Any suggestions to improve my PDO connection class?
- by Scarface
Hey guys I am pretty new to pdo so I basically just put together a simple connection class using information out of the introductory book I was reading but is this connection efficient? If anyone has any informative suggestions, I would really appreciate it.
class PDOConnectionFactory{
public $con = null;
// swich database?
public $dbType = "mysql";
// connection parameters
public $host = "localhost";
public $user = "user";
public $senha = "password";
public $db = "database";
public $persistent = false;
// new PDOConnectionFactory( true ) <--- persistent connection
// new PDOConnectionFactory() <--- no persistent connection
public function PDOConnectionFactory( $persistent=false ){
// it verifies the persistence of the connection
if( $persistent != false){ $this->persistent = true; }
}
public function getConnection(){
try{
$this->con = new PDO($this->dbType.":host=".$this->host.";dbname=".$this->db, $this->user, $this->senha,
array( PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT => $this->persistent ) );
// carried through successfully, it returns connected
return $this->con;
// in case that an error occurs, it returns the error;
}catch ( PDOException $ex ){ echo "We are currently experiencing technical difficulties. We have a bunch of monkies working really hard to fix the problem. Check back soon: ".$ex->getMessage(); }
}
// close connection
public function Close(){
if( $this->con != null )
$this->con = null;
}
}
