How to resolve Database Connection Error in Joomla

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You found this page most likely because you run Joomla 3.0 and you’re getting an error on your website that is database related. We want to help you resolve this issue. Let us first tell you how the database connection is supposed to work, and then we’ll try to help show you which issue is causing your problem.

How Database Connections Work in Joomla 3.0

The following principles apply to database connection in Joomla 3.0:

  • Your Hosting Account
  • configuration.php file of Joomla!

On your server, you must have:

  • A database configured
  • A database username and password
  • The database user must be allowed to access the database (IE. referred to as MySQL privileges)

Your Joomla! configuration.php file must match your server settings. For example:

  • Your configuration.php file must have set the same database username and password that is set on your hosting account
  • Your configuration.php file must have the correct database server set. Most often it is localhost, but only your hosting provider can tell you the correct answer.

If your hosting account is not set up properly with a database, or, if your Joomla configuration file is not set up with those same credentials that are set up on your host, you’re going to get error messages. In this Joomla 3.0 tutorial, we will purposely break Joomla 3.0 and show you the error messages that result.

Error: Error displaying the error page: Application Instantiation Error
Error: Error displaying the error page: Application Instantiation Error

Problem

The following issues caused this error message to appear:

  • The database username in our configuration.php file does not match that of what is configured on our hosting account
  • The database password in our configuration.php file does not match what is configured on our hosting account
  • The database hostname in our configuration.php file could not be connected to
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Solution

In your Joomla configuration.php file, ensure that your database username, password, and hostname match what is set/provided by your host. They will be defined in the following variables in your configuration.php file:

public $host = 'localhost';
// write correct username here
public $user = 'dbusername';
// write database pass here
public $password = 'dbpassword';
// write database name here
public $db = 'joomla3';
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