have been trying install for hours

did you fill in the database connection details correctly?

open your wp-config.php in a text editor & check

yes i have check several times all seems to be correct.

i left this blank
*/
define(‘AUTH_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);
define(‘SECURE_AUTH_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);
define(‘LOGGED_IN_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);
define(‘NONCE_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);
/**#@-*/

but i am pretty sure this does not matter ……

anymore suggestions ????????????

Your problem is still in the settings in wp-congig.php or in the database itself. You need to make sure the database is set-up, the database user is set-up, the user is assigned to the database, and the user is given proper permissions on that database. Then you need to make sure the correct info is put in wp-config.

See the following video for help.

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If that doesn’t help you, then click on the Install tag on that site and look for the video showing how to install WP.

<!! good videos very helpful but not the right answer i am not getting that error this is what mine looks like !>

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 antiontestsite.com. This could mean your host’s database server is down.

* Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
* Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
* Are you sure that the database server is running

<!! does this look right? !>

Connection Strings
Perl $dbh = DBI->connect(“DBI:mysql:anttest_Garyswordpress:localhost”,
“anttest_gary”,”<PASSWORD HERE>”);
PHP $dbh=mysql_connect (“localhost”, “anttest_gary”,
“<PASSWORD HERE>”) or die(‘Cannot connect to the database because: ‘ . mysql_error());
mysql_select_db (“anttest_Garyswordpress”);

help

looks like a typical cpanel mysql string
things look right

do you have it like so?

efine('DB_NAME', 'anttest_Garyswordpress');    // The name of the database
define('DB_USER', 'anttest_gary');     // Your MySQL username
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password'); // ...and password
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');    // 99% chance you won't need to change this value

careful that there aren’t extra spaces or apostraphes

IT FINALLY WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!