Title: Error installing WP
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Error installing WP

 *  Resolved [liamini](https://wordpress.org/support/users/liamini/)
 * (@liamini)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-installing-wp/)
 * Hi,
    I’m installing WP on my host for the first time and after following the 
   installation instructions about uploading the CONTENTS of the wordpress directory
   to the root folder (public_html), when I try to access the wp-config.php page
   I get the following error:
 * Warning: main(): Unable to access ../../wordpress/wp-config.php in /
    www/business/
   5382/wp-admin/install.php on line 8
 * Warning: main(../../wordpress/wp-config.php): failed to open stream:
    Permission
   denied in /www/business/5382/wp-admin/install.php on line 8
 * Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required ‘../../wordpress/wp-
    config.php’(
   include_path=’.:’) in /www/business/5382/wp-admin/ install.php on line 8
 * It looks like WP thinks the wp-config.php file is in a directory called wordpress
   but as I want WP to be accessible via [http://www.creative-i.info](http://www.creative-i.info)
   I just uploaded the contents rather than the directory as well.
 * This is what I see when I access the URL:
 * 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 Creative-i database.
 *  * Are you sure it exists?
    * On some systems the name of your database is prefixed
   with your username, so it would be like username_wordpress. Could that be the
   problem?
 * Bill

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-installing-wp/#post-585450)
 * It seems you fixed it. Your blog is there and working. Happy blogging 🙂

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 * [installation problem](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/installation-problem/)
 * [root directory](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/root-directory/)
 * [wp-config.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-config-php/)

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
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 * Last reply from: [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-installing-wp/#post-585450)
 * Status: resolved

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