I'm trying to setup Joomla 3 on my localhost on XAMPP. I have extracted the Joomla files in htdocs/myFolder. Once i launch the site, it takes me to Joomla site configuration.
Step1. Main Configuration- I provide site name, description, admin email, username blah blah.
Step2. Database configuration- I provide the following information:
Database Type: MySQLi
Hostname: localhost:81 (because my apache runs on port 81)
username: joomla_admin (user i have created in phpmyadmin)
password: "password for above user"
database name: "dbname which i created already"
table prefic: "random generated"
Old db process: Remove
Once i click Next, the loading bar shows up and keeps loading to the end of the world.
Please help!