Title: Install Help!
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Install Help!

 *  [Wilf James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wilf/)
 * (@wilf)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-help/)
 * I have spent the last three hours on the 5 min install. I have checked everything
   again and again, password – hostname, database name etc, and I always get the
   same result “Error establishing a database connection!” I even created another
   database and went through the whole process with the same result.
    This is the
   setting for the install [http://www.wilfjames.com/fop/wp-admin/install.php](http://www.wilfjames.com/fop/wp-admin/install.php)
   My hosting Company has PHP4.1.2 & mySQL3.23.38 Is there something I am missing
   that I should be looking at? Help please.

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-help/#post-67645)
 * Can you email your host asking for specific details for connecting to mysql ?
   
   Other things to check: – that your ‘username’ is correctly associated with mysql–
   that there are no spaces before or after any on the info that you have put into
   wp-config.php – that your username has all priviledges.
 *  Thread Starter [Wilf James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wilf/)
 * (@wilf)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-help/#post-67647)
 * OK I will. It’s late where I am so probably tomorrow before I get anything back.
   I did of course check the other posts before jumping in. I have also checked (
   again) that there are no spaces before or after any of the info that I put into
   wp-config.php.
    Could you give a bit more of an explanation regarding: – that
   your ‘username’ is correctly associated with mysql – that your username has all
   priviledges Thanks for your help.
 *  Thread Starter [Wilf James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wilf/)
 * (@wilf)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-help/#post-67648)
 * Could you explain what this means Kevin
    2. create username 3. add username to
   database?? Wilf.
 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-help/#post-67661)
 * What user interface have you got there eg phpmysqladmin or what?
 *  Thread Starter [Wilf James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wilf/)
 * (@wilf)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-help/#post-67723)
 * This is at the top of the interface when I open the phpMyAdmin:
    Welcome to phpMyAdmin
   2.5.5-pl1 MySQL 4.0.16-standard running on localhost as [my55505@localhost](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-help/my55505@localhost?output_format=md)
   Here is the wp-config.php: <?php /** WordPress’s config file **/ /** [http://wordpress.org/](http://wordpress.org/)**///**
   MySQL settings ** // define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘my55505’); // The name of the database
   define(‘DB_USER’, ‘my55505’); // Your MySQL username define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘*****’);//…
   and password define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // 99% chance you won’t need to 
   change this value // Change the prefix if you want to have multiple blogs in 
   a single database. $table_prefix = ‘wp_’; // example: ‘wp_’ or ‘b2’ or ‘mylogin_’//
   Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the // chosen 
   language must be installed to wp-includes/languages. // For example, install 
   de.mo to wp-includes/languages and set WPLANG to ‘de’ // to enable German language
   support. define (‘WPLANG’, ”); /* Stop editing */ $server = DB_HOST; $loginsql
   = DB_USER; $passsql = DB_PASSWORD; $base = DB_NAME; define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(
   __FILE__).’/’); // Get everything else require_once(ABSPATH.’wp-settings.php’);?
   > It must be something simple for me to do or change to get wordpress to run –
   anybody got any ideas? Wilf
 *  Thread Starter [Wilf James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wilf/)
 * (@wilf)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-help/#post-67825)
 * Does no one have any suggestions as to what I might try??
 *  Thread Starter [Wilf James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wilf/)
 * (@wilf)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-help/#post-67831)
 * I must fall into the 1% who need to change “localhost” to the IP address of my
   host.
    I slowly worked through the settings changing one thing at a time and 
   eventually the “wp-admin/install.php” did its thing and I was in. From there 
   a very simple setup. And yes it took 5mins!! Wilf James.
 *  Anonymous
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-help/#post-68276)
 * I tried this, and it didn’t work 🙁
 *  Thread Starter [Wilf James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wilf/)
 * (@wilf)
 * [21 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/install-help/#post-68307)
 * “I tried this, and it didn’t work :(“
    I am no expert, but I have found when 
   the likes of WordPress say it’s a 5 minute install, that’s what it is!! However
   I worked slowly through all the changables until I found the correct combination.
   Bingo! When I got it right it took just under 5 minutes for the install to happen.
   I am still working on getting the formula for my PHOTOBLOG correct. I am getting
   there. My first few enteries can be seen here. : [http://www.focusonparis.com](http://www.focusonparis.com)
   Hope you get up and running soon. Wilf.

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