I just follow the toturial Here is the configuration in database.php,
class DATABASE_CONFIG { public $default = array( 'datasource' => 'Database/Mysql', 'persistent' => false, 'host' => 'localhost', 'port' => '', 'login' => 'root', 'password' => '123456', 'database' => 'coupon', 'prefix' => '', //'encoding' => 'utf8', ); But still show the message: Cake is NOT able to connect to the database The connection is ok if I just use php mysql_connect... -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php