i need help with localhost

[convictor]

i've uploaded variouis scripts now, to test/ check it out. my problem is that altough i follow the install instructions that i found here in a thread, the script still dont work. i've setup a db, edited the config file to exactly what everything should be, username, pw, etc.
my question is this, where it shows localhost, am i supposed to change it to somethin else? thats the part where it shows db host.

almost forgot, i used 2 scripts too that have an auto installer, and even with that i get a misconfiguration error, together with 404 not found

[Mysterio]

server: localhost
user, db, pwd are optional. You can use them as you want. But maybe its script problem.

[riderz]

mabe u dnt put the localhost info right in
dbname: script
hostname: Localhost
username root
password root

if u didnt change anything it will be root

then it should work right try to download uniserver thats an easy one to use then dont change anything just create ur db and add the info in config test it then

[ori]

u might have to add 127.0.0.1 localhost to windows hosts file

[KiLLeR_mAcHInE]

many servers host are diferent . Like freehostia its mysql3.freehostia.com . All depends. Check ur mail. May be dtails there k

[subzero]

some have no password

MySql

root then enter then add pass later in phpmyadmin..

[convictor]

@Riderz, where do one get this uniserver? I use linux hosting, paid,
ok, i read everything here, so the word localhost stays like that. It must be something im doing wrong, i dont think 5 different script will have the same problem lol

[convictor]

so where it shows localhost, i leave it localhost? if i should change it, where do i find the db host, is that the domain that i use?

[convictor]

this is the error message i get, i uploaded besttop script too, same story, damn im daft


Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@top.mobiholics.co.za and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

[cobusbo]

This problem sounds like its from the hosting provider site contact them if im correct

[wap2k]

For WampServer it is:

Host: localhost
username: root
Database: databasename (might have to create this in phpmyadmin first though)
Password is nothing as default

[convictor]

ok, i used the edited scotspaul script that i found here, the config fila have this:

// Database configuration
$server="server"; //server name
$user="username"; //username of your database
$pass="password"; //password of your database
$dbname="database name"; //database name
$Connect = mysql_connect("$server","$user","$pass");
mysql_select_db("$dbname");
$ok=0;

now i created a db with name mobiholi_chat, username mobiholi_conrad, password=my password

so the config must be like this? this is how i typed it into the config file:
// Database configuration
$server="localhost"; //server name
$user="mobiholi_conrad"; //username of your database
$pass="my password"; //password of your database
$dbname="mobiholi_chat"; //database name
$Connect = mysql_connect("$server","$user","$pass");
mysql_select_db("$dbname");
$ok=0;