HI,
I've migrated my site from one to domain to another and since i've moved it i get the error message 'error establishing a connection to the database'.
I've moved wordpress sites before but never encountered this problem.
It's now on an apache server (not sure if that makes a difference?) and i haven't changed anything in the wp-config file so theoretically it should still work - its just that all the links would still point to the old domain until i do a search and replace.
Has anyone encountered this problem before or know what may be causing it?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Error establishing a connection to the database (9 posts)
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Creatrix
Posted 5 months ago #
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veggera
Posted 5 months ago #
Cat you try re-compile Apache ?
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Posted 5 months ago #
I'm new to apache servers so have no idea what that means i'm afraid! Is that something that is likely to be causing the issue?
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Check the database details with the new hosts.
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Posted 5 months ago #
May you ask from your hosting company to do that for you!
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Posted 5 months ago #
so do i need to move the database as well now its on a different server? i.e. i cant keep it hosted where it is already and just update all the links?
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I seriously doubt it. Most hosts do not allow database access from outside a server. Perhaps you need to review Moving_WordPress?
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Posted 5 months ago #
ok thanks. so the best step from here would be to log in to my new hosts control panel and create a new database using the tables from my old site?
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Just create an empty database and a new user.
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