true, 'error' => 'details of error') */ public function requireDatabaseServer($databaseConfig) { $okay = false; $conn = @mysql_connect($databaseConfig['server'], null, null); if($conn || mysql_errno() < 2000) { $okay = true; } else { $okay = false; $error = mysql_error(); } return array( 'okay' => $okay, 'error' => $error ); } /** * 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) { $okay = false; $conn = @mysql_connect($databaseConfig['server'], $databaseConfig['username'], $databaseConfig['password']); if($conn) { $okay = true; } else { $okay = false; $error = mysql_error(); } return array( 'okay' => $okay, 'connection' => $conn, '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 $databaseConfig Associative array of db configuration, e.g. "server", "username" etc * @return array Result - e.g. array('okay' => true, 'existsAlready' => 'true') */ public function requireDatabaseOrCreatePermissions($databaseConfig) { $okay = false; $existsAlready = false; $conn = @mysql_connect($databaseConfig['server'], $databaseConfig['username'], $databaseConfig['password']); if(@mysql_select_db($databaseConfig['database'], $conn)) { $okay = true; $existsAlready = true; } else { if(@mysql_query("CREATE DATABASE testing123", $conn)) { mysql_query("DROP DATABASE testing123", $conn); $okay = true; $existsAlready = false; } } return array( 'okay' => $okay, 'existsAlready' => $existsAlready ); } }