Fatal error: Connecting to MySQL server 'localhost' failed.

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Information:

error message: Connecting to MySQL server 'localhost' failed.
error code: 2002
sql type: MySQLDatabase
sql error: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
sql error number: 2002
sql version:
file: /var/www/vhosts/casperworld.com/httpdocs/forum/wcf/lib/system/database/MySQLDatabase.class.php (29)
php version: 5.5.38-1~dotdeb+7.1
wcf version: 1.0.10 (Horizon)
date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 09:56:38 +0000
request: /forum/index.php?page=Portal&s=31d5a1c48220160d28b3648c535a6e9dc0229c53
referer:

Stacktrace:

#0 /var/www/vhosts/casperworld.com/httpdocs/forum/wcf/lib/system/database/Database.class.php(76): MySQLDatabase->connect()
#1 /var/www/vhosts/casperworld.com/httpdocs/forum/wcf/lib/system/WCF.class.php(270): Database->__construct(...)
#2 /var/www/vhosts/casperworld.com/httpdocs/forum/wcf/lib/system/WCF.class.php(88): WCF->initDB()
#3 /var/www/vhosts/casperworld.com/httpdocs/forum/global.php(18): WCF->__construct()
#4 /var/www/vhosts/casperworld.com/httpdocs/forum/index.php(7): require_once('/var/www/vhosts...')
#5 {main}