I'm a noob with docker so there is probably something I've missed.yet everything I've read indicates it is setup correctly.

I originally had 'localhost' set for hostname but that returned a different error (Main connection : No such file or directory) but searching for answer said to switch to local IP address.

env file and all should be good based on what I've found.

I've triple checked my DB settings in the.

I retried my page to connect to the DB but same error.

I've resolved the port config and now TablePlus connects. At first TablePlus wouldn't connect but then realized I didn't have my port specified in the docker.

The credentials to logon to the DB I know must be correct since I can use the CLI and TablePlus to logon to the database.

I validated this by view the phpinfo() on a view I created.

The mysqli driver is installed and should be working.

Not saying I've caught them all but these are the most common I've seen. After all the googling I will attempt to answer all the same questions people seem to ask. I am able to connect to the database from the MariaDB docker CLI and a desktop application called TablePlus. When I try to connect to the database I get 'Main connection : Connection refused'.

The routing, controller and views all are working because I can see the results.

Main connection : Connection refused - mrbryo - 11-09-2021 +- Thread: Main connection : Connection refused ( /showthread.php?tid=80507) Main connection : Connection refused - Printable Version

Tableplus connect to docker container