Title: Database Problem On Install Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Database Problem On Install * [pg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dethredic/) * (@dethredic) * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-problem-on-install/) * Ok, I just tried installing wordpress, and everything went smoothly until I got to the database part. I created a new database and then a user with all privileges, but I get the “Error establishing a database connection” error. I am 100% sure i have the right values in the php file, as I have tried like 5 times. I have even used the same username and database name once, so I had no chance of messing that up. * Any ideas? Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) * [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/) * (@michaelh) * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-problem-on-install/#post-653485) * Most of the time this is wrong information in wp-config.php. * Your database server could be down. * You database user doesn’t have the correct privileges to the database. * Thread Starter [pg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dethredic/) * (@dethredic) * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-problem-on-install/#post-653516) * my database has all privileges. * I have wordpress installed, on 1 domain already. This is the second domain I am trying to get working with wordpress. The first domain is up, and I have copied the wp-config (except the database/pass/user). I even tried making another user within the same database. * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-problem-on-install/#post-653520) * Did you ADD the user to the database? Quite often that step is left out… * Thread Starter [pg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dethredic/) * (@dethredic) * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-problem-on-install/#post-653521) * Yes I did * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-problem-on-install/#post-653524) * There are 2 error messages… which one do you get? * Thread Starter [pg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dethredic/) * (@dethredic) * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-problem-on-install/#post-653540) * WordPress * Error establishing a database connection * This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config. php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at localhost. This could mean your host’s database server is down. * * Are you sure you have the correct username and password? * Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname? * Are you sure that the database server is running? * If you’re unsure what these terms mean you should probably contact your host. If you still need help you can always visit the WordPress Support Forums. * Thread Starter [pg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dethredic/) * (@dethredic) * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-problem-on-install/#post-653562) * I tried deleting all the files, and re – uploading them, but that doesn’t hlep * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-problem-on-install/#post-653563) * No, deleting files doesn’t help when you have wrong data in the wp-config file. * Is this second domain on the same host as the one you succeeded to install? * Thread Starter [pg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dethredic/) * (@dethredic) * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-problem-on-install/#post-653564) * yes that is correct * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-problem-on-install/#post-653565) * Well, I am running out of ideas… but I have to tell you that in 99% of the cases, despite the user’s insistence on “everything being correct” – it is a human error, like typo, wrong quote, lower/uppercase, space between the quote and the info etc. * Thread Starter [pg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dethredic/) * (@dethredic) * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-problem-on-install/#post-653566) * I wish it was like that. But I feel I have tried so many possibilities that I can’t have been wrong all of them. * Also a fact to note, as it is a secondary domain, it is located in [http://www.firstdomain.com/www.seconddomain.com](http://www.firstdomain.com/www.seconddomain.com) * Could that make a difference? firstdomain.com is working seconddomain.com isn’t. * I think I will just copy the info from the wp-config from my working one, into my non working one, and technically it should have the same posts and stuff right? * Also, I haven’t run the install script yet, but I don’t think that should matter because it is one of the last steps in the quick 5 min install. * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-problem-on-install/#post-653567) * _I think I will just copy the info from the wp-config from my working one, into my non working one, and technically it should have the same posts and stuff right?_ * NEVER DO THAT! * but you may try using the same wp-config file if you change the table prefix in it (default is wp_ – make it something else) * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-problem-on-install/#post-653568) * p.s. I don’t know what the secondary domains are, sorry. A domain is a domain. Period. And I can’t imagine an URL as you posted! * Thread Starter [pg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dethredic/) * (@dethredic) * [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-problem-on-install/#post-653574) * Well, you can access my site via [http://www.seconddomain.com](http://www.seconddomain.com), but the way the file manager is set up, it is in the firstdomain.com Viewing 14 replies - 1 through 14 (of 14 total) The topic ‘Database Problem On Install’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database/) * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 14 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [pg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dethredic/) * Last activity: [18 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-problem-on-install/#post-653574) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics