Installation error - can't get past 'Create or test selection of your database'

The MODx table prefix does not have to be the same as the database name prefix added by your control panel when you created the database. They are in no way related. In fact, you don’t really need a table prefix at all; it’s there to allow you to use the same database for other applications that may by coincidence use the same names for its tables.

After a lot of struggle, this was the solution that helped me. Thank you.

I am on a hostgator shared hosting.

I added the pdo path to php.ini file - if this is not in the php.ini, when you click "Create or test selection of your database" link, nothing happens, (it would be very helpful, if some kind of message could added to guide the user)


After pdo path added, I started to get connection error. I created a DB and user manually, used those ones (both with hostgator username prefix), and I finally installed successfully.