/**
* Connect to the database
*
* @return bool false on failure / mysqli MySQLi object instance on success
*/
public function connect()
{
// Try and connect to the database
if (!isset(self::$connection)) {
// Load configuration as an array. Use the actual location of your configuration file
$config = parse_ini_file('config.ini');
self::$connection = new mysqli('localhost', $config['username'], $config['password'], $config['dbname']);
}
// If connection was not successful, handle the error
if (self::$connection === false) {
// Handle error - notify administrator, log to a file, show an error screen, etc.
return false;
}
return self::$connection;
}
