/**
* MDB2Wrapper::create() create the connection (connect and initialize)
*
* This function will retrieve the database-credentials from the
* config-file. From this, it will connect tot he database and store the
* connection so the other functions can use it.
*
* At the moment, this is hard-coded to mysql (see the naming
* below), but if we should ever change to another database, this is the
* place to add the logic).
*
*/
private static function create()
{
$uname = Config::get_config('mysql_username');
$passwd = Config::get_config('mysql_password');
$host = Config::get_config('mysql_host');
$db = Config::get_config('mysql_db');
$dsn = "mysql://{$uname}:{$passwd}@{$host}/{$db}";
$options = array('debug' => 2, 'result_buffering' => true);
MDB2Wrapper::$conn = MDB2::factory($dsn, $options);
if (PEAR::isError(MDB2Wrapper::$conn)) {
Logger::log_event(LOG_WARNING, MDB2Wrapper::$conn->getMessage());
/* FIXME l10n, better error-reporting */
echo "Cannot connect to database: " . MDB2Wrapper::$conn->getMessage() . "<br>\n";
die(MDB2Wrapper::$conn->getMessage());
}
}
