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Title: astrashe's Replies | WordPress.org --- # astrashe [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/astrashe/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/astrashe/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/astrashe/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/astrashe/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/astrashe/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/astrashe/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/astrashe/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/astrashe/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [PHP Blogging Apps Open to XML-RPC Exploits](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-blogging-apps-open-to-xml-rpc-exploits/) * [astrashe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/astrashe/) * (@astrashe) * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-blogging-apps-open-to-xml-rpc-exploits/#post-229651) * Wow, that was easy. * Thanks. * Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/) In reply to: [Error establishing a database connection](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14/) * [astrashe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/astrashe/) * (@astrashe) * [21 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14/#post-163417) * I just had the same problem on my home machine. * I doubt my problem was the same as yours — it turned out that my version of PHP( 4.x) didn’t get along with my new version of MySQL. I upgraded to PHP5, and it worked. * I was able to diagnose my problem by writing a really simple PHP script that tried to connect to the database, and looking at the specific error. * (If the developers read this, I’d suggest including the specfic error message on the “can’t connect” page. The argument against it is probably that it would just confuse people. But if you see that page, you’re going to be confused anyway.) * Anyway, I used this to get a more specific error message — replace the connection parameters with what you’re using on your server, put this in a file called something. php, and pull it up in your browser. * ` test * * * Forum: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/) In reply to: [Does WordPress phone home?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-wordpress-phone-home/) * Thread Starter [astrashe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/astrashe/) * (@astrashe) * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-wordpress-phone-home/#post-86247) * Thanks! You guys are great. * Forum: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/) In reply to: [Does WordPress phone home?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-wordpress-phone-home/) * Thread Starter [astrashe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/astrashe/) * (@astrashe) * [22 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-wordpress-phone-home/#post-86244) * Thanks for the help… I grepped for pingomatic.com, and didn’t find anything — lots of hits for rpc, though. Is there something I could search for here on the forum to learn more about what’s going on? Is there an easy way to turn that off? I’m sure the graphic on the readme file isn’t a problem. Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total)