public static function connect($connection_string)
{
$message = '';
if (preg_match(CONNECTION_STRING_FORMAT, $connection_string, $matches)) {
list(, $user, $pass, $host, $port, $db) = $matches;
empty($port) and $port = "3306";
try {
self::$db = new PDO("mysql:dbname={$db};host={$host};port={$port}", $user, $pass, array(PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => "SET NAMES utf8"));
self::$db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
} catch (PDOException $e) {
$message = _('Connection failed: ') . $e->getMessage();
}
} else {
$message = _('Invalid database connection string');
}
if ($message) {
if (PHP_SAPI == 'cli') {
throw new Exception($message);
} else {
Template::showErrorPage($message);
}
}
}
