silverstripe-framework/dev/install/DatabaseConfigurationHelper.php

<?php

/**
 * Interface for database helper classes.
 *
 * @package framework
 */
interface DatabaseConfigurationHelper {

	/**
	 * Ensure that the database function for connectivity is available.
	 * If it is, we assume the PHP module for this database has been setup correctly.
	 *
	 * @param array $databaseConfig Associative array of db configuration, e.g. "server", "username" etc
	 * @return boolean
	 */
	public function requireDatabaseFunctions($databaseConfig);

	/**
	 * Ensure that the database server exists.
	 *
	 * @param array $databaseConfig Associative array of db configuration, e.g. "server", "username" etc
	 * @return array Result - e.g. array('okay' => true, 'error' => 'details of error')
	 */
	public function requireDatabaseServer($databaseConfig);

	/**
	 * Ensure a database connection is possible using credentials provided.
	 * The established connection resource is returned with the results as well.
	 *
	 * @param array $databaseConfig Associative array of db configuration, e.g. "server", "username" etc
	 * @return array Result - e.g. array('okay' => true, 'connection' => mysql link, 'error' => 'details of error')
	 */
	public function requireDatabaseConnection($databaseConfig);

	/**
	 * Determines the version of the database server
	 *
	 * @param array $databaseConfig Associative array of db configuration, e.g. "server", "username" etc
	 * @return string Version of database server or false on failure
	 */
	public function getDatabaseVersion($databaseConfig);

	/**
	 * Check database version is greater than the minimum supported
	 *
	 * @param array $databaseConfig Associative array of db configuration, e.g. "server", "username" etc
	 * @return array Result - e.g. array('success' => true, 'error' => 'details of error')
	 */
	public function requireDatabaseVersion($databaseConfig);

	/**
	 * Ensure that the database connection is able to use an existing database,
	 * or be able to create one if it doesn't exist.
	 *
	 * @param array $databaseConfig Associative array of db configuration, e.g. "server", "username" etc
	 * @return array Result - e.g. array('okay' => true, 'existsAlready' => 'true')
	 */
	public function requireDatabaseOrCreatePermissions($databaseConfig);


	/**
	 * Ensure we have permissions to alter tables.
	 *
	 * @param array $databaseConfig Associative array of db configuration, e.g. "server", "username" etc
	 * @return array Result - e.g. array('okay' => true, 'applies' => true), where applies is whether
	 * the test is relevant for the database
	 */
	public function requireDatabaseAlterPermissions($databaseConfig);

}