Installation Problem- Access Denied

It looks like it is not connecting to the mySQL database. Are you sure you have the database login info correct in the config.php file?

Thanks for the tip.

I can't see anything wrong but who knows... can you let me know where I can find out what the settings are supposed to look like in it?

You need a username and database name in your settings for when you first installed it. Make sure that you've created a database and that you're using the right settings. It should be in your control panel since you're hosted with Zymic.

I've done that and it looks right...

this is what i've got in the config file

<?php
$dbhost = "localhost";
$dbname = "******";
$dbuser= "********";
$dbpass = "password is blanked out for security reasons";
$sitekey = "";
$settingsprefix = "settings";

include_once("includes/dbfunctions.php");
if(!empty($sitekey)) $dbconnect = dbconnect($dbhost, $dbuser,$dbpass, $dbname);

?>

Can you guys see anything wrong with that?

Admin edit: I edited out the dbuser and password to protect your security.  No sense in giving the hackers a hand.

You need something in sitekey.

Thanks I'll try that!

Does this look right as it still isn't working...

<?php
$dbhost = "localhost";
$dbname = "*******";
$dbuser= "********";
$dbpass = "----";
$sitekey = "wP8TtqvfwB";
$settingsprefix = "settings";

include_once("includes/dbfunctions.php");
if(!empty($sitekey)) $dbconnect = dbconnect($dbhost, $dbuser,$dbpass, $dbname);

?>

Admin edit: Blanked out username and password.  Don't help the hackers.

Is there a space after the ?> at the end? In the past sometimes if there was a line break or space after that last part of the file it would cause problems.

no space

Now its coming up with

A fatal MySQL error was encountered.
ERROR: Failed to connect to the database!

You need to make sure the name/user/password/host details are actually correct. A common problem is that sometimes people forget to add the user to the database? Try that. :3

Hi - I'm having the same problems as above and I know all my information is correct (I checked it with my host.) Help?

I've run into some of the the same problem.

Warning: mysqli_connect() [function.mysqli-connect]: (42000/1044): Access denied for user ''@'localhost' to database 'fanlibrary' in /var/www/[directoryname]/eFiction343/includes/mysqli_functions.php on line 7
A fatal MySQL error was encountered.
ERROR: Failed to connect to the database!

For some reason it didn't acknowledge the username that should preceed the @.

Then when I tried to start over I got:

A fatal MySQL error was encountered.
ERROR: Failed to connect to the database!

I am trying to install this on my home linux network to familiarize myself with it, before putting on my website.

I running:
Debian 4.0 [Etch]
Apache 2
PhP 5.2
mySQL 5

Anybody know what I'm doing wrong here? 😕

Warning: mysqli_connect() [function.mysqli-connect]: (42000/1044): Access denied for user ''@'localhost' to database 'fanlibrary' in /var/www/[directoryname]/eFiction343/includes/mysqli_functions.php on line 7

You have no username.  Your settings are empty. 

Warning: mysqli_connect() [function.mysqli-connect]: (42000/1044): Access denied for user ''@'localhost' to database 'fanlibrary' in /var/www/[directoryname]/eFiction343/includes/mysqli_functions.php on line 7

You have no username.  Your settings are empty. 

That's what has me confused.  I had thought I had set everything.  The user should have shown as "datapard'.  Any ideas as to how I messed this up?