public function validateConnection($dbDetails) { ini_set('display_errors', 'off'); $keys = array("host", "username", "password", "db"); foreach ($keys as &$key) { if (!isset($dbDetails[$key])) { throw new LudoDBConnectionException("key " . $key . " is missing."); } $key = preg_replace("/[^a-z0-9_-]/si", "", $key); } $this->setConnectionDetails($dbDetails); try { LudoDB::getInstance(); } catch (LudoDBException $e) { LudoDB::setDb(""); LudoDB::getInstance()->connect(); LudoDB::createDatabase($dbDetails['db']); $this->setConnectionSuccessMessage('Connection successful. Database ' . $dbDetails['db'] . " created"); } return $dbDetails; }