[Xerte] Re: database.php

[Dave Burnett]

This is from my ISP:
I've checked blahblah.com/xerte_ot/database.php file, which seems to be the main database connection configuration file and it contains completely incorrect information. Please follow steps below in order to receive your full database connection information and update configuration file with proper settings:
I have not touched the file for years and was working fine, and this would not be the first time the ISP has hosed something.Lost all the MIME types a year ago. So it is something to do with database.php.How do I echo stuff back to browser to isolate the failure point?
Dave

From: david at palepurple.co.uk
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:12:09 +0100
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Subject: [Xerte] Re: database.php

Edit config.php (?) and set 
$development = true;
That should do it. 
Perhaps you don't have the mysql 'driver' installed for PHP? Create a file (E.g. called phpinfo.php) which contains "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" and access it through a web browser. Check you have 'mysql' stuff listed.
thanks
David

On 28 Apr 2012, at 13:05, Dave Burnett wrote:Maybe the same vein as Ron's issue. Went to use XOT on my server and only get "1" returned where there should be a login page.Pat says this is a db connection failure.I have downloaded database.php from the root of the install, fiddled a few things and no joy.
What are the last 3 parameters below?How can I put writeback in to see what line it is failing at?

* Host where database is*/$xerte_toolkits_site->database_host = "get this one";
/** Username for database*/$xerte_toolkits_site->database_username =" get this one ";
/** Password for database*/$xerte_toolkits_site->database_password =" this is the password for the user defined above correct?";
/** Database name*/$xerte_toolkits_site->database_name ="what goes here?";
/** Database table prefix*/$xerte_toolkits_site->database_table_prefix ="what goes here?";?>
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