It is important to ensure that your website has the right MySQL database connection information set in your website's code, otherwise your website will not be able to create a successful database connection.
Configuration Settings
- Host name = localhost (literally put localhost)
- Database name = (cpanelUsername_databaseName)
- Database username = (cpanelUsername_databaseUsername)
- Database password = (the password you picked)
Code example
With the example account settings of:
- cPanel username = paul1666
- Database name = wrdp1
- Database username = pauluser
- Database user password = 4EtufEch
These settings would translate into the following code on your website.
// ** MySQL Settings ** //
/** The name of the database */
define('DB_NAME', 'paul1666_wrdp1');
/** MySQL database username */
define('DB_USER', 'paul1666_pauluser');
/** MySQL database password */
define('DB_PASSWORD', '4EtufEch');
/** MySQL hostname */
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
