I've looked around and I haven't been able to find any solutions for me.

I'm trying to install wordpress, but everytime I go to the install.php, i get a error that says it cannot connect to the database.

I've created a database and user name: (usr) magnate_ghostfac3 (db)magnate_magnatemag

and the config file looks like this:

// ** MySQL settings ** //
define('DB_NAME', 'magnate_magnatemag'); // The name of the database
define('DB_USER', 'magnate_uuuq_com_magnate_ghostfac3'); // Your MySQL username
define('DB_PASSWORD', '******'); // ...and password
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); // 99% chance you won't need to change this value
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
define('DB_COLLATE', '');

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I've tried magnate_magnatemag, magnatemag, magnate_uuuq_com_magnate_magnatemag for the db name and the same variations for the username

the password is correct, so I'm just lost. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

magnate_magnatemag is 18 characters - the maximum is 16. Decrease the length for the database name, and the user name, and it should work.

swordz

swordz is correct as I had the same problem as the very first database i ever created was "vlandteam_membersjoindatabase_test" which is clearly over the limit and has a total of "34" characters. well anyways make sure that you db and usr name are 16 characters at the most

eg.

usr = vlandteam_vlllc
db = vlandteam_forum

both are 15 characters long and under 16 but i could add one more character to each.

Thank you both very much. That fixed the problem.