private static function openDBConnection() { $configs = (include 'config.php'); $connectionQuery = "host=" . $configs["host"] . " port=" . $configs["port"] . " dbname=" . $configs["dbname"] . " user="******"user"] . " password="******"password"]; self::$dbConnection = pg_connect($connectionQuery); if (!self::$dbConnection) { echo pg_last_error(); return FALSE; } else { return TRUE; } }