Comments on: Mac, WordPress: “Error establishing a database connection”

By: Mike .O

Mike .O — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:39:18 +0000

DUDE You?e a lifesaver. I’ve reinstalled MySQL twice already. All I had to do was change the location of the mysql.sock. Thanks. Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year

By: XIII

XIII — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:29:11 +0000

And never mind, turns out Time Machine was even pickier than I thought and restored all MySQL database users, except for the one matching the site where it also decided not to restore the vhost bit.

By: XIII

XIII — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:16:31 +0000

I’m going nuts, I’ve tried all the above an still the same.
The stupid thing is I just did a full time machine restore. All my sites (running as vhosts) work, except for one whose vhost entry had gone missing for some strange reason. After adding the entry back I’m now getting the dreaded ‘Error establishing a database connection’ even though the other sites, running WordPress as well, work like a charm. Anyone else have a clue as to what I might be missing?

By: J. David Beutel

J. David Beutel — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 04:52:45 +0000

Thanks! I also had to cycle Web Sharing after saving /etc/php.ini.

By: Mandy

Mandy — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 20:33:59 +0000

You saved me a lot of agony. Thanks!!!

By: Lloyd

Lloyd — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:51:39 +0000

Thanks Jimmy. Fixed that.