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Add dbhost parameter to wp config create command documentation #637

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Expand Up @@ -22,15 +22,15 @@ desired folder name and the `--locale=it_IT` with your desired locale. You can o

In this step, we will generate a config file and set up the database
credentials for our installation.
The basic syntax of the command is the following: `wp config create --dbname=<dbname> --dbuser=<dbuser> [--dbpass=<dbpass>]`
The basic syntax of the command is the following: `wp config create --dbname=<dbname> --dbuser=<dbuser> --dbhost=<dbhost> [--dbpass=<dbpass>]`
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dbhost is optional and thus needs square brackets.

FWIW, all the other arguments are optional too nowadays, if using SQLite. See https://github.com/wp-cli/config-command/#wp-config-create


```
$ wp config create --dbname=your_db_name_here --dbuser=your_db_user_here --prompt=dbpass
$ wp config create --dbname=your_db_name_here --dbuser=your_db_user_here --dbhost=your_db_host --prompt=dbpass
1/10 [--dbpass=<dbpass>]: type_your_password
Success: Generated 'wp-config.php' file.
```

The command above generates the `wp-config.php` file and adds to it the database credentials that you passed. Make sure to replace `your_db_name_here` with the name you want to assign to the database, replace `your_db_user_here` with your database user and type the database password when prompted with the following: `1/10 [--dbpass=<dbpass>]:`
The command above generates the `wp-config.php` file and adds to it the database credentials that you passed. Make sure to replace `your_db_name_here` with the name you want to assign to the database, replace `your_db_user_here` with your database user, replace `your_db_host` with your database host (e.g., 127.0.0.1:3306) and type the database password when prompted with the following: `1/10 [--dbpass=<dbpass>]:`
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We could add a suggestion here to simply check wp config create --help to see how to use it. Less repetitive.


### Step 3 - Create the database

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