"I have a website ( hutchinsclan.com). I am trying to add a forum to the site. The forum is based on Simple Machines Forum (SMF) which requires a sql database. The database is created as a result of installing the forum. I have successfully installed the forum on my localhost server. It works without error (so far ). I am so new to this technology that I didn't know that I had to upload the db separately from the website files."
"Since learning that, I've successfully uploaded the database; however, as I learned today using Claude.ai, the settings.php file must be configured to run on the sql servers that my webhost (Ionos) uses. I went through the settings.php file with Claude.ai's assistance and changed those things like port number, boardurl, user id, db name, etc. I uploaded the changed settings.php file to Ionos"
"Ionos has been patient and helpful, but I fear that they throw up their hands at answering questions about what values to set in the various $db_ variables in settings.php. Is that not something my webhost should support? IDK. I come here to ask if I'm even on the right track in diagnosing and fixing the problem. It's logical to me that the database settings have to be different for the webhost sql servers."
An SMF forum was installed locally and its SQL database was uploaded to the webhost. The settings.php file requires updating with the webhost's SQL server details such as host, port, database name, username, and password. After changing $db_ variables and uploading settings.php, SMF reports a database connection error. The webhost (Ionos) has been helpful but unclear about the exact values for the $db_ variables. Local XAMPP references were corrected. The forum files on localhost remain unchanged to preserve the local installation. A checklist of settings and troubleshooting steps is requested.
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