title: Application Instantiation Error displaying when trying to install joomla on a localhost
body: <p>I created a mySQL database called "testsite" using phpMyAdmin and downloaded all of my joomla files from my live site to the folder wamp/www/testsite. (I already have a live site that I would like to have on a localhost).</p>
  
  <p>When I want to look at the site I get the following error: "Error displaying the error page: Application Instantiation Error"</p>
  
  <p>I undestand this is because the configuration.php file is not set up properly, here is the relevant part of it, I don't know where my mistake is...</p>
  
  <pre><code>    public $dbtype = 'mysql';
      public $host = 'localhost';
      public $user = 'root';
      public $password = '';
      public $db = 'testsite';
      public $dbprefix = '';
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I know this does or should not cause the error, but here is the other part that I need to change and am not sure as to what exactly to change, this is what I have tried:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    public $log_path = '/C:/wamp/www/testsite/logs';
      public $tmp_path = '/C:/wamp/www/testsite/tmp';
  </code></pre>