/**
* PDO database connection starts
* return database connection instance
*/
public function connect()
{
// One connection through whole application
if (null == self::$cont) {
try {
self::$cont = new PDO("mysql:host=" . self::$dbHost . ";" . "dbname=" . self::$dbName, self::$dbUsername, self::$dbUserPassword);
} catch (PDOException $e) {
die($e->getMessage());
}
}
return self::$cont;
}
