conn = new mysqli($this->servername, $this->username, $this->password, $this->dbname); if ($this->conn->connect_errno) { echo "connecton failed... nr: " . $this->conn->connect_errno . " -- " . $this->conn->connect_error; } } /** * get an instance of this database class * (only possible way to retrieve an object) * * @return Database dbobject */ public static function getInstance() { if (!self::$instance) { self::$instance = new Database(); } return self::$instance; } /** * get a connection instance of the database * * @return mysqli mysqli instance */ public function getConnection() { return $this->conn; } /** * get name of current active database * @return string name */ public function getDatabaseName(){ return $this->dbname; } }