Hello guys, hope this is the right place to post it. It's probably me being dumb, but I'm having a problem with the wordpress installation. AS many of you know, the installation process is rather simple but I can't find a small detail. The only things I have to complete in order to get the platform going are the following: define('DB_NAME', ' ???????????'); // The name of the database define('DB_USER', 'arkan'); // Your MySQL username define('DB_PASSWORD', 'mypassword'); // ...and password define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); // 99% chance you won't need to change this value Well, I can't find the db_name, can anyone help me find it? (I think you're laughing at the moment but I sometimes have problems finding the most obvious things while finding easily the ones that are hard to find )

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You need to log into cPanel and scroll down to the MySQL Databases section. In there create a new database with a name something like wordpress or blog.

Then, go back to your configuration, and fill in the details. The DB_NAME is arkan_wordpress or arkan_blog, or basically arkan_whatever you called the database. The other three values you have set are correct.

Let us know if that works.

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Unfortunataly, it doesn't work..
this is the error I get:
Can’t select database

We were able to connect to the database server (which means your username and password is okay) but not able to select the arkanu_wordpress database.

* Are you sure it exists?
* On some systems the name of your database is prefixed with your username, so it would be like username_wordpress. Could that be the problem?

If you don't know how to setup a database you should contact your host. If all else fails you may find help at the WordPress Support Forums.

any ideas?

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Your cPanel username is arkan, so the database name will be arkan_wordpress and not arkanu_wordpress.

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It seems to be working now, I'll just have to update the platform to the newest version and I'm rockin` again. Thank you for helping, you may close the topic if you want to, greetings

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Topic is resolved.

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