Database password problems May 23, 2025
Although database passwords have no limitations in what characters can be used, the use of the $ sign may cause failure on some hosts. An internal escaping of the character, introduced in Zenphoto 1.6.1, has been removed again in 1.6.7 as it actually broke such passwords that otherwise work on some hosts.
Tests showed a rather random behaviour regarding the position of the $ within the password. On some hosts it matters and on some it does not. Also some hosts like our own do not allow the $ sign (and even some other chars) at all.
If you encounter issues best contact your host or simply don't use the $ sign. If needed you can always try to escape characters in the config file manually.
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