Error establishing a database connection

  • VinceA

    (@vincea)


    19 years ago

    I’m trying to make WordPress run locally on my PC but have problems setting it up. (I tried to look at the many many posts on this subject, but couldn’t find a solution for myself…)

    – MySQL 5.0
    – PHP 4.4.1
    – hosted on my pc (using IIS).

    I created a database named ‘wordpress’ and I can connect to it from within the mysql shell, but for some reason WordPress just couldn’t connect to it. I’m sure the dbname, dbpassword, and dbhost are correct.

    I tinkered with the wordpress php source to find out the problem and I managed to get it to print out this error message:

    “WordPress database error: [Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server; consider upgrading MySQL client]”

    I installed MySQL using default settings.
    Any help? What else should I look for? Thanks!

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  • chaaban

    (@chaaban)

    i think best way to start using php and mysql on local is by using easyphp it will install php , mysql and phpMyadmin its a very nice and free software

    i know this might not answer your question … but it can help you alot dealing with mysql and php

    here is the link for easyphp : https://www.easyphp.org/?lang=en

    Thread Starter VinceA

    (@vincea)

    Hi, no it doesn’t answer my question, but it gave me the idea to try and see first if my PHP installation works with MySQL independent of WordPress. Thanks.

    moshu

    (@moshu)

    Setting up a server (even a local one) is not something that should be discussed on the WP Forum because it is not a WP issue. I assume there are many specialized sites/fora for this kind of questions, so please, ask there.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Follow this guide:

    https://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/xampp/

    obie

    (@obie)

    We are getting this same error:
    “We were able to connect to the database server (which means your username and password is okay) but not able to select the mysite_wordpress database.”

    The database certainly exists.
    And I have the correct name with the prefix in wp-config.php

    Where do we go from here?

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