By phildobbin on

Hi.

When attempting to install Drupal when I enter my database details, MySQL throws the error that no such file exists & to check my database name & user.

I've checked MySQL & the DB is there with the correct name & password I gave it so I'm stumped.

Do I have to alter the line `$db_url = 'mysqli://username:password@localhost/databasename';' in my settings file & if so, if the name of the DB was `foo' & the user `bar' what syntax would this require.

I'm attempting an install on OS X Snow Leopard with MySQL 5.19, PHP 5.3.6 & a localhost installation on a Macbook Pro. I've followed all the install instructions & PHP is working with a test page from inside my Drupal directory.

Thanks for any help...

⋅ Categories: Drupal 5.x

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vm commented

Drupal 5.x is unsupported. At minimum you should be using Drupal 6.x

you do not alter settings.php. $db_url get's populated during install.
are you sure settings.php is writable? what is the "exact" message being output by drupal?