Title: Huh? Database Connection Error?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Huh? Database Connection Error?

 *  [gregor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregor/)
 * (@gregor)
 * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huh-database-connection-error/)
 * I’m posting in How-To and Troubleshooting (as opposed to Installation) because
   WordPress has been working fine for the past 3 weeks … but suddenly tonight I
   got this error when trying to access my index.php page:
    ` Error establishing
   a database connection! This probably means that the connection information in
   youn wp-config.php file is incorrect. Double check it and try again. * Are you
   sure you have the correct user/password? * Are you sure that you have typed the
   correct hostname? * Are you sure that the database server is running?  2 things:
   1. I took a look at the wp-config.php file and everything is as it was 3 weeks
   ago … so no error there, it should be functioning correctly. 2. The dev’s spelled“
   your” wrong. Help??

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 *  [carthik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carthik/)
 * (@carthik)
 * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huh-database-connection-error/#post-43946)
 * Please post a link to the site in question so folks can check and see for themselves
   🙂
    Maybe its a temporary glitch with the database/ database server. Happened
   to me once, and it was gone in less than an hour.
 *  1539
 * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huh-database-connection-error/#post-43948)
 * Same thing happened with my host on different occasions, so I took the liberty
   to change the database error message to something more user-friendly. I would
   contact your host.
 *  Thread Starter [gregor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregor/)
 * (@gregor)
 * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huh-database-connection-error/#post-43952)
 * The index page, as requested: [polynia.net/wp/index.php](http://www.polynia.net/wp/index.php).
   
   The static version of my site is working (polynia.net) so I think you guys must
   be correct in assuming that it’s a DB problem on the _host_ side of things …
 *  [carthik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carthik/)
 * (@carthik)
 * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huh-database-connection-error/#post-43953)
 * Did you ask the support guys? They should be of help, I guess, like mark said.
 *  Thread Starter [gregor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregor/)
 * (@gregor)
 * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huh-database-connection-error/#post-43958)
 * I just posted on my host’s support forums. If no one there can shed any light
   on it, and, if it’s still messed up by tomorrow afternoon, then I’ll contact 
   support directly.
    Thanks!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [gregor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregor/)
 * Last activity: [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huh-database-connection-error/#post-43958)
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