Title: problems with wp-config.php !!! Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # problems with wp-config.php !!! * [schmuddel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schmuddel/) * (@schmuddel) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wp-configphp-1/) * hi! * i downloaded the version 2.5.1 after reading the install instructions i made this wp-config.php: ** // \*\* MySQL settings \*\* // define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘xxxxx’);// The name of the database define(‘DB_USER’, ‘wxxxxx’); // Your MySQL username define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘xxxxx’); // …and password define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);// 99% chance you won’t need to change this value define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’); define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”); * loaded this file up to webspace and then tried to run the installation link. i always get the error, that user or password is wrong, or the localhost is not connected. but the localhost is okay, and the userdata is okay, too!! * where is the mistake? THX * greetz schmuddel Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 21 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wp-configphp-1/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wp-configphp-1/page/2/?output_format=md) * [themystical](https://wordpress.org/support/users/themystical/) * (@themystical) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wp-configphp-1/#post-753732) * Did you write the database and user name in the format cpaneluser_DBname and cpaneluser_DBuser? (cpanel used here just as example). * [metahuman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/metahuman/) * (@metahuman) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wp-configphp-1/#post-753754) * The new config file has new entries – * > // Change SECRET_KEY to a unique phrase. You won’t have to remember it later, > // > so make it long and complicated. You can visit [http://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.0/](http://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.0/)// > to get a secret key generated for you, or just make something up. define(‘SECRET_KEY’,‘ > put your unique phrase here’); // Change this to a unique phrase. > // You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique > prefix > $table_prefix = ‘wp_’; // Only numbers, letters, and underscores please! * Please check if you are using the right table prefix if you are updating as it may not find the old table and thereby your login id & password. * [davidhogg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidhogg/) * (@davidhogg) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wp-configphp-1/#post-753783) * I have the same problem as Scmuddel. I don’t understand the reply from TheMystical. It says “#Did you write the database and user name in the format cpaneluser_DBname and cpaneluser_DBuser? (cpanel used here just as example).” What exactly does this mean.\? I have written the database and user name as “dhoggpress” and “davidhogg”, which is the way they were given to me by the hosting company. Is this not correct? * [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * (@whooami) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wp-configphp-1/#post-753784) * davidhogg, * some hosts (not all) set up cpanel/mysql/etc so that you username is included in the mysql database bits .. * in other words, if your username is smith1, and you had a database named abc, you would have this inside wp-config.php: * > define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘smith1_abc’); // The name of the database * Its done so that hosts can tell, at a glance, what dbs belong to what users. * [davidhogg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidhogg/) * (@davidhogg) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wp-configphp-1/#post-753795) * I get it now. Thanks. I don’t think this is the case with my host. Even so, I do not have an explanation of why I get an error message when I try to open the wp-admin/install.php file. * [davidhogg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidhogg/) * (@davidhogg) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wp-configphp-1/#post-753796) * OK. I’m not getting any error messages anymore. But when I try the install.php file all I get is a blank screen. * [Samgreen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samgreen/) * (@samgreen) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wp-configphp-1/#post-753801) * I have seen mentions on here of theme incompatibility. Try using a ftp program to rename the theme you are using, wp will then use the default theme. See if the blank page goes away then. * [davidhogg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidhogg/) * (@davidhogg) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wp-configphp-1/#post-753823) * OK, thanks, I’ll try this approach. * [goborobo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goborobo/) * (@goborobo) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wp-configphp-1/#post-753826) * OK, let’s be clear about this: There is a clear problem with the WordPress install because: * 1. I can login to the MySQL db as Master User from my host control panel. 2. I can login to the MySQL db from a web page as an authorized User. 3. The login line in PhpMyAdmin shows either user [@localhost](https://wordpress.org/support/users/localhost/) after I’ve logged in. * Putting either of these user settings into wp-config.php returns the error: * “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” * Permissions? * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wp-configphp-1/#post-753827) * The user has to be added to the database and must have all the privileges. * Despite what you think… 99.99% of the cases it is a user error in the wp-config file. * [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * (@whooami) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wp-configphp-1/#post-753828) * its not even 99.99%. * Its 100%. That file is never wrong 🙂 * [goborobo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goborobo/) * (@goborobo) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wp-configphp-1/#post-753829) * I thought I wrote the description of the problem clearly: * How could I have logged in by control panel and web page for two different users if I didn’t have the details right? * I’ve tried them both in the config file, and they both have superuser permissions. * [goborobo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goborobo/) * (@goborobo) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wp-configphp-1/#post-753831) * And the answer is: * Not 100% of the time. My host requires: * localhost:/tmp/mysql5.sock * for MySQL5. * Always excellent support and great hosting: icdsoft.com * [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * (@whooami) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wp-configphp-1/#post-753832) * I dont think anyone misunderstood what you wrote. * Instead of debating that, why not see if you are actually supposed to be using localhost and not an IP or actual hostname. Thats where I would start * The output from that file isnt wrong — it never is. * — Edit: * The Previous post to this one was posted before I finished this one. * [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/) * (@kmessinger) * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wp-configphp-1/#post-753833) * Do you mind posting your actual config file without the db name, user name, and password? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 21 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wp-configphp-1/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wp-configphp-1/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘problems with wp-config.php !!!’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) * 21 replies * 9 participants * Last reply from: [davidhogg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidhogg/) * Last activity: [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-wp-configphp-1/page/2/#post-753863) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics