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Trent Burkenpas
22,388 PointsHaving issues with moving my local wordpress project to my server
I followed along with zac step by step in the migrating Wordpress video. But once I follow all the steps and check to see if its working, I get this error message.
"Error establishing a database connection"
any advice would be Great! Thanks
Trent Burkenpas
22,388 PointsOk I got it working! When creating a child theme make sure to write the theme name correctly, it is case sensitive. I had a uppercase when it should of been lowercase.
2 Answers
Tobiasz Gala
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 23,529 PointsGood to hear that you solved your problem. Thanks for sharing your solution and always watch out for case sensitive issues when it comes to programming.
Tobiasz Gala
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 23,529 PointsYou cannot connect to your database. Make sure that wp-config file is set up correctly. You can also create another file name it as you want and put this code inside.
<?php
$connect = mysql_connect('host', 'login', 'pass'); // replace information here
if (!$connect) {
die('Could not connect: ' + mysql_error()); // this will display error
}
echo 'Connected';
mysql_close($connect);
?>
This script will check if you can connect to database.
Trent Burkenpas
22,388 PointsI fixed my issue, but thanks for your time and advice!
Trent Burkenpas
22,388 PointsTrent Burkenpas
22,388 PointsI have fixed the issue, I think, but I have encountered another problem. I forgot to put in my password for "define('DB_PASSWORD'," . which got rid of the error message. Now my issue is that all i see is a white screen. Its not picking up my child theme. It claims that my parent theme is not installed, but it is. Any advice would be great!
Thanks!