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Setting up Hostname, Database, Username, and Password
When you install scripts that use MySQL, most likely, you will be asked
to enter the following four values.
- Hostname
- Username
- Password
- Database
These values are unique to your website and your MySQL and so you need to
figure out your own values. Let's start with
Hostname.
Hostname
Hostname is the address of a MySQL server.
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Hostname is sometimes called "Server", "Server Address",
or "Server Name" |
In most website, the address of a MySQL server is localhost,
which means your MySQL server and your web site reside in the same computer.
In some websites, MySQL server is installed in a different computer. If so,
the address of the computer is the hostname you need to enter. It could be
something like "www.aaa-bbb-ccc.com" or maybe just an IP address like
"111.222.111.222"
To figure out your hostname, you can try phpMyAdmin, which is an
administration program for MySQL server. In most websites, you can access
phpMyAdmin from your website admin panel such as Plesk and cPanel.
The following picture shows the front page of phpMyAdmin.
You'll find a hostname at the right upper corner of the picture.
When you are not sure about your Hostname, ask your website
administrator.
If localhost is your Hostname, then
set it in the configuration file like shown below:
$_cfg['db-hostname'] = 'localhost';
Username and Password
A pair of Username and Password specifies a MySQL account
which allows the script to access MySQL. In most websites,
you can create a MySQL account from your website admin panel such as Plesk and
cPanel. If you are not sure about where you can create a MySQL account,
ask your website administrator.
Let's suppose your Username is myusername and
Password is mypassword.
Then set Username and Password in the configuration file
like shown below:
$_cfg['db-username'] = 'myusername';
$_cfg['db-password'] = 'mypassword';
Database
Database specifies the name of the database you will use.
An important thing to remember is that this database should already exist in
your MySQL server. If you haven't created an empty database, please do so now.
You can create an empty database from your website admin panel such as
Plesk and cPanel.
If you are not sure about where you can create an empty database, ask your
website administrator.
The name of database could be anything. If you name the database as
mydatabase, then set it in the configuration file like
shown below:
$_cfg['db-database'] = 'mydatabase';
Summary
To set up configurations for scripts that use MySQL, you need to enter
the four values : Hostname, Username, Password, and Database.
These values are unique to your website and MySQL, so you can't just copy it from
a book. Some good approaches to obtain the information about them are: a)
check out your website admin panel such as Plesk and cPanel
b) ask your website administrator.
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