public function __construct($first_run = false)
{
$conn = null;
if (!self::$singleton_conn and !$first_run) {
$dbconfig = parse_ini_file(get_config_dir() . 'dbsettings.ini');
$db_name = $dbconfig['db_name'];
try {
$conn = new PDO("mysql:host=localhost;dbname={$db_name};charset=utf8", $dbconfig['db_username'], $dbconfig['db_password'], array(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION));
$conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES, false);
} catch (PDOException $e) {
throw new DatabaseException($e->getMessage());
}
$this->conn = self::$singleton_conn = $conn;
}
$this->conn = self::$singleton_conn;
$this->msg = new Messages($GLOBALS['locale']);
}
