Trouble Installing WordPress on Localhost – Database Connection Issue

  • ImageAqib Javaid

    (@aqibjavaid1)


    3 months, 3 weeks ago

    Hello,
    I’m trying to install WordPress on my local server (using XAMPP), but I keep running into a “database connection error” during setup. I’ve already created a database in phpMyAdmin and updated the wp-config.php file with the correct details, but it still doesn’t connect.

    Could someone guide me on what common mistakes I should check? Is there a step I might be overlooking during the installation process?

    Thank you in advance for your help.

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  • ImageMd Delower Hossain

    (@delower186)

    3 months, 3 weeks ago

    database connection error related to the following parameters in wp-config.php

    /** The name of the database for WordPress */

    define( ‘DB_NAME’, ” ) => name of the database you created on phpmyadmin

    /** Database username */

    define( ‘DB_USER’, ” ); => default username is root in phpmyadmin (Xamp) if you didn’t created any custom user

    /** Database password */

    define( ‘DB_PASSWORD’, ” ); => default password is empty string in phpmyadmin (Xamp) if you didn’t create any custom user & password

    /** Database hostname */

    define( ‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’ ); => default hostname is localhost in phpmyadmin (Xamp)

    from phpmyadmin click “User Accounts” for correct user details and click “Server:localhost” on top for correct database server & user info in “Database server” on the right.

    Please check if the parameters of your wp-config.php are correct according the phpmyadmin and still showing the error then please let me know.

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