After Editing the php File

Hey Peeps,

I’m trying to install WordPress on my XAMPP server and I’ve been doing great so far, but after I have edited the info on the wp-config.php file I get an error message when I try to access http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php.

The text I edited looks like this:
// ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define(‘DB_NAME’, localhost_‘wordpress’);

/** MySQL database username */
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘root);

/** MySQL database password */
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ”);

/** MySQL hostname */
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);

/** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);

/** The Database Collate type. Don’t change this if in doubt. */
define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);

Now the error message I am getting looks like this:
Can’t select database

We were able to connect to the database server (which means your username and password is okay) but not able to select the localhost_‘wordpress’ database.

Are you sure it exists?
Does the user ‘root have permission to use the localhost_‘wordpress’ database?
On some systems the name of your database is prefixed with your username, so it would be like username_localhost_‘wordpress’. Could that be the problem?

If you don’t know how to set up a database you should contact your host. If all else fails you may find help at the WordPress Support Forums.

Any help would be greatly appreciated 🙂

Cheers