/** * @param $server * @param $user * @param $password * @return bool */ public function connect($server, $user, $password = '') { parent::connect($server, $user, $password); try { $this->handler = mysqli_connect($server, $user, $password); mysqli_set_charset($this->handler, $this->setCharset()); } catch (Exception $e) { echo $e->getMessage(); } return true; }