How do I disable "pconnect" in order to stop "database connect failed" message ?

Hmm, if it's using mysql_pconnect() it should never open more than 2 connections. using said command would check if there is already a connection to the SQL Database and go that route rather than opening more sockets. Check to make sure you have more than just a few at any given time your site has activity. If this is not the case than your host might actually have issues supplying the database for your site.

Problem resolved. I wish I could attach a screenshot of the powergrep results I found. For those getting the error message "database connect failed" and a maximum connections message ... you have to change 4 references to "pconnect" in the php files to simply "connect". I haven't had a single database error since and users are successfully signing up. Email me if you want to see the screenshot: jhiltabidel@gmail.com ... I don't have time right now to post details... thanks,

joe

I'm pretty sure these are the 4 entries that need to be changed. Can any programmers working on this project verify this as a known issue that needs to be addressed?

admin\modules.php (2 entries for pconnect)
inc\db.inc.php (1 entry for pconnect)
modules\phpbb.aemod (1 entry for pconnect)

In each file, find "pconnect" and remove the p (persistent connection). This has resolved my issue! Woo hoo!

Not working to me. Still get database error report

Thanks, that did the trick for me too!!

I don't think it will have negative impact to modify ALL instances of pconnect -- in fact, powergrep found 11 references for me, too -- but only 4 could I find and modify when I opened the .php files if I recall correctly. I haven't had that error since.