Updating settings.php prior to BETA or LIVE
In settings.php a change is needed to allow Drupal to access the Live database vs the Local Database.
The original entry will look like this
<?php
$databases = array (
'default' =>
array (
'default' =>
array (
'database' => 'dbname',
'username' => 'username',
'password' => 'zZx9-ggg',
'host' => 'localhost',
'port' => '',
'driver' => 'mysql',
'prefix' => '',
),
),
);
?>You will need to change it to look like
<?php
$hostname = (strstr($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'], "mydevserver.com") ? "localhost" : "livedbserver"); // <-- This was added
$databases = array (
'default' =>
array (
'default' =>
array (
'database' => 'dbname',
'username' => 'username',
'password' => 'zZx9-ggg',
'host' => $hostname, // <--this was changed
'port' => '',
'driver' => 'mysql',
'prefix' => '',
),
),
);
?>livedbserver is the live db host in this particular case. That will need to be adjusted to match your site accordingly.