true, 'error' => 'details of error') */ public function requireDatabaseServer($databaseConfig) { $success = false; $error = ''; $conn = @mysql_connect($databaseConfig['server'], null, null); if($conn || mysql_errno() < 2000) { $success = true; } else { $success = false; $error = mysql_error(); } return array( 'success' => $success, 'error' => $error ); } public function getDatabaseVersion($databaseConfig) { $conn = @mysql_connect($databaseConfig['server'], null, null); return @mysql_get_server_info($conn); } /** * Ensure that the MySQL server version is at least 5.0. * @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) { $version = $this->getDatabaseVersion($databaseConfig); $success = false; $error = ''; if($version) { $success = version_compare($version, '5.0', '>='); if(!$success) { $error = "Your MySQL server version is $version. It's recommended you use at least MySQL 5.0."; } } else { $error = "Could not determine your MySQL version."; } return array( 'success' => $success, 'error' => $error ); } /** * Ensure a database connection is possible using credentials provided. * @param array $databaseConfig Associative array of db configuration, e.g. "server", "username" etc * @return array Result - e.g. array('success' => true, 'error' => 'details of error') */ public function requireDatabaseConnection($databaseConfig) { $success = false; $error = ''; $conn = @mysql_connect($databaseConfig['server'], $databaseConfig['username'], $databaseConfig['password']); if($conn) { $success = true; } else { $success = false; $error = mysql_error(); } return array( 'success' => $success, 'error' => $error ); } /** * 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 $databaseConfig Associative array of db configuration, e.g. "server", "username" etc * @return array Result - e.g. array('success' => true, 'alreadyExists' => 'true') */ public function requireDatabaseOrCreatePermissions($databaseConfig) { $success = false; $alreadyExists = false; $conn = @mysql_connect($databaseConfig['server'], $databaseConfig['username'], $databaseConfig['password']); if(@mysql_select_db($databaseConfig['database'], $conn)) { $success = true; $alreadyExists = true; } else { if(@mysql_query("CREATE DATABASE testing123", $conn)) { mysql_query("DROP DATABASE testing123", $conn); $success = true; $alreadyExists = false; } } return array( 'success' => $success, 'alreadyExists' => $alreadyExists ); } }