• I have been tasked with transferring a WordPress website from a test server (Linux server) to the client’s own server (Windows 2012 server).

    So far so good as I have transferred the files and created the new database to go with it. Also updated the wp-config.php file to include the new database info.

    As per documentation I have read elsewhere, I changed the DB_HOST in the config file from ‘localhost’ to the IP address of the new server.

    When I try to load the website I get the following error:

    Notice: Use of undefined constant DB_HOST – assumed ‘DB_HOST’ in D:\inetpub\wwwroot\website\wp-includes\load.php on line 350

    Warning: mysql_connect(): php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: No such host is known. in D:\inetpub\wwwroot\website\wp-includes\wp-db.php on line 1482

    Warning: mysql_connect(): [2002] php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: No such host is known. (trying to connect via tcp://DB_HOST:3306) in D:\inetpub\wwwroot\website\wp-includes\wp-db.php on line 1482

    Warning: mysql_connect(): php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: No such host is known. in D:\inetpub\wwwroot\website\wp-includes\wp-db.php on line 1482

    I can’t make sense of it! Can anyone help?

    Thanks in advance!

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  • Thread Starter suzy-tm

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    I should mention that phpmyAdmin and mySQL are installed and apparently correctly set up on the Windows Server.

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