WGOTim Roberts CakePHP, MySQL and jQuery Developer

I enjoy CakePHP’s structure and methods so much that I have started  using it for my non-database driven projects and for prototyping big projects.

However, when no database is present CakePHP throws a warning that it can’t connect to the database. The solution is to create a dummy database connection to convince CakePHP that all is ok. And, it’s as simple as this:

Create a new folder app/models/datasources/dbo

Create a new file at app/models/datasources/dbo/dbo_dummy_db.php and add the following:

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<?php   
    class DboDummyDb extends DboSource {         
                 function connect()  {                
                          $this->connected = true;
                          return $this->connected;
                  }
            }

In your app/config/database.php find the default connection array – a line that starts $default = array
and replace the line for the driver from
'driver' => 'mysql',
to
'driver' => 'dummy_db',

And that’s all there is to using CakePHP without a database.