Error establishing a database connection



 Error establishing a database connection  is a common error message often shown as big bold text on sites (often WordPress, nearly daily across sites) that have experienced a loss of connection between their web server (software) and their database server (software).

Examples
  Database Error
 * Specific example found during another Google search: http://krispysbytes.org/tag/publish-once-syndicate-everywhere/ - page returns  <!DOCTYPE html>

Error establishing a database connection


 * 2019-02-24 Anil Dash in reply to a tweet with WordPress blog permalink: "😬 wp.lol "


 * 2022-11-06 Recent semi-notable example: http://achangeiscoming.net/2017/05/10/lessons-mastodon-independent-social-networks/ [[Image:2022-11-06-error-database-connection-wp-db-php.png]] "'Error establishing a database connection / This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or …'" Actual content was last archived 2022-01-19: https://web.archive.org/web/20220119053415/http://achangeiscoming.net/2017/05/10/lessons-mastodon-independent-social-networks/

Find Examples

 * Google "Database+Connection+Lost"
 * Google "Database Error" "Error establishing a database connection" for actual sites that are down and indexed as such.
 * Nearly daily occurrence across sites: https://twitter.com/search?q=%22Error%20establishing%20a%20database%20connection%22&src=typed_query&f=live

Phishing abuse of
phishers use it as a way to trick WordPress users into submitting their username/pw:
 * WordPress Phishing Warning,