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I am currently trying to install CiviCRM.  I get through the initial check requirements screen which checks requirements and get the green light:  "Database version and connection settings have been verified and look correct!" 

However, when I try to install and get the following error:

Cannot open mysql://mydatebase:XXXXXXXXX@localhost/mywebsite_civiCRM?new_link=true: DB Error: connect failed.

in drupal settings.php  I have mysqli rather than mysql.  Does this make a difference?

Thank you for your help.

Thanks so much for your reply.  I'm relatively new to website development and I really appreciate your taking the time to help.  I wanted to post my fix because I noticed a lot of people trying to fix this problem and if they are newbies like me they are probably as frustrated as I am.

I don't know which fix worked but this is what I did:

One of the things I noticed earlier is that when I went into sites/default/settings.php my password didn't match what I had in written down in my password book. I pulled the password from the file and used it for the install fields but I still got an error.  Next,  I changed the password in sites/default/settings.php to what I had written in my book.  When I went back to the civicrm install I got all green lights--so far so good--but when I tried to install I got the same mysql error as stated above. 

Just to make sure there was agreement between mysql and drupal, I went into mysql and changed the password to what I had put into the drupal settings.php file. 

Next, I created a new database and new db user in mysql.  I used the new db and the new db user for the civicrm install fields.  This time it worked.  This is probably what was intended in the first place but I'm a newbie so probably a little thick. 

Thanks again for your help Don.