Database information

The database information section of the wp-config.php file contains the

database credentials that are required for WordPress to connect to your
database. During installation, the WordPress installation script populates

this data after you input the database name, username, password, and host in the installation form (see Book II, Chapter 4). The following lines of code show you what this section of the file looks like in its default form:

// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your Web host ** //

/** The name of the database for WordPress */

define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘database_name_here’);

/** MySQL database username */

define(‘DB_USER’, ‘username_here’);

/** MySQL database password */

define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘password_here’);

/** MySQL hostname */

define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);