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Hello, I am new to PHP, so I decided the best way to learn is to build a CMS, that I can build and adapt as time progresses. I am wanting to create a setup/install wizard for when a user first uploads the website and then visits the website. I attempted to do this on my own, but it did not work, but hey I still included the code in-case I was close to getting it working. (See below). I am wanting to have a HTML form that will contain the input fields, where the user will enter their database host, username, and password. And all of the details in the form will replace the mysqli connection in the config.php file, which is seperate from the install file. That is all I really need help with at the moment, as creating users, etc is pretty easy (even though I am new to PHP). My "attempted" code: - Install.php: <?php /* Config required to replace the database strings */ require('config/config.php'); /* HTML Form to be echoed for the user */ $form = " <form name='form' action='' method='get'> <input type='text' name='host' placeholder='Database host' /> <input type='text' name='database' placeholder='Database name' /> <input type='text' name='username' placeholder='Database username' /> <input type='password' name='password' placeholder='Database password' /> <input type='submit' name='submit' value='Change values' /> </form> "; /* Echo the form so I can see it */ echo $form; /* Get the results from the HTML Form */ $gethost = $_GET['host']; $getdb = $_GET['database']; $getuser = $_GET['username']; $getpass = $_GET['password']; /* Replace the database connections in config.php */ /* However, does not work :/ */ if (isset($_GET['submit'])) { str_replace($gethost,$host); } ?> - Config.php: <?php $host = "localhost"; $username = "root"; $password = ""; $database = "website"; /* Change this line in the HTML Form in setup.php */ $dbc = mysqli_connect($host, $username, $password, $database); ?> Thanks in advanced, Unique