Title: WordPress error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress error

 *  [extratime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/extratime/)
 * (@extratime)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-8/)
 * Hi all,
 * Recently upgraded to WP 2.6 and now get this message when trying to access my
   site ([http://www.footballingworld.com](http://www.footballingworld.com)):
 * 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 localhost. This
   could mean your host’s database server is down.
 * Can anyone assist me?
 * Thanks.

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 *  [equaldesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/equaldesign/)
 * (@equaldesign)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-8/#post-855519)
 * If you have upgraded have your overwritten your old wp-config file with the correct
   username and password on for the database etc. It is easily done. Open up the
   wp-config.php file that is in the root of the wordpress folder and check the 
   details VERY carefully. Sorry to sound a little off but 9.9 times out of 10 there
   is a mistake with the details.
 *  Thread Starter [extratime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/extratime/)
 * (@extratime)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-8/#post-855525)
 * Hi,
 * My wp-config.php file is pasted below. All the details are filled in, although
   I don’t know what my actual details are – they were done for me when somebody
   from WordPress installed WordPress for me for my site.
 * When I go to my CPanel and click on MySQL Databases it says “There are no databases
   associated with your account” and when I click on phpMyAdmin, it says: “Error:#
   1040 – Too many connections” !!
 * —
 * <?php
    // ** MySQL settings ** // define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘feverp_wpdb’); // The name
   of the database define(‘DB_USER’, ‘feverp_wpuser’); // Your MySQL username define(‘
   DB_PASSWORD’, ‘km7Reb3a’); // …and password define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); //
   99% chance you won’t need to change this value define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’); 
   define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);
 * // Change each KEY to a different unique phrase. You won’t have to remember the
   phrases later,
    // so make them long and complicated. You can visit [http://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/](http://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/)//
   to get keys generated for you, or just make something up. Each key should have
   a different phrase. define(‘AUTH_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’); // Change
   this to a unique phrase. define(‘SECURE_AUTH_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);//
   Change this to a unique phrase. define(‘LOGGED_IN_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase
   here’); // Change this to a unique phrase.
 * // You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique
   prefix
    $table_prefix = ‘wp_’; // Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!
 * // Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the
    // chosen
   language must be installed to wp-content/languages. // For example, install de.
   mo to wp-content/languages and set WPLANG to ‘de’ // to enable German language
   support. define (‘WPLANG’, ”);
 * /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */
 * if ( !defined(‘ABSPATH’) )
    define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/’); require_once(
   ABSPATH . ‘wp-settings.php’); ?>
 * ==
 *  Thread Starter [extratime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/extratime/)
 * (@extratime)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-8/#post-855526)
 * I also get the following message:
 * —
 * Warning: fopen(/var/cpanel/horde/log/horde_0.log) [function.fopen]: failed to
   open stream: Permission denied in /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/lib/php/Log/file.
   php on line 216
    A fatal error has occurred DB Error: connect failed Details 
   have been logged for the administrator.
 * Warning: Unknown: write failed: No space left on device (28) in Unknown on line
   0
 * Warning: Unknown: Failed to write session data (files). Please verify that the
   current setting of session.save_path is correct (/var/cpanel/userhomes/cpanelhorde/
   sessions) in Unknown on line 0
 *  Thread Starter [extratime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/extratime/)
 * (@extratime)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-8/#post-855535)
 * WordPress just asked me to reinstall it – which has been done, but now I have
   no content on my site!
 * And it has since gone back to the database error page… please help!!
 * [http://www.footballingworld.com](http://www.footballingworld.com)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [extratime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/extratime/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-error-8/#post-855535)
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