No, this section needs to be copied from the new server to the old:
Code:
/**
* The following settings define your database connection.
* These must be the SAME as you're using in your admin copy of configure.php
*/
define('DB_TYPE', 'mysql'); // always 'mysql'
define('DB_PREFIX', ''); // prefix for database table names -- preferred to be left empty
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8mb4'); // 'utf8mb4' or older 'utf8' / 'latin1' are most common
define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost'); // IP address of your db server
define('DB_SERVER_USERNAME', 'something');
define('DB_SERVER_PASSWORD', 'something');
define('DB_DATABASE', 'somedbname');
And if the new server uses "localhost" for the DB_SERVER value, then your hosting company will need to give you the new server's IP address instead AND make sure the new server's firewall allows the old server's IP to access the database, and probably allow that IP address in the user credentials inside the database. But their tech staff (should be expert enough to) understand all that (cuz they do it everyday) so just ask them to take care of it.
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