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 *   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-1033/)
 *  Thread Starter [ggerstner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ggerstner/)
 * (@ggerstner)
 * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-1033/#post-16002441)
 * Yes, that is typical, a FQDN and then the shortname (which is an alias).
 * I did not get to try swapping those around to see what impact it would have. 
   The Dev People were circling like vultures and pounced the moment the site became
   functional. If i get a moment, I will retry on a sandbox system to see if the
   combination of AIX/PHP/WP/MariabDB has a sensitivity to the order in /etc/hosts
 *   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-1033/)
 *  Thread Starter [ggerstner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ggerstner/)
 * (@ggerstner)
 * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-1033/#post-16002120)
 * I am wondering if it is because “localhost” is an alias in /etc/hosts, not the
   first entry on the line.
    May have to look at that before the developers get 
   on the system
 *   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-1033/)
 *  Thread Starter [ggerstner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ggerstner/)
 * (@ggerstner)
 * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-establishing-a-database-connection-1033/#post-16002076)
 * Good Morning
 * A very good ask.
 * I had localhost.
 * It was significantly more happy with 127.0.0.1

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