Can not connect after installation

[MSOWebGirl]

I have performed a search for this error, and I none of these tips are helping.  I have Coppermine installed on two separate servers.  On the first, I have been using it for a few months and it suddenly developed problems.  I installed that through Fantastico and am waiting for a reply from my server (based on a comment from someone with the same upload problem).  My other gallery is on a different server that does not have Fantastico.  I installed this one manually.  It said that the install was successful, but when I try to go to the index page, I get the following error:

Coppermine critical error:
Unable to connect to database !

MySQL said: Access denied for user: 'www-data@localhost' (Using password: NO)

I don't understand why this is happening.  I saw that another poster with this similar issue was told to check his file include/config.inc.php and make sure that the information is valid.  I do not have this file.  The URL to the gallery is http://cgi.michael-shane.com/cpg132/index.php.    If someone can help me, I would greatly appreciate it.

[Tranz]

Yes, you do have the file. I checked.

Look in the folder called include for a file named config.inc.php

[MSOWebGirl]

My apologies.  I was looking in the wrong spot.  I looked in this file and all of the information in it is correct.  The username, password, and database are all correct.  Am I missing something somewhere else that is stopping it from connecting? 

Thanks.

[Abbas Ali]

MySQL said: Access denied for user: 'www-data@localhost' (Using password: NO)

This error denotes that you are not using password to connect to the database. Make sure that you have correct password

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$CONFIG['dbpass'] = "password"

written in config.inc.php

[MSOWebGirl]

I checked and the password is correct.  I cross-checked it with  my information at my server, and everything is alright.  I don't know why I'm getting that error.

[kegobeer]

In init.inc.php, right before

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require 'include/functions.inc.php';

add this

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echo "server: " . $CONFIG['dbserver'] . "<br />dbuser: " . $CONFIG['dbuser'] . "<br />dbpass: " .$CONFIG['dbpass'] . "<br />dname: " . $CONFIG['dbname']";
die();

Do you get the correct values?

[MSOWebGirl]

Now I got the following error message:

Parse error: parse error, expecting `','' or `';'' in /var/www/sites/michael-shane.com/cpg132/include/init.inc.php on line 223

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: breadcrumb() in /var/www/sites/michael-shane.com/cpg132/index.php on line 159

[Abbas Ali]

Instead of

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echo "server: " . $CONFIG['dbserver'] . "<br />dbuser: " . $CONFIG['dbuser'] . "<br />dbpass: " .$CONFIG['dbpass'] . "<br />dname: " . $CONFIG['dbname']";
die();

you should write this code

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echo "server: " . $CONFIG['dbserver'] . "<br />dbuser: " . $CONFIG['dbuser'] . "<br />dbpass: " .$CONFIG['dbpass'] . "<br />dname: " . $CONFIG['dbname'];
die();

And see whether the values match or not..

[kegobeer]

Sorry about that last ".  Hey, it was late at night when I wrote it!   

[MSOWebGirl]

Okay, so either I'm still doing something wrong, I'm extremely slow, or both.  Now, all I'm getting is a white page that tells me the information that I put in the fields.

[kegobeer]

That was the intent.  I wanted to make sure that the fields were correctly populated.  You can remove that line.

Create a new php file with this code:

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<?php
$localhost = 'your host name';
$mysql_user = 'your mysql user name';
$mysql_password = 'your mysql password';
$mysql_database = 'your mysql database name';

$link = mysql_connect($localhost, $mysql_user, $mysql_password);
if (!$link) {
   die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
}
echo 'Connected successfully<br />';

$db_selected = mysql_select_db($mysql_database, $link);
if (!$db_selected) {
   die ('Can\'t use ' . $mysql_database . ': ' . mysql_error());
}
mysql_close($link);
?>

Put your database information in the variables.  Upload it to your site and execute the script.  Report back with your results.

[MSOWebGirl]

I loaded the file and it said, "Connected successfully."  I apologize that it took me so long to get back to you.  I got some bad news on Saturday, and I've been a bit behind on everything. 

[Abbas Ali]

This means that you are able to connect to the database and all the parameters supplied by you are correct. So what could be the problem  .

First make a backup of include/functions.inc.php then open include/functions.inc.php file and find this code

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function cpg_db_connect()
{
        global $CONFIG;
        $result = @mysql_connect($CONFIG['dbserver'], $CONFIG['dbuser'], $CONFIG['dbpass']);
        .........
       

and replace it with this code

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function cpg_db_connect()
{
        global $CONFIG;
        echo "server: " . $CONFIG['dbserver'] . "<br />dbuser: " . $CONFIG['dbuser'] . "<br />dbpass: " .$CONFIG['dbpass'] . "<br />dbname: " . $CONFIG['dbname'];
        $result = @mysql_connect($CONFIG['dbserver'], $CONFIG['dbuser'], $CONFIG['dbpass']);
        .......


and see whether you get the correct values or not. Check whether dbpass value is correct.

[PTWebMiss]

Hi, this is the same person, MSOWebGirl.  I had some issues finding my password and such, so it was just easier to make a new one.  Okay... here's the thing.  I've gone back to trying to install this gallery because others were giving me just as many problems and I've liked Coppermine when I used it in the past.  I tried the last thing that was requested for me to do, altering /include/functions.inc.php and all I got when I loaded it up was a blank page.  I've reinstalled the script and the installation went just fine, but I still get the exact same connection error as I was getting before.  I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

[kegobeer]

Hmm.  That's odd.  You shouldn't get a blank page if all you did was replace

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        $result = @mysql_connect($CONFIG['dbserver'], $CONFIG['dbuser'], $CONFIG['dbpass']);

with

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        echo "server: " . $CONFIG['dbserver'] . "<br />dbuser: " . $CONFIG['dbuser'] . "<br />dbpass: " .$CONFIG['dbpass'] . "<br />dbname: " . $CONFIG['dbname'];
        $result = @mysql_connect($CONFIG['dbserver'], $CONFIG['dbuser'], $CONFIG['dbpass']);

You should get four lines printed at the top left corner of your page.