On Wednesday, August 11th, 2021 at 3:09 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Is the Web server/PHP app on the same machine as the Postgres server? > All programs about this question are installed on a single computer; the intention is to test and learn first on a local machine. > If it is on the same machine what happens if you do?: > > $dbconn = pg_connect("dbname=cpacweb user=cpaca") or die("Could not > > connect"); > Am happy to report that connection looks successful, because the php web page now reports: " Connection status ok " Thank you all very much for the help. Hope that other novices benefit too! :)