'My Local Yii Server', // application components 'components'=>array( 'db'=>array( 'connectionString' => 'mysql:host=YOUR_DB_HOST;dbname=YOUR_DB_NAME', 'username' => 'YOUR_DB_LOGIN', 'password' => 'YOUR_DB_PASSWORD', ), ), // application-level parameters that can be accessed // using Yii::app()->params['paramName'] 'params'=>array( // this is used in contact page 'adminEmail'=>'YOUR@EMAIL.HERE', ), );