means you have no database tables.

    that didnt work for me ??

    Thee, wp-config.php ‘creates’ the database tables, when you remove it, WP can’t ‘talk’ to the database anymore. Deleting it sounds like a very bad idea to me.

    Max, did you follow the instructions, edit the wp-config-sample.php with the correct information and changed its name to wp-config.php? (All this after creating a database and asigning users of course.)

    I followed all of those instructions Gangleri

    What process did you use for creating your database?

    Which hosting company are you using?

    Do you know the nameservers of your actual server?

    Cheers
    Dave

    my host is 1&1 and I created db using their “MS SQL Administration”

    yes I know the name servers of my actual server as I had to input these into the config file

    MS SQL Administration

    you can NOT use mssql – it must be MySQL

    UKMMA

    my host is 1&1 and I created db using their “MS SQL Administration”

    yes I know the name servers of my actual server as I had to input these into the config file

    That answers my questions really, I was doing to see what services were available on your server, with a dns look up.

    As samboll has said, MySQL 4 and above.

    Cheers
    Dave

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