public function __construct() { $config = parse_ini_file(__DOCROOT__ . '/config.ini', true); PackingList::$database_connect = mysql_connect($config['database']['host'], $config['database']['user'], $config['database']['password']); if (!PackingList::$database_connect) { echo "Unable to connect to DB: " . mysql_error(PackingList::$database_connect); exit; } mysql_query("SET NAMES 'UTF8'", PackingList::$database_connect); if (!mysql_select_db($config['database']['name'], PackingList::$database_connect)) { echo "Unable to select mydbname: " . mysql_error(PackingList::$database_connect); exit; } }