private static function connect() { if (!is_null(self::$dbConnection)) { return true; } global $conf; $link = @mysql_connect($conf['db_server'] . ':' . $conf['db_port'], $conf['db_user'], $conf['db_pass']); if (false === $link) { return false; } $status = @mysql_select_db($conf['db_name'], $link); if (false === $status) { return false; } self::$dbConnection = $link; return true; }