Win 2K Installation isssue

  • When I run the install.php I get the error:

    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.

    The MySQL data base is on the same Win2k server. I can create an ODBC connection to the database using the username and password.

    WordPress does not seam to be able to connect to the database.

    Erick

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  • well, PHP doesn’t use ODBC, so that comparison doesn’t get us too far.

    Is this hosted or something you’re doing on your own machine? You’ll want to make sure you have PHP configured to talk to MySQL (and, as I recall, it isn’t by default).

    Thread Starter erickjaz

    (@erickjaz)

    Ahh. Thank you. Where would I find information on getting PHP to work with MySQL?

    Erick

    Hi Erick, there may be a few posts around here, but we really try to stay out of the server config type questions (just too many variables!).

    Honestly, I’d just google something like “windows php mysql” and see where you end up.

    I did what you’re doing a year or two back (build a WAMP server) and I recall having to chase down a few extra bits for the php/mysql piece.

    I was just doing the exact same thing. See here: https://us2.php.net/mysql

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