mySQL server went down today

[sgreiner]

The database has gone down a couple of times in the past. When it does, I get the same error message:

 

Warning: mysql_connect(): Too many connections in /home/user_name/public_html/includes/functions/database.php on line 19

Unable to connect to database server!

 

Has anyone got any ideas on a way to display a static "this site is down" page instead of this error message? I would rather not show that error message if this were to happen again. Are there any other commom error messages that I may want to work into this same process?

[boxtel]

The database has gone down a couple of times in the past. When it does, I get the same error message:

 

Warning: mysql_connect(): Too many connections in /home/user_name/public_html/includes/functions/database.php on line 19

Unable to connect to database server!

 

Has anyone got any ideas on a way to display a static "this site is down" page instead of this error message? I would rather not show that error message if this were to happen again. Are there any other commom error messages that I may want to work into this same process?

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first I would set permanent mysql connections to no or increase the maximum connections. second tell php to write warnings and errors to the errorlog and not to the screen.

[ozcsys]

If this is happening enough that you are worrying about how to display this to your customers then you need to rethink your hosting arrangments. Whether your customers see the error or some other page you are still talking about lost sales.