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i have a host monster account that hosts three domains i added a new domain on yesterday and created a joomla webpage now today my other two pages say "Database Error: Unable to connect to the database:Could not connect to MySQL" I have checked that all my databases are still there and i have not changed any user name or passwords that i know of unless i did when i did the orginal installation of the joomla site? I have searched and tried all things it told me to do like follow the paths and ive checked that all datebases are still there. Thank you for your help

Check your configuration.php file.

i did that only thing that i found weird is the config file for my stonecreekboutique website doesnt have a password and looks different.
<?php
class JConfig {
var $offline = '1';
var $editor = 'tinymce';
var $list_limit = '20';
var $helpurl = 'http://help.joomla.org';
var $debug = '0';
var $debug_lang = '0';
var $sef = '0';
var $sef_rewrite = '0';
var $sef_suffix = '0';
var $feed_limit = '10';
var $feed_email = 'author';
var $secret = '2VMF6DHnI9UA4U4h';
var $gzip = '0';
var $error_reporting = '-1';
var $xmlrpc_server = '0';
var $log_path = '/home7/cpufixed/public_html/stonecreekboutique/logs';
var $tmp_path = '/home7/cpufixed/public_html/stonecreekboutique/tmp';
var $live_site = '';
var $force_ssl = '0';
var $offset = '-5';
var $caching = '0';
var $cachetime = '15';
var $cache_handler = 'file';
var $memcache_settings = array();
var $ftp_enable = '0';
var $ftp_host = '127.0.0.1';
var $ftp_port = '21';
var $ftp_user = '';
var $ftp_pass = '';
var $ftp_root = '';
var $dbtype = 'mysql';
var $host = 'localhost';
var $user = 'cpufixed_connor';
var $db = 'cpufixed_stone';
var $dbprefix = 'jos_';
var $mailer = 'mail';
var $mailfrom = 'connor@cpufixed.com';
var $fromname = 'Stone Creek Boutique';
var $sendmail = '/usr/sbin/sendmail';
var $smtpauth = '0';
var $smtpsecure = 'none';
var $smtpport = '25';
var $smtpuser = '';
var $smtppass = '';
var $smtphost = 'localhost';
var $MetaAuthor = '1';
var $MetaTitle = '1';
var $lifetime = '15';
var $session_handler = 'database';
var $password = '**********';
var $sitename = 'Stone Creek Boutique';
var $MetaDesc = 'Joomla! - the dynamic portal engine and content management system';
var $MetaKeys = 'joomla, Joomla';
var $offline_message = 'This site is down for maintenance. So go smoke one and relax it will be back shortly!';
}
?>

My other two websites cpufixed and cleveland dsm have the config file with the database, datebase username and data base password but they do not work.
/* Database Settings */
var $dbtype = 'mysql';
var $host = 'localhost';
var $user = 'cpufixed_connor';
var $password = '*********';
var $db = 'cpufixed_clevelanddsm';
var $dbprefix = 'jos_';
I am guessing it doesnt matter and they are only different from different releases but to conclude i see no problems in either config file

Greetings:

Since google indexes everything, unless you don't mind what you post being completely open to the public for people who love, feel neutral, or hate you, be careful posting configuration files or anything else of private nature.

The $password variable is for the database, so you do need to double check the entries needed for the database hostname, database name, database user id, and database user password.

If you are not sure of what values to use, your hosting provider support team maybe able to help you.

Thank you.

i figured i would be fine by just not showing the password but i have no changed any information for mysql so i believe the passwords and such are correct

Greetings:

My previous reply still stands.

Thank you.