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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: Voixdelion on Fri, 13 May 2011, 09:16:42

Title: need translation of computer speak "PHP error" message
Post by: Voixdelion on Fri, 13 May 2011, 09:16:42

This is a new one for me and I just visited this page yesterday  - What exactly does this mean (and how do I fix it?):


A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning
 Message: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect (http://geekhack.org/function.mysql-connect)]: Host  's15449709.onlinehome-server.info' is blocked because of many connection errors;  unblock with 'mysqladmin flush-hosts'
 Filename: mysql/mysql_driver.php
 Line Number: 66


 A Database Error Occurred

 Unable to connect to your database server using the provided  settings

Title: need translation of computer speak "PHP error" message
Post by: keyb_gr on Fri, 13 May 2011, 14:39:25

That's typically not something you as a user can do much about, it's a server-side problem.

Apparently the web server cannot connect to the SQL database backend, and without that, it's lost. Sites relying on databases are very common these days. Need to keep user logins? Requires a database. Content management system? Requires a database. A forum or a blog? Probably needs two.