# Please Help me ! Error establishing a database connection
**URL:** https://community.localwp.com/t/please-help-me-error-establishing-a-database-connection/5167
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 9, 2018, 8:25am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/please-help-me-error-establishing-a-database-connection/5167 "2018-02-09T08:25:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Isa](https://community.localwp.com/u/Isa)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2018, 8:25am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/please-help-me-error-establishing-a-database-connection/5167/1 "2018-02-09T08:25:38Z")
Hi !
My local website is down. The error is “Error establishing a database connection”
I try this method :
define(‘WP\_ALLOW\_REPAIR’, true); in wp-config.php
and
[http://www.mysite.com/wp-admin/maint/repair.php](http://www.mysite.com/wp-admin/maint/repair.php)
But it doesn’t make. ;-;
I try enter in a database adminer but it doesn’t make too
it say : “No such file or directory”
If it has another method, please help me.
PS. I’m sorry my english is bad n.n" please answer me with simples words. thank you
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### Author:  [@jb510](https://community.localwp.com/u/jb510)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/please-help-me-error-establishing-a-database-connection/5167/2 "2018-02-11T04:59:42Z")
Hi Isa.
Did you accidentally replace you’re wp-config file?
or
Did you accidentally change the DB username and password?
Most often that is what causes “Error establishing DB connection” messages.
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### Author:  [@Isa](https://community.localwp.com/u/Isa)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2018, 10:32am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/please-help-me-error-establishing-a-database-connection/5167/3 "2018-02-13T10:32:35Z")
Hi !
> [@jb510](#):
>
> Did you accidentally replace you’re wp-config file?
My wp-config.php file is in “Local Sites/mysite/app/public/”
> [@](#):
>
> ?php
> /\*\*
>
> - The base configuration for WordPress
> -
> - The wp-config.php creation script uses this file during the
> - installation. You don’t have to use the web site, you can
> - copy this file to “wp-config.php” and fill in the values.
> -
> - This file contains the following configurations:
> -
> -
> - MySQL settings
>
> -
> - Secret keys
>
> -
> - Database table prefix
>
> -
> - ABSPATH
>
> -
> - @link [Editing wp-config.php « WordPress Codex](https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php)
> -
> - @package WordPress
> \*/
>
> // \*\* MySQL settings \*\* //
> /\*\* The name of the database for WordPress \*/
> define( ‘DB\_NAME’, ‘local’ );
>
> /\*\* MySQL database username \*/
> define( ‘DB\_USER’, ‘root’ );
>
> /\*\* MySQL database password \*/
> define( ‘DB\_PASSWORD’, ‘root’ );
>
> /\*\* MySQL hostname \*/
> define( ‘DB\_HOST’, ‘localhost’ );
>
> /\*\* Database Charset to use in creating database tables. \*/
> define( ‘DB\_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’ );
>
> /\*\* The Database Collate type. Don’t change this if in doubt. \*/
> define( ‘DB\_COLLATE’, ‘’ );
>
> /\*\*
>
> - Authentication Unique Keys and Salts.
> -
> - Change these to different unique phrases!
> - You can generate these using the {@link [https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/](https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/) [WordPress.org](http://WordPress.org) secret-key service}
> - You can change these at any point in time to invalidate all existing cookies. This will force all users to have to log in again.
> -
> - @since 2.6.0
> \*/
> define(‘AUTH\_KEY’, ‘k/OzvPtR/J4TBCKAoKcsmsFbCuy/rjZvDbBWIIp+2+9LU4pCUzQbKsYYHOKN4HcBgc9m4eGgLtnNydk6zx+uNA==’);
> define(‘SECURE\_AUTH\_KEY’, ‘L1pDSN/Jh2dB6eXHVXpH8mEJjeR1uf3plhKNmo1BduySk+jPPvM6P1JjfvmvO0FjP56aBYnTQ5Ds6vAbN3VG3g==’);
> define(‘LOGGED\_IN\_KEY’, ‘30p3Ad3hffoxxk3CABtUnYO7RxYMonaKysEfZ0N/16mBTFNLvIAF8Fw5lmCfRonRBs0R2bAywDYxeA6GHPRRjw==’);
> define(‘NONCE\_KEY’, ‘Sm58rALxi2yOmeX03ZShfwuGWBmmB2waRBfR630+hPQtNDyOcv8IBkgvDYAEdKjmRH55wd77J9ed398+ZAfmxw==’);
> define(‘AUTH\_SALT’, ‘zQB1rlRR1ZH6MI/dM3yFwCCgNJPkd0zyvo1bLLvWdsiJHZT5ggK+Q3lAPFsWEu8I4WFIkxC0AR/h5WusqU4IEw==’);
> define(‘SECURE\_AUTH\_SALT’, ‘Hoh1YopR12SSHVSjPXKJSLVlz5Z1LUzpVwMsq10GqyUoxFJwnjQlAisjw5jzKdqawkLMY0/W02UQwNP+qOdkcg==’);
> define(‘LOGGED\_IN\_SALT’, ‘1IS/vzuAOXsVRjnsef2nrBvMIz/EQHobhYyGfKqViM9g0ww5GkWaArpO8IB3vhEDD0y//6tUMKaeQLMQ3dp2NA==’);
> define(‘NONCE\_SALT’, ‘rfu82OLSeqX4wZgnNbwEp8NRFTBbQfxZWfEdV7YQL1eg+OmtizkZ08zjSJKRLAO2DDQA8cKhIcSR5b3iP2Uang==’);
>
> /\*\*
>
> - WordPress Database Table prefix.
> -
> - You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each
> - a unique prefix. Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!
> \*/
> $table\_prefix = ‘wp\_’;
>
> /\* Inserted by Local by Flywheel. See: [Administration Over SSL « WordPress Codex](http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Over_SSL#Using_a_Reverse_Proxy) \*/
> if ( isset( $\_SERVER[‘HTTP\_X\_FORWARDED\_PROTO’] ) && $\_SERVER[‘HTTP\_X\_FORWARDED\_PROTO’] === ‘https’ ) {
> $\_SERVER[‘HTTPS’] = ‘on’;
> }
>
> /\* Inserted by Local by Flywheel. Fixes $is\_nginx global for rewrites. _/
> if ( ! empty( $\_SERVER[‘SERVER\_SOFTWARE’] ) && strpos( $\_SERVER[‘SERVER\_SOFTWARE’], ‘Flywheel/’ ) !== false ) {
> $\_SERVER[‘SERVER\_SOFTWARE’] = ‘nginx/1.10.1’;
> }
> define(‘WP\_ALLOW\_REPAIR’, true);
> /_ That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. \*/
>
> /\*\* Absolute path to the WordPress directory. \*/
> if ( ! defined( ‘ABSPATH’ ) )
> define( ‘ABSPATH’, dirname( **FILE** ) . ‘/’ );
>
> /\*\* Sets up WordPress vars and included files. \*/
> require\_once ABSPATH . ‘wp-settings.php’;
> [@jb510](#):
>
> Did you accidentally change the DB username and password?
I think no. I don’t know how do this.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.localwp.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/please-help-me-error-establishing-a-database-connection/5167/4 "2020-08-25T18:33:48Z")