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ok 1 more problem-
this brings me back to how i screwed up originally-
i am now at the welcome to phpbb 2 installation screen and i get errors when i click on "start install" button
i have selected..
Language: English
database type: MySQL 4
method: Install
hostname: localhost
databasename: phpbb
username: sa
password: ****
prefix for tables: phpbb_
admin: myemail
domain: localhost
serverport: 80
scriptpath: /forum
admin username: one that i made up
admin pass word: one that i made up
here are the errors i am getting:
Warning: mysql_connect(): Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061) in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\forum\db\mysql4.php on line 48
Warning: mysql_error(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\forum\db\mysql4.php on line 330
Warning: mysql_errno(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\forum\db\mysql4.php on line 331
phpBB : Critical Error
oh no- i am setting it up here on my pc- it is mysql.
im setting it up seperately- i dloaded each seperately- sorry if i am confused. once i get this working ill ghost this thing so it doesnt happen again.