public static function start()
{
$database = "tardissh_mjm287";
$username = "******";
$password = "******";
//:: you are dealing with something that is static
//you can't use the this because this references the current instance of //an object. self says to refer to your own class
self::$connection = new PDO("mysql:host=localhost;dbname={$database}", $username, $password);
self::$connection->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
return self::$connection;
}
public function __construct()
{
$this->connection = Database_Class::start();
}
