Absolute beginner

[JonathanEnsz]

I am absolutely new to this. I am setting up the installer, and I am being asked to specify a MySQL 5.x database and user account on my server. I do not know what that means. How do I continue?

[elabx]

Hi @JonathanEnsz !

Welcome to the ProcessWire forums! Where are you setting up your website? Are you using a hosting service? Maybe locally?

In any chance, a database is the part of your setup that in combination with ProcessWire makes it all work. A MYSQL database is a whole other software that commonly runs along PHP applications such as ProcessWire to persist data. 

In more concrete terms, you have to:

• Create a database. Most commonly through a tool in the panel administration of your server, or through an application that understands the databases like phpmyadmin.
• Create a database user/asign it to the database. A database must have a user with the right permissions to add data, update data, etc. If you reach a screen where you have to set permissions, just allow them all.
• Identify the host of the database. Most of the time, this is localhost (like literally you will write this on the ProcessWire installation screen). Some other times, the host has a special url address. 

ProcessWire will use the database user, the database name and the database password to connect to the database at a certain host and after that it creates it's minimum set of data for it to work.

 

[JonathanEnsz]

Im using MAMP

[elabx]

Try to go here: http://localhost/phpMyAdmin/

And try google how to setup a database with phpMyAdmin! Let us know if you reach any dead ends.

[JonathanEnsz]

ok i will thanks