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
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I tried several solutions but nothing worked out!
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Assuming the database is on the same server…
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Check that your database is actually running… ( sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start )
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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.
/etc/init.d/mysql start worked for me, but is there any reason mysql would suddenly stop? Is there a log to check for this or something?
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