I can’t be sure, but this page has one possible solution:
http://www.kajabity.com/2012/10/error-establishing-a-database-connection-with-xamp-mysql-and-wordpress/
Can you use phpMyAdmin? That means it’s up and running but that particular user can’t connect.
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(@webmaestro66)
Thank you very much for the reply, very much appreciated!, I have set the host to – localhost! but it still won’t work, really tearing my hair out over this.
If this is a fresh install you might try renaming config.php to config-1.php.
That will restart the install process. If you haven’t created anything yet, you have nothing to lose.
@webmaestro66 –
The default database user name and password for XAMPP are:
User: rooot
Password: <none> … do not enter ANYTHING for this value.
Your wp-config should look like this:
// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define('DB_NAME', 'your-db-name');
/** MySQL database username */
define('DB_USER', 'root');
/** MySQL database password */
define('DB_PASSWORD', '');
/** MySQL hostname */
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
Cheers!
Lyle
