Title: PDO connection error
Last modified: October 26, 2017

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# PDO connection error

 *  Resolved [kleb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kleb/)
 * (@kleb)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdo-connection-error/)
 * Hi im getting this error while trying to connect to the joomla db
    the php version
   is 5.5.33
 * im getting this error
 * > === END test_database 2017-10-26 02:11:48 ===
   > Warning: PDO::__construct(): The server requested authentication method unknown
   > to the client [mysql_old_password] in /home/buquedep/public_html/wp_site/wp-
   > content/plugins/fg-joomla-to-wordpress/admin/class-fg-joomla-to-wordpress-admin.
   > php on line 493
   >  {“status”:”Error”,”message”:”Connection failed See the errors
   > in the log below”}

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 *  Plugin Author [Kerfred](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kerfred/)
 * (@kerfred)
 * [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdo-connection-error/#post-9621690)
 * The solution for this issue is to export the Joomla database (with phpMyAdmin)
   and import it on the same database as WordPress. Then, in the plugin settings,
   you will use the WordPress credentials.

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## Tags

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

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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Kerfred](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kerfred/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pdo-connection-error/#post-9621690)
 * Status: resolved