Title: creating wp_config??
Last modified: August 19, 2016

---

# creating wp_config??

 *  Resolved [organicsis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/organicsis/)
 * (@organicsis)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-wp_config/)
 * I’m really really green in this area so bear with me….
 * I’m trying to create a wp-config.php file but it won’t let me do it thru my webpage.
 * I truly have no idea what the h*ll I’m doing so I may be missing something really
   obvious here. Jus need some walking thru the steps.
 * I’ve entered in the database, username, host , etc and it tells me “Error establishing
   a database connection”.
 * What do I do?

Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total)

 *  Thread Starter [organicsis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/organicsis/)
 * (@organicsis)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-wp_config/#post-787118)
 * I called my server who informed me I was set up thru Windows instead of Linux.
   She switched me over and said it should all be working tomorrow! Wish me luck!
 *  [mikey1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikey1/)
 * (@mikey1)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-wp_config/#post-787212)
 * Hi there, not sure from what you’ve said how you are editing your config.php 
   file.
    The easiest way is simply in a text editor like notepad. hope it goes 
   well for you. mike.
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-wp_config/#post-787215)
 * WordPress has a rarely used feature where, if you fail to create a wp-config 
   file manually, then it will attempt to guide you through creating it when you
   first visit the site. It uses the wp-config-sample.php as a template for this
   sort of thing.
 * Of course, this wholly depends on your server allowing the thing to create a 
   new file and write to it, which, for security reasons, it should not be. But 
   still, it’s there for those people who don’t fully read the installation instructions.
 *  [mikey1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikey1/)
 * (@mikey1)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-wp_config/#post-787221)
 * Thats what I love on this forum. I learn something everyday.
    I’d never thought
   that a feature like that was there. Clever old developers 🙂 Still I hope organicsis
   gets up and running. mike.
 *  Thread Starter [organicsis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/organicsis/)
 * (@organicsis)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-wp_config/#post-787231)
 * Thanks guys. I called my server who informed me I was setup with Windows instead
   of Linus(or something like that?) which isn’t compatible with WP. She switched
   it for me and I got it working.

Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total)

The topic ‘creating wp_config??’ is closed to new replies.

## Tags

 * [config](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/config/)
 * [database connection](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database-connection/)

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 5 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [organicsis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/organicsis/)
 * Last activity: [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-wp_config/#post-787231)
 * Status: resolved

## Topics

### Topics with no replies

### Non-support topics

### Resolved topics

### Unresolved topics

### All topics