PHPList Help

[retired_member6]

Alight,

ooooo I'm having a bit of trouble....

I'm trying to install phplist, which for me means, hosting, transfer files in frontpage mode, make db in mysql, update password details in config.php but then I gets lost.

I'm currently getting a 'Fatal Error: Cannot connect to database, access denied. Please contact the administrator' error on /lists/admin/ and a 'Invalid Request' on /lists/admin/admin.php so can't access set up.

It says at this url, unpack distrbution files etc. what are they and how do I make it create directories? perhaps that's what I'm missing as this stuff is usually pretty easy to install. phplist Documentation: Installing phplist

Any help, much appreciated.

Cheers
Lee

 

[seanc]

unpack distrbution files etc. what are they and how do I make it create directories? perhaps that's what I'm missing as this stuff is usually pretty easy to install

distribution files are usualy the archive, ie. .zip/tar.gz/tgz

when u unarchive them it should create the directorys

 

[retired_member6]

distribution files are usualy the archive, ie. .zip/tar.gz/tgz

when u unarchive them it should create the directorys

Oh so unzip the files, well I did that. So it must be something else. I wonder what it is.

 

[AdminAdmin is verified member.]

sounds like a database authentication issue. Sometimes you have to play around with the Host name etc.

Have you double-checked the db alias, username and password?
Have you granted the user rights on the database?

Check in your Cpanel for answers.

 

[seanc]

cannot connect to database is usualy a problem connecting to the sql


check your config.php file for your mysql settings (localhost, username, password)

you sometimes have to create the database manualy (i find)
use phpmyadmin

 

[AdminAdmin is verified member.]

I often copy and paste the username etc from Cpanel into the config file, just to make sure its right.

 

[retired_member6]

I can't figure it out, details are copy and pasted, php want £75 for install, anyone here fancy doing it for nout? I only need to get the admin page up I'm sure I can figure out the rest.

 

[grantwgrantw is verified member.]

Lee, I assume you are using cpanel?? After creating the mysql database did you add the user account to it that needs the access and set the access privaleges?

Grant

 

[retired_member6]

Lee, I assume you are using cpanel?? After creating the mysql database did you add the user account to it that needs the access and set the access privaleges?

Grant

Yes I did that, I did go through using reseller account details so changed to sole account and it still aint working.

 

[mishmash]

click on mysql databases in Cpanel and look at what the DB you've created is actually called - usually something like:

username_databasename

 

[retired_member6]

I was being a silly sausage, I appended the site username at the start of the password as well. I can set it up now.

Cheers
Lee