Joomla! Documentation™

Description

Database object constructor

<! removed transcluded page call, red link never existed >

Syntax

__construct($options)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$options		List of options used to configure the connection

Defined in

libraries/joomla/database/database/mysql.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.database.database.mysql' );

Source Body

function __construct($options)
{
        $host           = array_key_exists('host', $options)    ? $options['host']              : 'localhost';
        $user           = array_key_exists('user', $options)    ? $options['user']              : '';
        $password       = array_key_exists('password',$options) ? $options['password']  : '';
        $database       = array_key_exists('database',$options) ? $options['database']  : '';
        $prefix         = array_key_exists('prefix', $options)  ? $options['prefix']    : 'jos_';
        $select         = array_key_exists('select', $options)  ? $options['select']    : true;

        // Perform a number of fatality checks, then return gracefully
        if (!function_exists('mysql_connect')) {
                $this->_errorNum = 1;
                $this->_errorMsg = 'The MySQL adapter "mysql" is not available.';
                return;
        }

        // Connect to the server
        if (!($this->_connection = @mysql_connect($host, $user, $password, true))) {
                $this->_errorNum = 2;
                $this->_errorMsg = 'Could not connect to MySQL';
                return;
        }

        // Finalize initialisation
        parent::__construct($options);

        // select the database
        if ($select) {
                $this->select($database);
        }
}

<! removed transcluded page call, red link never existed >