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Hello all,
i'm using OpenCart v1.4
When i fill :

*Database Host:
*User:
Password:
*Database Name:

*Username:
*Password:
*E-Mail

on step 3 and press continue this error apears "Error: Could not connect to the database please make sure the database server, username and password is correct!"

How to correct this error ?

( I'm sorry for the bad english )

ico88 wrote:Hello all,

on step 3 and press continue this error apears "Error: Could not connect to the database please make sure the database server, username and password is correct!"

How to correct this error ?

( I'm sorry for the bad english )

You English looks OK to me

The error you get is because the info you used is incorrect.
Maybe ask your hoster for the crorrect names and passwords.

I am having the same problem and am wondering if it is something to do with the hosts as the info i am using is correct as far as I know - but it is simply not accepted.... what else would they have it as and how would I find that out!?

The only time you gets this is when the info you used is incorrect.
Have your hoster look at this.

Create a phpinfo page with the the following code:
Save it as phpinfo.php, upload this and run it from your browser.
See if there is a MySQL division and if it is enabled.

If not then contact your provider.

Gerrit wrote:Create a phpinfo page with the the following code:

Code: Select all

<?php 
  phpinfo();
?>

Save it as phpinfo.php, upload this and run it from your browser.
See if there is a MySQL division and if it is enabled.

If not then contact your provider.

Ok random one here - when I ran that phpinfo file (just note I have cleared OC off the web host before I ran it but not uninstalled phpmyadmin) I get the following:


Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in /home/fhlinux007/m/moonstoneyarns.co.uk/user/htdocs/phpinfo.php on line 8

Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in /home/fhlinux007/m/moonstoneyarns.co.uk/user/htdocs/phpinfo.php on line 9

Warning: Unexpected character in input: ''' (ASCII=39) state=1 in /home/fhlinux007/m/moonstoneyarns.co.uk/user/htdocs/phpinfo.php on line 9

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/fhlinux007/m/moonstoneyarns.co.uk/user/htdocs/phpinfo.php on line 9

Which is even more interesting given that the file is only 3 lines long!!!!!

The file is called phpinfo.php right?

Created with an editor like pspad?

As it looks like the format of the file/characters used is incorrect.

Top tip that! Worked fine after creating it in DW rather than the original Textedit,

Looks like the MySQL is installed but on a shared host... could that be something to do with it (whilst I have worked with SQl before this is my first time on php/mysql server) so have got the following info (only entries featuring mysql included here):

Ok I have gotten through most of my woes and imported the database successfully (at last!) but have come round again with Error: Could not connect to database ... aargh! and i thought that I was doing so well!

I have checked the two config files, phpmyadmin and the host interface and the password is the same throughout. When i run the fasthosts test script it connects ok, so no problems there.

The database is imported, populated and contains all of the localhost data, but I forgot to drop tables before doing it in my excitement.. could that be it?

Sorted! Site is now up, running, modded template in place and ready to start content loading for testing! Phew! Only one day to spare!

Thanks once again for your help everyone!

jontorbs wrote:Sorted! Site is now up, running, modded template in place and ready to start content loading for testing! Phew! Only one day to spare!

Thanks once again for your help everyone!

Great news!

What did you do to solve it?

Started again with fresh install, basically just played with it until it all seemed to work ok.. was some very odd intricacy of the hosting provider I think.. had to manually create the database using their admin site/interface and then had to do a clean install and restored from there and it seemed to work!