/**
* Return a database connection object
*
* @return Creole db object
*/
public static function getDBConnection()
{
if (!self::$dbConnection) {
include_once dirname(__FILE__) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "creole" . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "Creole.php";
self::getLogger()->logQuery("Creating a database connection");
self::$dbConnection = Creole::getConnection(self::$dsn);
self::getLogger()->logQueryExecutionTime();
self::$dbConnection->executeUpdate("SET NAMES 'utf8'");
self::$dbConnection->executeUpdate("SET @@session.sql_mode=''");
}
return self::$dbConnection;
}
