Error establishing a database connection!!!

  • hello,

    i’ve done WP setups before, but previuosly i did on Win2003 IIS6 with php4.1.10. now im on WinXP IIS5 PHP4.1.10.

    i just setup a new install of WinXP, installed IIS, PHP, MySQL 4.1.

    now when i try to setup WP, i get “Error establishing a database connection”. error. and it says the localhost server not found!!!

    all the setup is same as i did on Win2003, but i don’t get why it’s not connectig to local mysql server.

    i can successfuly connect to mysql using it’s admin tools.

    i also noticed using Outpost firewall which displays connections in realtime, when i call the install php script of WP, php.exe connects to mysqld-nt.exe (mysql win service). it tries few times, then i get the error.

    before posting i searched the forum, but didn’t find similar prob.

    any help will be appreciated.

    // chall3ng3r //

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  • Did you install phpMyAdmin? Can *it* connect to the db?

    I recall some wrinkles last time I did a WIMP box. Seems like I had to get an extra/different php module for mysql.

    Thread Starter chall3ng3r

    (@chall3ng3r)

    nop, i don’t use phpMyAdmin. i use the win admin tools from mysql.com and Navicat. both worked fine.

    i also searched other php & mysql sources, but found nothing similar until now. most ppl say if they can’t connect with php, they can’t connect with admin tools as well.

    in my case, it’s just not connect from php, but i can administer the server with admin tools (cmd/win both).

    also i just tried other php scripts, i’e bbpress & drupal, they also gives same error. i think there’s somthing with php version i’m using. i’ll try to update to php4.1.11

    still looking for help …. ??

    // chall3ng3r //

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