public function __construct()
{
Attributes::$database_connect = mysql_connect(self::DATABASE_HOST, self::DATABASE_USER, self::DATABASE_PASSWORD);
if (!Attributes::$database_connect) {
echo "Unable to connect to DB: " . mysql_error(Attributes::$database_connect);
exit;
}
mysql_query("SET NAMES 'UTF8'", Attributes::$database_connect);
if (!mysql_select_db(self::DATABASE_NAME, Attributes::$database_connect)) {
echo "Unable to select mydbname: " . mysql_error(Attributes::$database_connect);
exit;
}
$this->parser = xml_parser_create();
xml_set_object($this->parser, $this);
xml_set_element_handler($this->parser, "tag_open", "tag_close");
xml_set_character_data_handler($this->parser, "cdata");
}