Error establishing a connection to database (help)

  • Resolved ffgdirector

    (@ffgdirector)


    14 years, 2 months ago

    My site started displaying this error message when I try to access the control panel today:

    Error establishing a database connection.

    This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at localhost. This could mean your host’s database server is down.
    * Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
    * Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
    * Are you sure that the database server is running?

    When I try to access the front end of the site, it is getting an error message saying that it can’t connect to the database either.

    I tried contacting my web host, and was told it was working fine on their end. I then tried accessing it using a proxy server, and sure enough, it was working. Why wouldn’t it be working on just my end?

    The site is https://freelanceflashgames.com/news/

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  • hmmm….works for me, also
    try clearing browser cache and site cookies

    also, wp_options table may be crashing in the database
    run a repair on it with host’s phpmyadmin

    Thread Starter ffgdirector

    (@ffgdirector)

    I’m not sure what was going on, but everything seems to be back to normal now. Thanks Samuel.

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