XOOPS database connection issue.

After installing a XOOPS script with the correct database name,user name and password, we are still receiving the database connection issue/blank page or 500 Internal Server Error.The error is occur because mysql_pconnect function is disabled in the servers main php.ini and if you are having the server root login details then enable the mysql_pconnect or refer to the following steps to resolve the issue.

Open the mainfile.php file present under the XOOPS installed script and make the changes

From
define(‘XOOPS_DB_PCONNECT’, 1);
To
define(‘XOOPS_DB_PCONNECT’, 0);