/**
* create database object
*
* TODO: don't even think about doing connection caching here... pear db|mdb2 does thah for you
*
* @param String $name db name, key from $CONF['db'] array
* @return PearDB object on success
* @throws Exception if object creation failed
*/
function dbConnect($name = 'default')
{
global $CONF;
if (!isset($CONF['db'][$name])) {
throw new Exception("db error - no such record '{$name}'");
}
$db = dbConnectDSN($CONF['db'][$name], $options);
return $db;
}
<?php
require_once 'error_handler.inc.php';
require_once 'exception_handler.inc.php';
require_once 'functions.inc.php';
require_once 'database.inc.php';
$DB = dbConnectDSN('mysql://*****:*****@localhost/rammstein');