Error DB connection

  • Hello all,

    I’ve got an Apache with PHP (supported versions – PHP 5.2.17, Apache 2.2.22 – and working properly). I downloaded wordpress 3.3.2 version, extracted, copy under Apache.
    I filed in properly the ‘wp-config.php’.
    I tried open https://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php and I got an error message:
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    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 127.0.0.1:3306. 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?
    ————————————————-
    I’m sure the mysql is run, I can connect to wordperss db.
    I wrote a sort php code:

    <?php
$kapcsolat = mysql_connect ( "localhost", "wordpress", "VerySecretPass");
if (! $kapcsolat) {
  die ("mysql connect error");
}
else {
  echo "mysql connect OK";
}
?>

    I tried to insert in ‘wp-db.php’ file like:
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    function db_connect() {

		$this->is_mysql = true;

		if ( WP_DEBUG ) {
$this->dbh = mysql_connect( $this->dbhost, $this->dbuser, $this->dbpassword, true );
		   } else {
$this->dbh = mysql_connect( "localhost", "wordpress", "VerySecurePass", true );
		}

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    and it works. The install page appears correctly but I didn’t do anything. I don’t know what the basic problem is and what will happen, if I follow the install.
    Could anyone help me?

    Thank you,
    jupiter2005ster

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  • Thread Starter jupiter2005ster

    (@jupiter2005ster)

    Does anybody have a clue? Where can I find the failure? How can I fix it?
    Can improve the debugging level?

    – First, try contacting the hosting provider if the database server is online / if they have any other problem at their end, or they made any changes to your account, or if there are any limitations/restrictions, if the hosting package is set to Windows and not Linux, etc .
    – double check your wp-config.php file settings for the database name, database username and database password. This is where most errors occur. -Then check that you don’t need to change the database host from “localhost” to something else. You can get that info from your hosting provider.
    – Check you have actually created a database with the same database name as is in your wp-config.php file.
    – Last, but not least, if all that information is correct your database probably has a problem with it, and you may need to contact your hosting provider.

    Thread Starter jupiter2005ster

    (@jupiter2005ster)

    I checked my wp-config.php. I’m sure the settings are good.
    I set only (DB – name, user, password, host, charset, collate -).
    Do I need another?
    I run LAMP on localhost (I have a win7). All services run.

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