[MDL-47584] Mysql database connection error notices should be more verbose - Moodle Tracker

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Database:

MySQL
Affected Branches:
MOODLE_27_STABLE
Fixed Branches:
MOODLE_26_STABLE, MOODLE_27_STABLE
Pull from Repository:
https://github.com/DSI-Universite-Rennes2/moodle
Pull Master Branch:
~~MDL-47584~~-28-database
Pull Master Diff URL:
https://github.com/DSI-Universite-Rennes2/moodle/commit/8267460aaa81d1e8852a2bbd7b1568871ca08d3a
Testing Instructions:
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add an email to $CFG->emailconnectionerrorsto variable

try to produce a (MySQL) database error (eg: shutdown database or add a bad password)

see if you have some debug info lines in your email like 'Access denied for user' or 'Unknown MySQL server host'

Tips for testing:
1. Check your spam folder
2. Delete moodledata/emailcount between tests or emails only get sent every 5 mins.
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add an email to $CFG->emailconnectionerrorsto variable try to produce a (MySQL) database error (eg: shutdown database or add a bad password) see if you have some debug info lines in your email like 'Access denied for user' or 'Unknown MySQL server host' Tips for testing: 1. Check your spam folder 2. Delete moodledata/emailcount between tests or emails only get sent every 5 mins.

Context:
When you enable connection error reports, you don't have useful information like "which error" or "which web servers".
Steps to reproduce:
1. add an email to $CFG->emailconnectionerrorsto variable
2. try to produce a MySQL database error (eg: shutdown database or add a bad password)
Actual result:
- a message is sent without "useful" information
Expected result:
- have useful information like error message returned by php

Participants:: Adrian Greeve, CiBoT, Damyon Wiese, Dan Poltawski, Dave Cooper, Julien Boulen, Marina Glancy

Component watchers:: David Woloszyn, Huong Nguyen, Jake Dallimore, Meirza, Michael Hawkins, Raquel Ortega, Safat Shahin, Stevani Andolo