Warning: mysqli_connect(): php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known
<p>This is db.php IM USING CLOUD9 as my host</p>

<pre><code>function getDB() {
$dbhost="paralphdigm-vtms-2622120";
$dbuser="paralphdigm";
$dbpass="";
$dbname="vtms_db";
$port = 3306;
$dbConnection = new PDO("mysql:host=$dbhost;dbname=$dbname", $dbuser, $dbpass); 
$dbConnection-&gt;setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
return $dbConnection;
</code></pre>

<p>}</p>

<p>I edited my code to this now*</p>

<p>Heres the error message
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'PDOException' with message 'SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] Connection refused' in /home/ubuntu/workspace/db.php on line 8</p>