dead_db()
Load custom DB error or display WordPress DB error.
Description Description
If a file exists in the wp-content directory named db-error.php, then it will be loaded instead of displaying the WordPress DB error. If it is not found, then the WordPress DB error will be displayed instead.
The WordPress DB error sets the HTTP status header to 500 to try to prevent search engines from caching the message. Custom DB messages should do the same.
This function was backported to WordPress 2.3.2, but originally was added in WordPress 2.5.0.
Source Source
File: wp-includes/functions.php
function dead_db() {
global $wpdb;
wp_load_translations_early();
// Load custom DB error template, if present.
if ( file_exists( WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/db-error.php' ) ) {
require_once( WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/db-error.php' );
die();
}
// If installing or in the admin, provide the verbose message.
if ( wp_installing() || defined( 'WP_ADMIN' ) ) {
wp_die( $wpdb->error );
}
// Otherwise, be terse.
status_header( 500 );
nocache_headers();
header( 'Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8' );
$dir_attr = '';
if ( is_rtl() ) {
$dir_attr = ' dir="rtl"';
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"<?php echo $dir_attr; ?>>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title><?php _e( 'Database Error' ); ?></title>
</head>
<body>
<h1><?php _e( 'Error establishing a database connection' ); ?></h1>
</body>
</html>
<?php
die();
}
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Changelog Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 2.3.2 | Introduced. |