/**
* Create and return the instance of Illuminate\Database\Capsule\Manager
*
* @return object the instance of the Capsule if database enabled
* in the configuration file (config/database.php), null
* if disabled
*
* @static
* @access public
* @since Method available since Release 0.1.0
*/
public static function connect()
{
if (self::$config === null) {
self::$config = Config::get('database');
}
if (self::$config['enabled'] === true) {
$capsule = new Capsule();
$capsule->addConnection(self::$config['settings']);
$capsule->bootEloquent();
$capsule->setAsGlobal();
self::$capsule = $capsule;
return self::$capsule;
} else {
return null;
}
}
/**
* Return an instance of the database as a \PDO Object instance
*
* @return Current database instance (\PDO)
*/
public static function getInstance()
{
// If the current database and the current config are null
if (is_null(self::$db) && is_null(self::$config)) {
// Getting the database config from the config file
self::$config = Config::get('database');
// Trying to create a \PDO object from the configuration
try {
$db = new \PDO('mysql:dbname=' . self::$config['database'] . ';host=' . self::$config['host'] . '', self::$config['username'], self::$config['password']);
} catch (PDOException $e) {
// If it failed, printing the error message
echo $e->getMessage();
}
// Setting the current database
self::$db = $db;
}
// Returning the current database
return self::$db;
}
