/**
* connect to the database
*
* @param bool $selectdb select the database now?
* @return bool successful?
*/
public function connect($selectdb = true)
{
if (!extension_loaded('mysqli')) {
trigger_error('notrace:mysqli extension not loaded', E_USER_ERROR);
return false;
}
$this->allowWebChanges = $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] !== 'GET';
if ($selectdb) {
$dbname = constant('XOOPS_DB_NAME');
} else {
$dbname = '';
}
if (XOOPS_DB_PCONNECT == 1) {
$this->conn = new mysqli('p:' . XOOPS_DB_HOST, XOOPS_DB_USER, XOOPS_DB_PASS, $dbname);
} else {
$this->conn = new mysqli(XOOPS_DB_HOST, XOOPS_DB_USER, XOOPS_DB_PASS, $dbname);
}
// errno is 0 if connect was successful
if (0 !== $this->conn->connect_errno) {
return false;
}
if (defined('XOOPS_DB_CHARSET') && '' !== XOOPS_DB_CHARSET) {
// $this->queryF("SET NAMES '" . XOOPS_DB_CHARSET . "'");
$this->conn->set_charset(XOOPS_DB_CHARSET);
}
$this->queryF('SET SQL_BIG_SELECTS = 1');
return true;
}