hi i'm tring the same example under MAMP and under the site folder of OS X

and if under MAMP does it work under sites i get this error

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Zend_Db_Adapter_Exception' with message 'The mysql driver is not currently installed' in ...


is it possible to run mysql connection under sites?

Hi,
I don't dont MAMP and OS X, but you should configure your php.ini file, to load mysql extension.

it is already enabled, with PHPMyAdmin i can connect to that MySQL db but when the test site tries it can't and i get that error

which extension does phpmyadmin use? it is probably pdo_mysql, so you have to set pod_mysql as your db adapter in you zf app