/**
* Connect to the database
*
* @param string $db_host
* @param string $db_user
* @param string $db_pass
* @param string $db_name
* @param boolean $halt_on_error If it is TRUE, the script will halt in case of error
* @return array
*/
function dbconnect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_name, $halt_on_error = TRUE)
{
$connection_success = TRUE;
$dbselection_success = TRUE;
try {
DatabaseFactory::connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_name, array('debug' => DatabaseFactory::isDebug('default')));
} catch (\Exception $e) {
$connection_success = $e instanceof SelectionException;
$dbselection_success = FALSE;
if ($halt_on_error and !$connection_success) {
die("<strong>Unable to establish connection to MySQL</strong><br />" . $e->getCode() . " : " . $e->getMessage());
} elseif ($halt_on_error) {
die("<strong>Unable to select MySQL database</strong><br />" . $e->getCode() . " : " . $e->getMessage());
}
}
return array('connection_success' => $connection_success, 'dbselection_success' => $dbselection_success);
}
