/**
* Method to return a FOFDatabaseDriver instance based on the given options. There are three global options and then
* the rest are specific to the database driver. The 'driver' option defines which FOFDatabaseDriver class is
* used for the connection -- the default is 'mysqli'. The 'database' option determines which database is to
* be used for the connection. The 'select' option determines whether the connector should automatically select
* the chosen database.
*
* Instances are unique to the given options and new objects are only created when a unique options array is
* passed into the method. This ensures that we don't end up with unnecessary database connection resources.
*
* @param array $options Parameters to be passed to the database driver.
*
* @return FOFDatabaseDriver A database object.
*
* @since 11.1
* @deprecated 13.1 (Platform) & 4.0 (CMS)
*/
public static function getInstance($options = array())
{
if (class_exists('JLog')) {
JLog::add('FOFDatabase::getInstance() is deprecated, use FOFDatabaseDriver::getInstance() instead.', JLog::WARNING, 'deprecated');
}
return FOFDatabaseDriver::getInstance($options);
}
