public function Connect() { if ($this->_connected && !is_null($this->_db)) { return; } $dsn = array('phptype' => $this->_dbType, 'username' => $this->_dbUser, 'password' => $this->_dbPassword, 'hostspec' => $this->_hostSpec, 'database' => $this->_dbName); $options = array('debug' => 0, 'portability' => MDB2_PORTABILITY_ALL, 'persistent' => true); $this->_db =& MDB2::connect($dsn, $options); if (MDB2::isError($this->_db)) { // If there is an error, print to browser, print to logfile and kill app throw new Exception("Error connecting to database\nError: " . $this->_db->getMessage() . "\nDebug: " . $this->_db->getDebugInfo()); // TODO: LOG } $this->_db->setFetchMode(MDB2_FETCHMODE_ASSOC); // Set fetch mode to return associatve array $this->_connected = true; }