Error establishing a database connection

  • snikoggs

    (@snikoggs)


    10 years, 6 months ago

    Hello,

    I built a website called datbeardgang.com. It’s a site for users to upload pictures of their beards and everyone else to like/dislike. That’s the main concept.

    It’s been working fine, up until this afternoon when I started getting this error: “Error establishing a database connection“

    I haven’t changed anything on the site – usernames or passwords – so I do not know where this error is coming from.

    Please help. It’s online and needs to be up soon.

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  • juggledad

    (@juggledad)

    10 years, 6 months ago

    That message will show up when the information in the wp-config.php file doesn’t match the database name and or database user/password

    Edit that file and look at the information, then use phpMyAdmin to connect to the database and see if it works.

    catacaustic

    (@catacaustic)

    10 years, 6 months ago

    If you haven’t made any changes and the database can’t connect now when it could before, that error will normally mean that the database server has fallen over and isn’t available. You need to talk to your hosting company and get them to get the database server up and running again.

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