# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**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… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/php-network-getaddresses-getaddrinfo-for-sql108-infinityfree-com-failed-name-or-service-not-known/86473)._