This site is called Perlmonks. Perl is a programming language, much like PHP but distinctly different. This site does not cater to PHP programmers. Unless you want to switch the program over from PHP to Perl, I doubt that you find the expertise you seek here.
A good general start to debug problems is the webserver error log. It usually contains information more relevant to the problem than what the program outputs to the browser.
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Whomever the programmer is needs to do diagnosis on any error messages produced by the program or in the logs, followed by determining if the current db settings have changed. Saying "help, I cannot connect to my db anymore <code snippet>" is not how you diagnose problems or have anyone be able to help you, perl or not. | [reply] |