PLS HELP! Can't connect to my Database

[Val10]

I truly need help with a config.php file. I can't seem to connect to my database. Been trying to figure it out for days now but no luck and no tutorial online to give some insight on what I should do.

I have some PHP knowledge and HTML knowledge but when it comes to databases and mysql set up and coding, I'm lost, so this is where I can use some guidance.

Below is the section on the config.php I'm having trouble with...the trouble area is in red

$dbhost = 'mysql'; // database host
(is username and password for myphpadmin?)
$dbuser = 'whisper@localhost'; // database user name
$dbpass = '*******'; // database user password
$dbdatabase = 'ecards'; // database with Cards tables

To give you an idea of what I've done so far, I installed MyPHPAdmin in the actual file folder like this...

FTP folder funcards to my webhost

(inside this folder is)

Folder images
Folder admin
Folder css
Folder myphpadmin (installed myphpadmin in this folder - database ecards was created in this folder with myphpadmin)

( no fields or tables yet - setup.php is suppose to create them )

So my dilemma is I'm not sure how to link ecards database in $dbdatabase.

I did noticed when I installed myphpadmin it stated location was- - root>ecards. Not sure if this means anything but added it just in case.

To give an idea of what setup.php does when I run it, I get this:

Could not connect to the selected database: ecards. Check the config.php file to be sure you set the correct database server, database name, username, and password. Contact your system administrator if you do not know these values.

Just in case...I did contact server host for the information on mysql. My host is Yahoo.

Any help anyone can provide would be very much appreciated! 🙂

If you have any questions feel free to ask.

xxxx

Valeen

[halojoy]

Host is usually something with your hostings webserver in name
If you have a hosting at yahoo.com
the host may be
$dbhost = 'mysql.yahoo.com';
whisper@localhost means usually:
$dbuser = 'whisper';
$dbhost = 'localhost';

I am surprised you have not found out your things.
Because they always tell:
1. database host
2. database user
3. dbname ('ecards')

Try this

but I am not sure it is correct

$dbhost = 'localhost'; // database host
(is username and password for myphpadmin?)
$dbuser = 'whisper'; // database user name
$dbpass = '*******'; // database user password
$dbdatabase = 'ecards'; // database with Cards tables

[sneakyimp]

host is often 'localhost' -- this means the machine that's running your php code.