private function __construct($configfile)
{
// load the config file
self::$apiConfig = parse_ini_file($configfile, true);
// connect to the database if details specified
if (isset(self::$apiConfig["database"]["dbname"])) {
$dbname = self::$apiConfig["database"]["dbname"];
$dbhost = self::$apiConfig["database"]["dbhost"];
$dbport = self::$apiConfig["database"]["dbport"];
$dbuser = self::$apiConfig["database"]["dbuser"];
$dbpassword = self::$apiConfig["database"]["dbpassword"];
self::$dbconnection = new PDO("pgsql:dbname={$dbname};host={$dbhost};port={$dbport}", $dbuser, $dbpassword, array(PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT => true));
}
}
