# phpBB3 and new hosting provider

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/phpbb3-and-new-hosting-provider/267113>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [July 28, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/phpbb3-and-new-hosting-provider/267113 "2008-07-28T19:49:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![spyderfx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@spyderfx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/spyderfx)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/phpbb3-and-new-hosting-provider/267113/1 "2008-07-28T19:49:38Z")

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i’ve been trying to install phpBB3 to my website but its not working at all. At the install screen where it asks for the database name and database location I get an error  
**Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/tmp/mysql.sock’ (46)**

i have looked through many solutions on the web, and have found out that because my website is hosted by Yahoo! that they could be the ones causing the problem. I have tried creating an new database to use for it in phpMyAdmin but for some reason I can’t give myself any privilieges to create a new database or to reload the privileges. this is all really confusing for me as i am completely new to working with a database.

I’m beginning to think I should switch to another host other than Yahoo! but I have a two questions.

1. How hard is it to do and
2. Will my WordPress blog still work or will I have to recreate it all over again