/**
* Connects to database
*
* @param string $host Database host
* @param string $name Database name
* @param string $user Database user
* @param string $password Database password
* @param string $table_prefix Database table prefix
* @param string $names Database names for SET NAMES
* @return bool Tue on succes connection or already connected, false otherwise
*/
public function connectToDB($host, $name, $user, $password, $table_prefix, $database_backend, $names = 'utf8')
{
$connected = true;
if ($this->_db_connection == null) {
Registry::set('config.table_prefix', $table_prefix);
Registry::set('config.database_backend', $database_backend);
$connected = Database::connect($user, $password, $host, '', array('table_prefix' => $table_prefix));
if (!$connected) {
$this->setNotification('E', '', $this->t('could_not_connect_to_database'), true, 'server_configuration');
} elseif (!Database::changeDb($name)) {
// CREATE TABLE SQL command will throw the Fatal error if user does not have the CREATE permissions
Registry::set('runtime.database.skip_errors', true);
if (!Database::createDb($name)) {
$this->setNotification('E', '', $this->t('could_not_create_database'), true, 'server_configuration');
$connected = false;
} else {
Database::changeDb($name);
}
Registry::set('runtime.database.skip_errors', false);
}
if ($connected) {
db_query("SET NAMES ?s", $names);
db_query("SET sql_mode = ''");
}
$this->_db_connection = $connected;
}
return $connected;
}
