From: Jason Woofenden <jason@jasonwoof.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 15:39:12 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: better error messages for failed db connect
X-Git-Url: https://jasonwoof.com/gitweb/?p=wfpl.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=05f4861e64ed6dab2196b3c7f111071d51085fe0

better error messages for failed db connect
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diff --git a/db.php b/db.php
index 6964e95..5ac36a3 100644
--- a/db.php
+++ b/db.php
@@ -64,9 +64,10 @@ function db_connect_now($database = 'auto', $user = 'auto', $pass = 'auto', $hos
 		}
 	}
 
-	$GLOBALS['wfpl_db_handle'] = mysqli_connect($host, $user, $pass);
+	$GLOBALS['wfpl_db_handle'] = @mysqli_connect($host, $user, $pass);
 	if(!$GLOBALS['wfpl_db_handle']) {
-		die('Could not connect to the database: ' . mysqli_error());
+		die('Server error: Database connection failed');
+		# to show username and host: mysqli_connect_error()
 	}
 
 	mysqli_set_charset($GLOBALS['wfpl_db_handle'], $encoding);