# Php\_network\_getaddresses: getaddrinfo for sql108.infinityfree.com failed: Name or service not known **URL:** \ **Category:** Hosting Support\ **Created:** [November 21, 2023, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/php-network-getaddresses-getaddrinfo-for-sql108-infinityfree-com-failed-name-or-service-not-known/86473 "2023-11-21T08:39:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RantoPenjy](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/rantopenjy/32/43593_2.png) [@RantoPenjy](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/RantoPenjy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/php-network-getaddresses-getaddrinfo-for-sql108-infinityfree-com-failed-name-or-service-not-known/86473/1 "2023-11-21T08:39:34Z")
I’m actually setup my Symfony project environment. This is the database setup on .env according to my database info on infinityfree dashboard: DATABASE\_URL=“mysql://if0\_35441318:\*\*\*\*\*\*\*@sql108.infinityfree.com/if0\_35441318\_laoka\_anio?serverVersion=8&charset=utf8mb4” But when I test the database connection with this command “bin/console doctrine:query:sql ‘SELECT 1’”, it shows the error “An exception occurred in the driver: SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] php\_network\_getaddresses: getaddrinfo for [sql108.infinityfree.com](http://sql108.infinityfree.com) failed: Name or service not known” NB: I’m working on Github codespace Thanks ---
**Author:** ![ChrisPAR](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/chrispar/32/8743_2.png) [@ChrisPAR](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/ChrisPAR)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 8:51am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/php-network-getaddresses-getaddrinfo-for-sql108-infinityfree-com-failed-name-or-service-not-known/86473/2 "2023-11-21T08:51:09Z")
External connections are not supported on free hosting: > [@Connecting to MySQL from an external application](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/connecting-to-mysql-from-an-external-application/49339): > > Sometimes, you may want to connect to your MySQL database on your free hosting account using external software, like a desktop database manager (like MySQL Workbench) or an external program you wrote yourself (like an Android or iOS app). You cannot connect to a free hosting MySQL database from outside your hosting account. You can only interact with your free hosting database through PHP scripts uploaded to your free hosting account, or through our phpMyAdmin installation. The ability to con… ---
**Author:** ![RantoPenjy](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/rantopenjy/32/43593_2.png) [@RantoPenjy](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/RantoPenjy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 8:56am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/php-network-getaddresses-getaddrinfo-for-sql108-infinityfree-com-failed-name-or-service-not-known/86473/3 "2023-11-21T08:56:00Z")
Thanks. So it would work very well in production? ---
**Author:** ![ChrisPAR](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/chrispar/32/8743_2.png) [@ChrisPAR](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/ChrisPAR)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/php-network-getaddresses-getaddrinfo-for-sql108-infinityfree-com-failed-name-or-service-not-known/86473/4 "2023-11-21T11:54:39Z")
Unless there is an error with your code, then yes. You won’t know until you try! ---
**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:** [November 28, 2023, 11:55am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/php-network-getaddresses-getaddrinfo-for-sql108-infinityfree-com-failed-name-or-service-not-known/86473/5 "2023-11-28T11:55:29Z")
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