mysql database setup HELP!!

[buzzsaw]

ok i installed mysql and i made a database.

now i installed php classifieds but it asks for

 

Hostname (often localhost) : ok

DB Username : ?

DB Password : ?

Databasename ok

 

i know the database name cuz i made it

i ap 99% sure localhost is ok but the pasword and username i dont got.

 

all i did is make a database.

can someone provide me a step by step to get this done?

 

people keep pointing me to a post but it is confusing me ever more.

i am totally lost

[z0ny]

At first you setup the MySQL root password as explained here. After you did that you get a copy of phpMyAdmin and install it to your webspace as the documents tell you. With that "tool" MySQL administration can't be easier...

 

z0ny

[buzzsaw]

installed phpmyadmin get this error

 

cannot load MySQL extension,

please check PHP Configuration.

Documentation

 

 

 

 

1.20] I receive the error "cannot load MySQL extension, please check PHP Configuration".

To connect to a MySQL server, PHP needs a set of MySQL functions called "MySQL extension". This extension may be part of the PHP distribution (compiled-in), otherwise it needs to be loaded dynamically. Its name is probably mysql.so or php_mysql.dll. phpMyAdmin tried to load the extension but failed.

 

Usually, the problem is solved by installing a software package called "PHP-MySQL" or something similar.

[z0ny]

Well then do what the docs tell you and install the php-mysql package. o_O

 

z0ny