Good Day, Im not sure anymore whether it's my xml file or is it Zend_Config_Xml has the problem. Here's my xml file.
config.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <configuration> <default> <baseurl>/ubraa/public</baseurl> <database> <type>pdo_mysql</type> <host>localhost</host> <username>root</username> <password>password</password> <dbname>ubraa</dbname> </database> </default> </configuration> After doing this: $this->config = new Zend_Config_Xml($this->ubraaRoot . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'configuration' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'config.xml', 'default'); The Zend_Db::factory($config->type, $config); is throwing me an error Adapter parameters must be in an array or a Zend_Config object I have var_dump($this->config->database) and these is the result: object(Zend_Config_Xml)#2 (6) { ["_allowModifications:protected"]=> bool(false) ["_index:protected"]=> int(0) ["_count:protected"]=> int(2) ["_data:protected"]=> array(2) { ["baseurl"]=> string(13) "/ubraa/public" ["database"]=> object(Zend_Config)#4 (6) { ["_allowModifications:protected"]=> bool(false) ["_index:protected"]=> int(0) ["_count:protected"]=> int(5) ["_data:protected"]=> array(5) { ["type"]=> string(9) "pdo_mysql" ["host"]=> string(9) "localhost" ["username"]=> string(4) "root" ["password"]=> string(8) "password" ["dbname"]=> string(5) "ubraa" } ["_loadedSection:protected"]=> NULL ["_extends:protected"]=> array(0) { } } } ["_loadedSection:protected"]=> string(7) "default" ["_extends:protected"]=> array(0) { } } Notice that the Zend_Config produce by the Zend_Config_Xml is missing "params" w/c should contain a correct Zend_Config Object like this: $configuration = new Zend_Config( array( 'database' => array( 'adapter' => 'Mysqli', 'params' => array( 'dbname' => 'test', 'username' => 'webuser', 'password' => 'secret', ) ) ) ); object(Zend_Config)#32 (6) { ["_allowModifications:protected"]=> bool(false) ["_index:protected"]=> int(0) ["_count:protected"]=> int(1) ["_data:protected"]=> array(1) { ["database"]=> object(Zend_Config)#40 (6) { ["_allowModifications:protected"]=> bool(false) ["_index:protected"]=> int(0) ["_count:protected"]=> int(2) ["_data:protected"]=> array(2) { ["adapter"]=> string(6) "Mysqli" ["params"]=> object(Zend_Config)#43 (6) { ["_allowModifications:protected"]=> bool(false) ["_index:protected"]=> int(0) ["_count:protected"]=> int(3) ["_data:protected"]=> array(3) { ["dbname"]=> string(4) "test" ["username"]=> string(7) "webuser" ["password"]=> string(6) "secret" } ["_loadedSection:protected"]=> NULL ["_extends:protected"]=> array(0) { } } } ["_loadedSection:protected"]=> NULL ["_extends:protected"]=> array(0) { } } } ["_loadedSection:protected"]=> NULL ["_extends:protected"]=> array(0) { } } Thanks, Garri