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MySQL In-App Configuration for PHP Content Management Systems

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Read more about MySQL In-App here.

Content Management Systems such as WordPress, Drupal, Joomla contain the database credentials within a configuration file. If you decide to use MySQL In-App for development purposes, you will quickly realize that you need to modify these credentials to work with MySQL In-App.

Below is a table containing the default configuration, followed by In-App credentials and configuration. To update your configuration with MySQL In-App, copy-paste both Part 1 and Part 2 for your respective CMS.

WordPress 4+ Joomla 3+ Drupal 8+
Configuration Location wwwroot/wp-config.php wwwroot/configuration.php wwwroot/sites/default/settings.php
Default Configuration /** The name of the database for WordPress */ define('DB_NAME', 'databaseName');/** MySQL database username */ define('DB_USER', 'databaseUserName');/** MySQL database password */ define('DB_PASSWORD', 'databasePassword');/** MySQL hostname */ define('DB_HOST', 'databaseHostName'); public $dbtype = 'mysql';public $host = 'databaseHostName';public $user = 'databaseUserName';public $password = 'databasePassword';public $db = 'databaseName';public $dbprefix = 'jos_'; $databases['default']['default'] = array ('database' => 'databasename','username' => 'sqlusername','password' => 'sqlpassword','host' => 'localhost','port' => '3306','driver' => 'mysql','prefix' => '','collation' => 'utf8mb4_general_ci',);
MySQL In-AppPart 1 - Connection String $connectstr_dbhost = ''; $connectstr_dbname = ''; $connectstr_dbusername = ''; $connectstr_dbpassword = '';foreach ($_SERVER as $key => $value) { if (strpos($key, "MYSQLCONNSTR_localdb") !== 0) { continue; }$connectstr_dbhost = preg_replace("/^.*Data Source=(.+?);.*$/", "\\1", $value); $connectstr_dbname = preg_replace("/^.*Database=(.+?);.*$/", "\\1", $value); $connectstr_dbusername = preg_replace("/^.*User Id=(.+?);.*$/", "\\1", $value); $connectstr_dbpassword = preg_replace("/^.*Password=(.+?)$/", "\\1", $value); }
WordPress 4+ Joomla 3+ Drupal 8+
MySQL In-AppPart 2 - Configuration // ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** // /** The name of the database for WordPress */ define('DB_NAME', $connectstr_dbname); /** MySQL database username */ define('DB_USER', $connectstr_dbusername); /** MySQL database password */ define('DB_PASSWORD', $connectstr_dbpassword); /** MySQL hostname : this contains the port number in this format host:port. /** Port is not 3306 when using this feature*/ define('DB_HOST', $connectstr_dbhost); public $dbtype = 'mysql'; public $host = DB_HOST; public $user = DB_USER; public $password = DB_PASSWORD; public $db = DB_NAME; public $dbprefix = 'jos_'; $databases['default']['default'] = array ('database' => $connectstr_dbname,'username' => $connectstr_dbusername,'password' => $connectstr_dbpassword,'prefix' => '','host' => $connectstr_dbhost,'port' => $_SERVER['WEBSITE_MYSQL_PORT'],'driver' => 'mysql','namespace' => 'Drupal\\Core\\Database\\Driver\\mysql','collation' => 'utf8mb4_general_ci',);

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  • Anonymous
    June 08, 2017
    I'm using MySQL In App, but don't find the environment variables described, DB_HOST for example. Every couple months MySQL picks a new port and my app breaks, I need to update the configuration.php file in my Joomla site, and see no way to determine it programmatically.Today MySQL chose a new port. Only way I see to get it is use PHPMyAdmin from the Azure portal to observe it, then update the configuration.php file.//public $host = '127.0.0.1:49679'; public $host = '127.0.0.1:49714';I don't see this anywhere in the environment variables. What am I missing?
  • Anonymous
    June 08, 2017
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