private static function createInstance()
{
if (!self::configIsReadable()) {
die('MySQL configuration file is not readable.' . "\n");
}
include self::$CONFIG_FILE;
try {
self::$INSTANCE = new mysqli($host, $user, $passwd);
} catch (Exception $ex) {
die('Sorry, could not connect to database.');
}
if (!self::$INSTANCE->select_db($dbname)) {
self::createDatabase($dbname);
}
}
