Question
Error establishing a database connection (!)
- Posted on February 9, 2015
Asked by Mohammad Aljaber
I was extremely restful with this tutorial of Wordpress installing. Until I enter the website and frustratingly found out this statement: **
Error establishing a database connection
**
I tried several solutions but nothing worked out!
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/etc/init.d/mysql startworked for me, but is there any reason mysql would suddenly stop? Is there a log to check for this or something?Assuming the database is on the same server…
Check that your database is actually running… ( sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start )
Check that you have the correct info in the config.php file in your /wordpress/ directory… Ie: username = yourDBusername ( possibly “root”), password = yourDB password and host = localhost
Verify your DB my typing. mysql -u root -pYOURPASSWORD
Then type " Show databases;" ( Is your database listed? ) Type “exit” to quit.