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Snezana Cubrilovic
6,879 PointsError establishing a database connection
I'm trying to install Wordpress on PC, but after submitting Database Name, User Name, Password ... like in video, I get : 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 localhost. This could mean your host's database server is down.
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Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
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Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
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Are you sure that the database server is running?
" pass and user is root and server is running. Can't figure it out what is wrong.
2 Answers
Chris Shaw
26,676 PointsHi Snezana,
MAMP is been used in the video which uses root as the password by default for the MySQL server while depending on which stack you install on Windows the password will simply be blank, if you know the stack has a password you can usually find it on the software developers site.
Snezana Cubrilovic
6,879 PointsThanks, it's working!
Chris Shaw
26,676 PointsNo worries
shareyourpeace
3,244 Pointsshareyourpeace
3,244 Points@chris Upjohn I just posted a similar question. In the video there is no mention that we should use root when we creat the database and user from phpMyAdmin. Can you please look at my post. Thanks.