XF 1.5 Xenforo Installation on Xampp

[akhi_234]

I am try to install xenforo on my local environment and use copy of my website's db. After copying content of upload folder in the community folder in htdocs, when i try to run install, i am receiving following error;
Server Error
Server Error
No entry is registered for key 'db'

1. XenForo_Application::get() in XenForo/Application.php at line 1607
2. XenForo_Application::getDb() in XenForo/Session.php at line 236
3. XenForo_Session->__construct() in XenForo/Install/Controller/Upgrade.php at line 46
4. XenForo_Install_Controller_Upgrade->_setupSession() in XenForo/Controller.php at line 306
5. XenForo_Controller->preDispatch() in XenForo/FrontController.php at line 346
6. XenForo_FrontController->dispatch() in XenForo/FrontController.php at line 134
7. XenForo_FrontController->run() in C:/xampp/htdocs/topuniversityforum/install/index.php at line 18

Please help.

 

[Paul B]

Why are you running the installer if you are using a backup of the production database?

If you are going to do a new installation, do it as normal, then import the database afterwards.

This guide should help: How to install XenForo locally to your PC using XAMPP