关于xampp数据库错误的wordpress

Question

Hi I am trying to install worpress on xampp to design and test my blog on but when I go to localhost/wordpress it keeps telling me that

"Error establishing a database connection"

Please help been trying everything.

// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress');

/** MySQL database username */
define('DB_USER', 'root');

/** MySQL database password */
define('DB_PASSWORD', '');

/** MySQL hostname */
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');

/** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');

/** The Database Collate type. Don't change this if in doubt. */
define('DB_COLLATE', '');

I am running it on Windows XP

Answer 1

The error message would suggest that the details you have in your code sample are incorrect.

Do you have a 'wordpress' table?

Can you log into phpMyAdmin using the XAMPP suite using the account 'root' without a password?

You may need to setup a new user account with a password and grant the relevant privileges and then re-install Wordpress.