wp_config.php DB config problems

  • during installation of wordpress….i need to add the appropriate configurations to the file wp_config.php and upload it. Here are the parameters I need to fill:
    // ** MySQL settings ** //
    define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘joelcg’); // The name of the database
    define(‘DB_USER’, ‘joelcg’); // Your MySQL username
    define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘password’); // …and password
    define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘lerablog.org/cutcher-gershenfeld/wordpress’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value
    define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);
    define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);

    Basically, DB Name, DB User, DB Password, DB Host… I have tried every possible combination of the information I have available to me on the DB I have created for this sub-domain, and nothing works… Can anyone out there cut and paste their code for me to compare with?

    And, if anyone needs to know…Here is the information I am working with on the DB:
    Descriptor: wp for cutcher-gershenfeld
    MySQL DB/Username (That’s how it’s written in GoDaddy): joelcg, and
    Password: Password
    it is located (I think??) at https://www.lerablog.org/cutcher-gershenfeld/wordpress

    It would SO be helpful if these programmers would use the same words for the same things…but I guess it must be more complicated that that.

    Thanks to anyone out there willing to help a struggling, over-worked, and under-paid, at-wits-end not-for-profit employee.

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  • You need to change your DB_HOST entry. It’s the hostname of your database, not the website.

    With GoDaddy it’s something like :

    ‘mysqlXXX.secureserver.net’ with XXX being unique to your GoDaddy account.

    Login to your GoDaddy account and check in the Control Panel Settings > PHPMyAdmin for your database hostname.

    Also, if your running the latest version of WordPress (2.3.2) Check your hosting supports PHP5.

    The wp-db.php file uses the ___construct and ___destruct methods which are PHP5 only.

    Sounds like that will fix the problem. On most hosts you don’t have to change the last field.

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