CakePHP: Accessing database.php values

$fields = get_class_vars('DATABASE_CONFIG')

print_r($fields['default']);

or you can use;    App::Import('ConnectionManager'); $ds = ConnectionManager::getDataSource('default'); $dsc = $ds->config; print_r($dsc); Will output like this: Array ( [persistent] => [host] => localhost [login] => root [password] => [database] => db_name [port] => 3306 [driver] => mysql [prefix] => )