Problems installing with MAMP, "Error establishing a database connection"

This error message can appear for different reasons, so it is difficult to give you an exact solution.

Did you modify the wp-config.php to add your database parameters there?

define( 'DB_NAME', 'your-database-name-that-you-created-on-phpmyadmin' );
define( 'DB_USER', 'root' );
define( 'DB_PASSWORD', 'root' );
define( 'DB_HOST', 'localhost' );

Yes. First I created the database with phpmyadmin in the Start page of MAMP and I also created it with my hosting service from godaddy. With godaddy it didnt allow me to use root as User and Pword so I changed both. I also tried using localhost as the host name or the host name that godaddy provided. Part of what I dont understand from the instructions is that if Im going to use my MAC to run wordpress why do I need to create the database with godaddy.

why do I need to create the database with godaddy

You don’t.

So I only have to create it in the phpadmin in the start page of MAMP? Also, in order to use MAMP i have to configure the PHP with the name of the database i created in Mamp, the user and pw root and the host name localhost?

So I only have to create it in the phpadmin in the start page of MAMP?

Yes. Then edit your wp-config.php file with the name of the database, user, user password and host (which is probably localhost)

I edited the config.php file correctly, I created the database in MAMP. WordPress is in the HTDOCS of MAMP. How can I run the page now. Do I use Safari?

Do I use Safari?

Yes. https://localhost/wp-admin/install.php

MAMP may need a port number, so it might be https://localhost:8888/wp-admin/install.php or something along those lines. Exact number may differ depending on how MAMP is setup.

Thanks a million for all the help. After following all the instructions it still was not working and i noticed that when I edited the wp-config.php with text editor, i was not saving it as a php so I wasnt seeing anything with localhost:8888. Thanks again to all of you.

I am having this trouble too. I have done all of the above and getter the error below

Not Found

The requested URL /wordpress/wp-admin/ was not found on this server.

tonyakeittkalule – You should make your own post, since this one is resolved.

Make sure MAMP is working correctly, too.