Install error: “trouble selecting proper database

  • This is the problem I am having trying to install WordPress. Any ideas on what I’m doing wrong?
    We’re having a little trouble selecting the proper database for WordPress.
    * Are you sure it exists?
    * Your database name is currently specified as arti_wordpress. Is this correct?
    * On some systems the name of your database is prefixed with your username, so it would be like username_wordpress. Could that be the problem?
    // ** MySQL settings ** //
    define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘arti_wordpress’); // The name of the database
    define(‘DB_USER’, ‘arti_artitumis’); // Your MySQL username
    define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘xxxx’); // …and password
    define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change this value
    Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
    Marcus

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  • Cpanel ?
    If you use cpanel, check that after you have added a user, and after you have created the database, that, while the user is visible in the left dropbox, and the database is in the right dropbox, that you have then clicked the ‘Add User to DB’ button.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    You probably have to change your DB_Host value. In my experience, 99% of the time, you have to change it. Find out what host is serving your database.

    i’ve never had to change the DB_HOST value. most of the hosting providers i’ve seen use localhost.

    I just had precisely this problem but I’m hosting a server on my own machine. In my case, I had been trying to install using the Open command in Opera and navigating to install.php. Everything went right when I stopped doing that and instead tuped into my browser’s URL window
    https://localhost/…/install.php and hit Return. From then on, it was all plain sailing.

    Thread Starter artitumis

    (@artitumis)

    podz was right on the money. I didnt’ add the user to the db after creating it. Much thanks to all of you that replied!
    M

    can somebody help me? i just started a business account with yahoo and i have the same problem. when i type in my website https://www.manainternacional.org, it goes straight to that error screen. what do i do? (im an amateur so be very specific) thanks

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