/**
* Constructor
*
* @param $request
* @throws Exception
*/
public function __construct($request)
{
parent::__construct($request);
//$this->db = new mysqli('thecodingshackcom.ipagemysql.com', 'discover', 'Hithippie13!', 'discover');
$this->db = new mysqli('localhost', 'root', 'root', 'discover');
if ($this->db->connect_errno > 0) {
die('Server was unable to connect to the database');
}
}
