Error: Couldn't connect to MySQL database
At line 401 in /[edit]/sapphire/core/model/MySQLDatabase.php

Couldn't connect to MySQL database
Line 401 of MySQLDatabase.php
MySQLDatabase->databaseError(Couldn't connect to MySQL database)
Line 39 of MySQLDatabase.php
MySQLDatabase->__construct(Array)
Line 79 of DB.php
DB::connect(Array)
Line 112 of main.php

Is anyone else receiving production errors along these lines? It seems sporadic, but I get emailed 2-3 times a month from different SS installs on different hosts. Not major, but then again some user somewhere is getting 500 response when accessing my sites. I'm wondering if it's a general error related to hosting provider networks, or something to do with SS response times if the site has been idle for a while. Any thoughts?

Hi Dave!

I was thinking of starting the same thread myself. I’m getting this error several times a day. I doubt it’s SS-related, since nobody seems to complaint. The servers where I’m hosting my sites seems not too reliable, by the way I’m in the process of migrating from them…

Regards,
Juan

EDIT: The error is sometimes: Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial communication packet', system error: 111

Hi Juan,

Yea, could be a side effect of hosting providers usually pushing shared hosting to the limit. In any case, I got 2 errors in one minute from the same site at 9am today and another 3 in one minute at 10am. Hopefully it's not a trend.

Dave