if we want to check the settings of the mysql-db that runs remotely we can create a script like so:
<?php
if(function_exists('mysqli_connect')){
if(!($link = mysqli_connect('localhost','user-name','passwd','db-name'))){
die('could not connect: ' . mysqli_error($link));
}
} else {
die("don't have mysqli");
}
echo 'connect successfully';
mysqli_close($link);
if we get back the following results does this mean that we have chooooosen the wrong path to db-pipe!?
Warning: mysqli_connect(): php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known in /sites/www.mysite.de/testconnection.php on line 3
Warning: mysqli_connect(): (HY000/2002): php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known in /sites/www.mysite.de/testconnection.php on line 3
Warning: mysqli_error() expects parameter 1 to be mysqli, boolean given in /sites/www.mysite.de/testconnection.php on line 4
could not connect:
