Title: Help!
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Help!

 *  Resolved [jlilyea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jlilyea/)
 * (@jlilyea)
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-26/)
 * I get this error;
 * 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 mysql. 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?

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 * [database connection](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database-connection/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [jlilyea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jlilyea/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-26/)
 * Status: resolved

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