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Asked: 2026-05-22T14:49:25+00:00

In my database.php file, I have $db[‘default’][‘hostname’] = ‘mylocaldomain:8889’; $db[‘default’][‘username’] = ‘myusername’; $db[‘default’][‘password’] =

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In my database.php file, I have

$db['default']['hostname'] = 'mylocaldomain:8889';
$db['default']['username'] = 'myusername';
$db['default']['password'] = 'mypassword';
$db['default']['database'] = 'mydb';
$db['default']['dbdriver'] = 'mysql';

I continually, get an error saying that it can’t connect. Any help?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try changing: 

    $db['default']['hostname'] = 'mylocaldomain:8889';

    To: 

    $db['default']['hostname'] = 'localhost';

    or: 

    $db['default']['hostname'] = '127.0.0.1';

    I think you’re confusing your apache server’s host/port with MySQL’s host

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