Title: apache own server database name help!
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# apache own server database name help!

 *  [wuzzie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wuzzie/)
 * (@wuzzie)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/apache-own-server-database-name-help/)
 * Before getting a real web server, I’ve decided to run my own Apache server on
   my XP computer. I installed PHP, changed the extension_dir to C:\php\ext, deleted
   the semicolon before
    extension=php_mysql.dll…
 * I unzipped all the wordpress files into the htdocs\wordpress folder. When it 
   comes to the wp-config.php, I was confused. What should I type for my database
   name?
 * Thanks

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/apache-own-server-database-name-help/#post-250745)
 * If you want to play in XP, I recommend Xampp.
    [http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html](http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html)
 * Very easy to use.
    Download, install [http://localhost/xampp](http://localhost/xampp)
   Click phpmyadmin Create db called wordpress, and here’s your settings
 * `// ** MySQL settings ** //
    define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress'); // The name of the
   database define('DB_USER', 'root'); // Your MySQL username define('DB_PASSWORD','');//...
   and password define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); // 99% chance you won't need to 
   change this value
 *  Thread Starter [wuzzie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wuzzie/)
 * (@wuzzie)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/apache-own-server-database-name-help/#post-250765)
 * Thanks for the fast reply..
    I got MySQL working, went created a ‘wordpress’ 
   database (name) (Collation?). Now, on the left, under the dropdown, I see ‘wordpress’…
   now what? Do I change the DB_NAME to ‘wordpress’? Do I need to add some kind 
   of tables under the ‘wordpress database’?
 * the Error page still pops up
 * Sorry for being such a newbie
 *  Thread Starter [wuzzie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wuzzie/)
 * (@wuzzie)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/apache-own-server-database-name-help/#post-250766)
 * and what would my username and password be?
    would it be ‘root@localhost’?
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/apache-own-server-database-name-help/#post-250768)
 * Literally what I pasted above will work in your config file – I copied it from
   one of mine.
 * Collation doesn’t matter.
 * Now copy the wordpress folder into /htdocs, then go to
    [http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php](http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php)
 *  Thread Starter [wuzzie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wuzzie/)
 * (@wuzzie)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/apache-own-server-database-name-help/#post-250773)
 * AHHHH
    IT WORKS! OMG! YOU’RE MY HERO I LOVE YOU!!!!!

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