/**
* Instruct the database to generate a live connection
*
* @param array $parameters An map of parameters, which should include:
* - server: The server, eg, localhost
* - username: The username to log on with
* - password: The password to log on with
* - database: The database to connect to
* - charset: The character set to use. Defaults to utf8
* - timezone: (optional) The timezone offset. For example: +12:00, "Pacific/Auckland", or "SYSTEM"
* - driver: (optional) Driver name
*/
public function connect($parameters)
{
// Ensure that driver is available (required by PDO)
if (empty($parameters['driver'])) {
$parameters['driver'] = $this->getDatabaseServer();
}
// Notify connector of parameters
$this->connector->connect($parameters);
// SS_Database subclass maintains responsibility for selecting database
// once connected in order to correctly handle schema queries about
// existence of database, error handling at the correct level, etc
if (!empty($parameters['database'])) {
$this->selectDatabase($parameters['database'], false, false);
}
}
