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Sorry! This site is experiencing technical difficulties.

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Kianlolcat99 (talkcontribs)

Hello, My wiki is not on the internet, rather I am editing it locally. It worked perfectly. I moved my wiki from one computer to another. Now when I open it, it says the following message- "Sorry! This site is experiencing technical difficulties.

Try waiting a few minutes and reloading.

(Cannot access the database)"

I am using XXAMP (on both computers), and both computers are windows. Can someone help me? Thanks, Kianlolcat99.

Edit: This is Mediawiki 1.26

83.135.239.136 (talkcontribs)

In LocalSettings.php you have the database credentials, which MediaWiki is using to connect to the database. On the new server these credentials obviously are different from the old one.

Make sure that database name, MySQL username, password and host are correct!

Reception123 (talkcontribs)

It could be a problem with the ports. Be sure to check those and check that you haven't changed the MySQL username or password.

Kianlolcat99 (talkcontribs)

Ok I will check them then. When I do both of the things you suggested, I will report what happened.

Kianlolcat99 (talkcontribs)

83.135.239.136, do I have to update my media wiki version?

83.135.232.71 (talkcontribs)

No, to get this problem solved you don't have to update MediaWiki. All you have to do is adjust the database variables in LocalSettings.php. Then MW 1.26 will work again.

However, when you are looking at Version lifecycle you will notice that MW 1.26 no longer is supported. So you in fact should upgrade - in order to keep your system safe.

Kianlolcat99 (talkcontribs)

What database variables do I have to adjust?

Ciencia Al Poder (talkcontribs)
Kianlolcat99 (talkcontribs)