public function __construct() { try { $DB_CONNECT = new DB_CONNECT(); $this->databaseConnection = mysql_connect($DB_CONNECT->getHost(), $DB_CONNECT->getUsername(), $DB_CONNECT->getPassword()) or die("Unable to connect to MySQL"); $this->selectedDatabase = mysql_select_db($DB_CONNECT->getDatabase(), $this->databaseConnection) or die("Could not select database"); } catch (Exception $error) { echo 'Caught exception: ', $error->getMessage(), "\n"; } }