Title: localhost blues
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# localhost blues

 *  [manny2013](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manny2013/)
 * (@manny2013)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-blues/)
 * I am very new at WordPress, as a matter of fact I am a novice! I’m trying to 
   setup my localhost in my home computer (Windows 7 Pro). I am also a student doing
   web design (Veteran). This is what I’ve done so far;
 * 1. Copied my WordPress 3.5 files to my xampp directory
    2. Identify my htdocs
   directory and placed the files in my directory (C:/xampp/dir.com/dir.com/mywpsite
   3.Went to my wp-config.php and changed my define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); as 
   it said in the book. I’m getting this: Error establishing a database connection
 * In my live site everything is working so I’m wondering why. Oh, btw I have my
   xampp turned on on both Apache and MySQL.
 * Help please!!
 * Regards,
 * Manny

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-blues/#post-3387789)
 * Have you considered using EasyPHP instead of Xamp? It’s a lot easier to set up.
   See [http://quirm.net/2011/05/05/installing-wordpress-locally-using-easyphp/](http://quirm.net/2011/05/05/installing-wordpress-locally-using-easyphp/)
 *  [ken1990julius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ken1990julius/)
 * (@ken1990julius)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-blues/#post-3387912)
 * have you created a database in MySQL and provide these details in your wp-config.
   php file.

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

 * In: [Localhost Installs](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/localhost-installs/)
 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [ken1990julius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ken1990julius/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-blues/#post-3387912)
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