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DbConnect.class
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    2002-04-09

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    A simple MySQL DB abstration layer

    By : Matt

    <?php

    /* A simple Mysql DB Abstraction Layer
    by George McLachlan http://www.experimentalmonkey.co.uk/
    ------------------------------------------------

    //Simply include this file on your page
    require_once("DbConnect.class.php");

    //Set up all yor paramaters for connection
    $db = new DbConnect("localhost","user","password","database",$error_reporting=false,$persistent=false);

    //Open the connection to your database
    $db->open() or die($db->error());

    //Query the database now the connection has been made
    $db->query("SELECT * FROM....") or die($db->error());

    //You have several options on ways of fetching the data
    //as an example I shall use
    while($row=$db->fetcharray()) {

    //do some stuff

    }

    //close your connection
    $db->close();
    --------------------------------------------------

    */
    Class DbConnect {

    var $host = '';
    var $user = '';
    var $password = '';
    var $database = '';
    var $persistent = false;

    var $conn = NULL;

    var $result= false;
    var $error_reporting = false;

    /*constructor function this will run when we call the class */

    function DbConnect ($host, $user, $password, $database, $error_reporting=true, $persistent=false) {

    $this->host = $host;
    $this->user = $user;
    $this->password = $password;
    $this->database = $database;
    $this->persistent = $persistent;
    $this->error_reporting = $error_reporting;
    }

    function open() {

    if ($this->persistent) {

    $func = 'mysql_pconnect';

    } else {

    $func = 'mysql_connect';

    }

    /* Connect to the MySQl Server */

    $this->conn = $func($this->host, $this->user, $this->password);

    if (!$this->conn) {

    return false;

    }

    /* Select the requested DB */

    if (@!mysql_select_db($this->database, $this->conn)) {

    return false;
    }
    return true;
    }

    /*close the connection */

    function close() {

    return (@mysql_close($this->conn));
    }

    /* report error if error_reporting set to true */

    function error() {

    if ($this->error_reporting) {

    return (mysql_error()) ;
    }

    }

    function query($sql) {

    $this->result = @mysql_query($sql, $this->conn);

    return($this->result != false);

    }
    function affectedrows() {

    return(@mysql_affected_rows($this->conn));
    }

    function numrows() {

    return(@mysql_num_rows($this->result));

    }
    function fetchobject() {

    return(@mysql_fetch_object($this->result, MYSQL_ASSOC));

    }
    function fetcharray() {

    return(mysql_fetch_array($this->result));

    }

    function fetchassoc() {

    return(@mysql_fetch_assoc($this->result));
    }

    function freeresult() {

    return(@mysql_free_result($this->result));

    }

    }
    ?>
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