[SOLVED] Could not connect to database?!

[Dankbutter]

Your phpBB Version: 2.0.22
phpBB Type: phpBB / IMPortal
MODs: No
Your knowledge: Basic Knowledge
Board URL: http://www.pccgda.com/forums/index.php

PHP Version:
MySQL Version:


What was done before the problem appeared?
nothing. worked last night, now it doesn't.


What was done to try to solve the problem?
no clue what to do



De.scription and Message

when I try to go to my forums, it says...

phpBB : Critical Error

Could not connect to the database

I know it is not my web host, because my old forums are working fine.

any suggestions?

[dan0042]

my forums been doin this 2day connect to database

[Dankbutter]

ok, I just solved this

I found a post that said something may be wrong with config.php, so I checked it out.

sure enough, for some reason I used an IP address as the dbhost and my host changed that IP today.

I changed that to my site domain (instead of the IP) and it works fine now. Hopefully that may help you too dan. I guess sites move their IP's around at the end of the month.

[Whisky]

that's why it's always better to provide a domain adress instead of an IP adress <img>

[Dankbutter]

Tell that to the integra team, since it automatically uses an IP instead of a domain <img>

[Helter]

Tell that to the integra team, since it automatically uses an IP instead of a domain <img>

that would be your browser cache as there is no automatic entry for that field