: Redirecting a domain to another that hosts a wordpress site, getting database errors Originally I had mydomain.com.au, but then I let it expire as I cancelled my abn (Austalian Business Number).

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A successful database connection requires at least:


An active database daemon running on the server. Ask your provider here.
The hostname that the database is on
The port to connect to to establish a database connection. This is normally 3306 for MySQL databases with a standard configuration.
A valid database name
The correct username
The correct password


If the domain switch also involves changing the disk that your web server is on then you will have to go back to the old server and backup the database as a large file and then reinstall it onto the new server BEFORE they decide to fully cancel the old server to the point where they reformat the hard drive. Just make sure if you do this, you set the domain name to the new domain name when you actually connect to the database.

I'm not fluent with drupal, but I'm sure theres a file in drupal that stores the database settings, and all you really have to do there after transferring everything over (including the database contents) is change the database hostname.

I think there are packages that allow you to do this easily such as PhpMyAdmin.

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