Installing WordPress on XAMPP

Hi all,

Hope all are doing great!

I tried to install WP on localhost using XAMPP and faced the following issue:

Getting to the database connection part of the installation, after putting in DB name, user, password, etc getting the following message:

“There has been a critical error on this website.”

What i have done so far is:

– Checked that I can access a test php page on localhost
– Checed the database credentials and premissions are set to all
– Tried creating a new user with password
– Changed UAC settings in windows
– Banged head against desk
– reinstalled XAMPP
– Redownloaded WP

Did i miss out something else: Your suggestions please

Thanks in advance.