# Connecting outside database to our sites

**URL:** <https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/connecting-outside-database-to-our-sites/119547>\
**Category:** Hosting Support\
**Created:** [July 2, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/connecting-outside-database-to-our-sites/119547 "2026-07-02T15:30:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![tech4file](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/tech4file/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@tech4file](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/tech4file)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/connecting-outside-database-to-our-sites/119547/1 "2026-07-02T15:30:01Z")

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### Error Message

This is for knowing the limitations only, so i’m intentionally not mentioning website url, and i don’t wanted too. I was trying to connect mysql database connection from a different mysql hosted server. I’m getting few errors on connection errors 2002. DO we have any outbound rules or blocks, I just know our PDO extensions, mysql/marinaDB and sqlite i’m using mysql i tried but i couldn’t able to connect, do we only can able to connect databases that created in infinityfree servers only.

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**Author:** ![dan3008](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/dan3008/32/68577_2.png) [@dan3008](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/dan3008)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/connecting-outside-database-to-our-sites/119547/2 "2026-07-02T16:00:46Z")

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I seem to remember that external database connections have now been blocked ☹ it used to work but not any more SSorry

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**Author:** ![tech4file](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/tech4file/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@tech4file](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/tech4file)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/connecting-outside-database-to-our-sites/119547/3 "2026-07-02T17:26:06Z")

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Few years back it was working fine, After years we have lots of strict rules 😅.

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**Author:** ![dan3008](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/dan3008/32/68577_2.png) [@dan3008](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/dan3008)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/connecting-outside-database-to-our-sites/119547/4 "2026-07-02T18:59:27Z")

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Yeh I think it was [IFastNet](https://www.infinityfree.com/go/ifastnet) (back end infrastructure provider) who changed the rules.

Usually when things like this get changed it’s because someone abused it and ruined it for everyone. But I can’t say for certain

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**Author:** ![system](https://infinityfree-forum-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/0/b024fd3fa88bae093c9576e55c2c94e33f890206.svg) [@system](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/connecting-outside-database-to-our-sites/119547/5 "2026-07-09T18:59:49Z")

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Closed on July 9, 2026, 6:59pm UTC

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