Direct Admin problem connecting to database

  • I am getting “Error establishing a database connection” when trying to set-up WordPress.
    My hosting control panel is Direct Admin.
    Web server is Apache/2.
    PhpMyAdmin version 3.4.1.
    MySQL server version 5.1.48.
    I’ve checked the WP-config file many times and it gives me the same error, I even tried leaving the file as WP-config-sample and set it up through my browser, which allowed to enter all the info but gave me the same error after hitting submit.
    I use “localhost” for the MySQL hostname.
    I don’t know why it’s doing this and I don’t know what else to try.
    I access Direct Admin through an IP address followed by a port number and I read in the Codex to add the port number to localhost:**** in WP-config for the DB Host but it didn’t work.
    I’ve tried a bunch of things, I even started again with a test.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks!

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  • ask your hosts for the database details.

    Thread Starter C D

    (@coltonday)

    Thanks…. But I have all that info properly configured in my config file… I checked it over and over but it’s still giving me an error. I also have access to the direct admin control panel… If there’s something I need to check.

    “Error establishing a database connection”

    This is a host/server issue – not a WordPress one.

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