Question

I have:

<?php define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost')

If I put this constants.php file on my web host’s server, is it still ‘localhost’? Or something else.

I use hostmonster.com for my website. Does that replace localhost?

Answer 1

Yes, you should still use ‘localhost’ to connect to the database server.

Have a look at the hostmonitor help, ‘Using the database’.

https://my.hostmonster.com/cgi/help/6

Using the Database

After doing all these steps, create the database’s tables either via
phpMyAdmin, MySQL software or use an online PHP or Perl script.

Version: MySQL 5
Username: username_dbuser
Database Name: username_dbname
Hostaddress: localhost
Port: 3306

Obviously, use your own database username and database name 🙂
(The ones you got when creating the database)