{ echo $this->my_db; //print "-- f**k it --"; //return ($this->my_db); // return "petron_engine"; // return("keith"); } } //-----------------------------------------------------> //-----------------------------------------------------> //-----------------------------------------------------> //object initialization $petron_quaker_tool = new quaker_tool(); //$mydb = $petron_quaker_tool->my_db(); sleep(3); $petron_quaker_tool->get_my_db(); //print $mydb; //connect to db $mysqli = mysqli_connect("192.168.136.131", "root", "ph1shstix", "petron_engine"); //Evaluate the connection if (mysqli_connect_errno()) { echo mysqli_connect_error(); exit; } //-----------------------------------------------------> //-----------------------------------------------------> //-----------------------------------------------------> //test query--> $query = "SELECT * from fleet_manager_setting"; if ($result = $mysqli->query($query)) { /* fetch associative array */