I have recently installed a SSL certificate on my website.
This has caused some issues which I was not expecting at all.
The issue that I have right now is that I cannot connect to the MySQL database!
My connection file is like this:
<?php
$db_conx = mysqli_connect("Mydomain.com", "mystore", "Mypassword", "mystore");
// Evaluate the connection
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
echo mysqli_connect_error();
exit();
} else {
echo "";
}
?>
The code above was working perfectly fine before I installed the SSL but it has stopped connecting to the MySQL database since I installed the SSL.
if I change the
$db_conx = mysqli_connect("Mydomain.com", "mystore", "Mypassword", "mystore");
to
$db_conx = mysqli_connect("localhost", "mystore", "Mypassword", "mystore");
It starts working again but I need to use the domain name same as before as I will need it to connect to a remote MySQL database.
Once again, this was working just fine before I installed the SSL.
Could someone please advise on this and what needs to be done to resolve this issue?
Thanks
try the connection with port
$db_conx = mysqli_connect("Mydomain.com:3306", "mystore", "Mypassword", "mystore");
Your hosting company might have changed/added IP address(es) to your machine, as traditionally certificates demanded their own IP address. Usually a hosting company would just add an extra IP address to your web server machine, on top of the IP address you already had.
Now if your PHP script uses the new IP address to connect to the MySQL server, your MySQL server might not recognize the new IP, and reject the connection.
Ask your hosting company to either set the former IP address as the one that PHP uses to connect to MySQL. Or ask them to set a route to the MySQL server via the former IP.
Or you can just check if you have enough privileges to change the IP address that the MySQL server grants access to.
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I am currently using HostGator but my problem is I cannot connect to my online database (which is the HostGator) using my localhost PHP file. I want that if I have internet connection I will connect to my online database but if none I will connect to my offline localhost database. Here's my code:
$checknet = #fsockopen("www.mysite.com", 80);
if(isset($checknet)) {
mysql_connect('mysite.com OR ip of mysite','username','password');
mysql_select_db('db');
} else {
mysql_connect('localhost','root','');
mysql_select_db('db');
}
Also, I already added my IP address to the access whitelist of the database. But, accessing the database from a remote system still doesn't work.
You'll have to whitelist your public IP address.
a) Google "what is my ip"
b) Follow the tutorial on this link.
I have a database in a website called booksiders.com and then I have a new website called kryptotech.co.in in which i am looking to use the database of the first website. So how can connect with the database which exists on another hosting server.
This is the code i am using in kryptotech.co.in for connecting to the database of booksiders.com from kryptotech.co.in which is hosted on another server.
<?php
$con = mysql_connect("booksiders.com","bookside","******");
if(!mysql_select_db("bookside_kryptoDB",$con))
echo "Unable to connect to database";
?>
Please tell me what hostname should be used for doing this.
You will have to allow your server IP in allow remote host access list on remote server and ask them to allow port 3306 in their firewall so that you can connect mysql databases from your hosting server.
So I have a PHP file hosted on Namecheap server.
$db=mysql_connect ("ipaddress", "user", "pass") or die ('I cannot connect to the database because: ' . mysql_error());
and it gives this error:
I cannot connect to the database because: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'ipaddress' (110)
I CAN connect to this DB using mysql workbench outside of the network just fine.
I have experienced this issue. What I did was use the internet address instead of your public IP/DNS.
Since, I'm using Linux I do ifconfig and you will see inet addr: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and use that IP as your host instead of the public IP/DNS. On Windows, Simply use your local IP address.
That's it!
If you are using MySQL for your database solution (which seems odd due to the usage of IIS on a Windows Server operating system)
Try running (As Root):
GRANT ALL ON Database.* TO Username#'IPAddress' IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD';
Where the second is the permissions that you are granting on, this is a place holder for all
This will allow a connection from the IP you specify
also A problem is with connecting to your MySQL engine from inside your network, you will naturally connect from an internal IPV4 Address (192.168.0.x for example) this does not require portforwarding. BUT if you are using:
mysql_connect('WANIP', 'User', 'password'); you will have to forward port 3306 to your server. http://www.portforward.com for assistance.
Edit:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/can-not-connect-to-server.html
The manual for this subject, this may provide some assistance
If you are using Microsoft SQL Server check this link out:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/walzenbach/archive/2010/04/14/how-to-enable-remote-connections-in-sql-server-2008.aspx
I have faced this issue when installing opencart on my server. When i was using Windows server it requires IP address of website/domain. Now when shifted to linux hosting, linux hosting accpted as localhost And done. I could install opencart
I want one website on one server and another website on another server, but only 1 database for both using php and mysql.
is it possible? if yes then how?
Yes. its possible. Normally you dont put your db on distant server. You should keep the db server on same data center so you avail high speed internal network link.
If your websites are in host web1 and web2 and database is in dbhost1, then in web1 and web2 connect to mysql with dbhost1 as host name.
mysqli
$mysqli = new mysqli("dbhost1", "user", "pass");
PDO
$dbh = new PDO('mysql:dbname=dbname;host=dbhost1', "user", "pass");
Legacy mysql extension
mysql_connect("dbhost1", "user", "pass");
Note: Make sure in the database user#web1 (on host web1) or user#web2 (on host web2) has access.
You can connect to a remote database given the correct settings.
Failing that, you could write a service layer that could be called from both servers.
while connecting to mysql database use same database connection credential on both servers.
Yes why not. But for security and performance issues i wouldn't do that.
The question is what do you understand under on another server is the server direct connected over LAN or is the server in another Data center. When the server is in another Data center you can get a lot of traffic and performance issues.
When the server is direkt connected you can change the my.cnf and change the line:
bind-address 127.0.0.1
then the server is reachable from outside. And you should give the user enough rights to connect from outside.
yes, it's possibile.
you have to use a mysql server which is reachable from both servers. and you simply connect with the same host/user/pass from both servers:
define("WEBDOMAIN", "94.145.22.15"); //some fake data
define("DEFDBNAME", "my_db");
define("DEFUSERNAME", "my_user");
define("DEFDBPWD", "my_pass");
mysql_connect( WEBDOMAIN, DEFUSERNAME, DEFDBPWD );
mysql_select_db( DEFDBNAME);
That should be enaugh. You coud have some problems if your hosting providers doesn't allow servers to connect to external servers (sometimes ports are closed).
For security reasons it is common, that You can't connect to a mysql server that has not authorized your hosting server.
So in mysql, You have to allow a user to connect not only from localhost, but also from other host (if You have enought priviliges, You can do it from phpMyAdmin by editing user priviliges afair).
Could I have my php scripts on server A and connect to the MySQL database on server B?
If yes, how it would be done? Thanks in advance
its simple all thise above techniques are quite complicated
suppose you have database on server B and website on server A(say it has IP 192.234.12.1)
on cpanel whitelist the IP of server B
and create a new user having sufficient privileges in database (say this user is test)
then create this user as test#192.234.12.1
Yes.
The same way you access the localhost on the same server, you change the database host to the external one. This is more a configuration issue, you need to grant your database user remote access to your MySQL, you also need to make sure your firewall allows connections on the MySQL port.
Example on Debian: http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/remotemysql.htm
Yes it can be done.
Find out the IP address of the server A where your scripts will be uploaded. Do not forget to change the localhost to the ip address of the Server B in mysql_connect() or mysqli_connect() method.
Now go the control panel of the Server B where your Database is.
In the control panel's Homepage go the databases section and click the Remote MYSQL option.
Then add the Ip address of the Server A and click on add host.
Now you can access to the database in Server B while your scripts are running in Server A.
Mind you the fetched result will be slow cause it is getting data from database that is located on another server.
Your welcome
Just don't the hostname of the other box for the connection. Details depend on the extension you're using:
$mysql = mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass);
$mysqli = new mysqli($host, $user, $password, $schema);
$pdo = new PDO("mysql:host=$host", $user, $pass);
Make sure that the user is allowed to access by the MySQL server (CREATE USER) and check that there's no firewall in the way.
That is all what you need .
(Even you can have your scripts on server A, your web server on server B and your database on server C ...)
Have a look here:
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.mysql-connect.php
You can either pass in the server hostname as an argument, or configure in php.ini.
I was having similar challenges but here is what work for me:
To connect to server B from server A, First, you need to allow remote MySQL access hosts in cPanel (Server B), Home -> Databases -> Remote MySQL and also whitelist the IP in the firewall (That is IP Address of B server). Then the following php db connection should work.
$db_connect = mysqli_connect("serverB.com", "dbuser", "dbpassword", "dbname");
// Evaluate the connection
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
echo mysqli_connect_error();
exit();
}else{
//successful connection
echo "Yes, successful";
}
Its a perfect solution for connecting another database from other servers.
$dbserverName = "191.238.0.2";
$dbUsername = "lauranco_L2L";
$dbPassword = "SL92TIW5T96L";
$dbName = "lauranco_siteBits";
Good old thread.
Still - of all the answers appearing here, nothing addresses about the security.
It is highly insecure to open up the mysql port to outside the server.
The most secure option is to keep the mysql port open to one and only localhost in all servers.
And have another php running inside the second server, make it create the desired output and deliver the same to your php (running in the first server).