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I have just installed WAMP and followed the guides including the guide to setup the DB. In step three it says:

In the next windows, if this is the firsttime password setup, you should have only one user "root", click on the icon in the end of the line to edit privilege for user "root" (setpw3.jpg)

When I got to this setup I actually had more than just one user on this list. I completed the steps to create a new user and DB "terrybarthdesign"

But what about all the other users's listed here? Where did they come from? Should I leave them or delete them?


User Host Password Global privileges Tip Grant
Any % -- USAGE No Edit Privileges
Any localhost No USAGE No Edit Privileges
Any production.mysql.com No USAGE No Edit Privileges
root 127.0.0.1 No ALL PRIVILEGES Yes Edit Privileges
root localhost Yes ALL PRIVILEGES Yes Edit Privileges
root production.mysql.com No ALL PRIVILEGES Yes Edit Privileges
terrybarthdesign localhost Yes USAGE No Edit Privileges

OK, that guide was for wamp 2a, and I guess you've got wamp 2b

If you're not sure how to setup and use "Any" you should delete all of them, I mean all of "Any", then keep repeat to setup password for all of "root"

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Yes that was 2b. I've uninstalled 2b and installed 2a. Now I see just one user as described in the guides.

Thank you.

Now I can't get the server online.

When I mouse over the tray icon. It says "WAMP5 - Server Offline". When I left click and select "Start All Services" nothing happens.

I can access the phymyadmin, locahhost and SQLite Manager and all seem to be working.

I created a short test script in a file called test.html and placed it in the file:///C:/wamp/www/test.html directory. It contains the following but it is not being recognized.

<?php
echo "Hello World";
?>

So how do I get my server to go online?

One more thing. There are no yellow or red indicators on the tray icon.

I guess you're a little lost here. All services working and Server Off-line are 2 different things. You only want to put your server in on-line mode if and only if you want people from outside access your websites/contents; just left click on tray icon and select "Put Online"

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yfastud

I understand now about the online vs services running. Thank you.

Can you tell me about the test script? Shouldn't that be working if all the services are running?

Terry

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I created a short test script in a file called test.html and placed it in the file:///C:/wamp/www/test.html directory. It contains the following but it is not being recognized.

<?php
echo "Hello World";
?>

If you've meant this 1, the answer is "Nope"
When you have php codes inside the file, you must save it as php, and no matter it's php or html, you should run it through localhost; for example:

http:// localhost/test.php

Remember to disable "Hide known extension..." in windows property to see your real extension ;-)

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Silly me I wasn't using localhost to access the page.

I think I'm good to go now.

Thanks for the sounding board. . .