public static function createFromConf($conf)
{
if (!isset($conf["str"]) || !isset($conf["user"]) or !isset($conf["password"])) {
throw new ServiceException("INVALID_CONFIGURATION", "No PDO database information defined");
}
if (isset($conf["table_prefix"])) {
$tablePrefix = $conf["table_prefix"];
} else {
$tablePrefix = "";
}
$db = new PDODatabase($conf["str"], $conf["user"], $conf["password"], $tablePrefix);
$db->connect();
if (isset($conf["charset"])) {
$db->setCharset($conf["charset"]);
}
return $db;
}
