Title: Cannot connect to WordPress database
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Cannot connect to WordPress database

 *  Resolved [Oceanwatcher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oceanwatcher/)
 * (@oceanwatcher)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-connect-to-wordpress-database-1/)
 * Firewall Cannot connect to WordPress database
    PHP SAPI CGI-FCGI Version 1.4.2(
   security rules: 2015-05-22.1)
 * NinjaFirewall detection : NinjaFirewall is loaded but returned error code #4
 * User PHP INI : php.ini found – .user.ini found – Warning: you have more than 
   one INI file
 * DB_NAME: OK
 * DB_USER: OK
 * DB_PASSWORD: OK
 * DB_HOST: OK
 * table_prefix: OK
 * Attempting to connect to the DB:
    Warning: mysqli::mysqli(): (HY000/1045): Access
   denied for user ‘xxxx’@’localhost’ (using password: YES) in /home/xxx/public_html/
   test2.php on line 53 ERROR: Access denied for user ‘xxxxx’@’localhost’ (using
   password: YES)
 * After installing, php.ini would not load the firewall. So I tried .user.ini instead.
   Now it loads the firewall, but I can not connect to the database. All credentials
   are ok and php.ini is ok.
 * There is a good possibility security measures added by the hosting company is
   in play. Does the above info make any sense?
 * Would love to try this solution – my installations should of course be as secure
   as possible 🙂
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 *  Plugin Author [nintechnet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nintechnet/)
 * (@nintechnet)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-connect-to-wordpress-database-1/#post-6314483)
 * Hi
 * Can you check in your wp-config.php script if you have more that one “DB_PASSWORD”(
   or DB_USER) occurrence, for instance the one used by WordPress and another one
   commented-out ?
 * Also, consider removing the unused “php.ini” as it may confuse PHP and some errors
   could occur.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-connect-to-wordpress-database-1/#post-6314483)
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