Unable to connect to your database server using the provided settings.in Codeigniter?

Question

below is my database settings but that will give me following error

Unable to connect to your database server using the provided settings

$active_group = 'default';
$active_record = TRUE;

$db['default']['hostname'] = 'localhost:9880';
$db['default']['username'] = 'root';
$db['default']['password'] = '';
$db['default']['database'] = 'codeignitor';
$db['default']['dbdriver'] = 'mysqli';
$db['default']['dbprefix'] = '';
$db['default']['pconnect'] = TRUE;
$db['default']['db_debug'] = TRUE;
$db['default']['cache_on'] = FALSE;
$db['default']['cachedir'] = '';
$db['default']['char_set'] = 'utf8';
$db['default']['dbcollat'] = 'utf8_general_ci';
$db['default']['swap_pre'] = '';
$db['default']['autoinit'] = TRUE;
$db['default']['stricton'] = FALSE;

Can anyone tell me where i am wrong. Please help

Answer 1

$db['default']['hostname'] = 'localhost:9880';

Your problem is there. That's not where the port number goes. It goes in $db['default']['port'] .

$db['default']['hostname'] = 'localhost';
$db['default']['port'] = '9880';

Docs: http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/database/configuration.html