/**
  * Retrieve database tables prefix
  * 
  * @return string 
  */
 public static function getTablePrefix()
 {
     if (self::$tablePrefix === FALSE) {
         $doc = new DOMDocument();
         $doc->load(CONFIG_DIR . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'system.xml');
         $xpath = new DOMXPath($doc);
         $dbParams = $xpath->query('/config/production/resources/db/params/prefix');
         foreach ($dbParams as $dbParam) {
             if ($dbParam->nodeType == XML_ELEMENT_NODE) {
                 self::$tablePrefix = $dbParam->nodeValue;
             }
         }
         if (self::$tablePrefix === FALSE) {
             self::$tablePrefix = '';
         }
     }
     return self::$tablePrefix;
 }