/**
* Connect to MySQL database
*/
private function __construct()
{
// Database Authentication Credentials
$credentials = DBCredentials::get_credentials();
// MySQLi Constructor
@parent::__construct($credentials['host'], $credentials['username'], $credentials['password'], $credentials['database']);
@parent::set_charset('utf8');
// Non-OO technique ensures compatability with some earlier versions of PHP5
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
die('Connection Error');
}
}