contrib/dbConnect.php
<?php
/**
* Connects to a DB by prompting the user for user name, password, and db name.
* @returns <Resource> $db Database connection handle
*/
function connectToDB()
{
$dbname = trim(readline("Database name: "));
$dbuser = trim(readline("User name: "));
// A bit of hackery here to avoid echoing the password
echo "Database Password: ";
system('stty -echo');
$dbpasswd = trim(fgets(STDIN));
system('stty echo');
// add a new line since the users CR didn't echo
echo "\n";
// Connect to the database
//$db = pg_connect("host=$host dbname=$database user=$dbuser password=$dbpasswd");
$db = pg_connect("user=$dbuser password=$dbpasswd dbname=$dbname");
if(!$db){
die('Could not connect to database.\n');
}
return $db;
}
function connectPDO()
{
$dbname = trim(readline("Database name: "));
$dbuser = trim(readline("User name: "));
// A bit of hackery here to avoid echoing the password
echo "Database Password: ";
system('stty -echo');
$dbpasswd = trim(fgets(STDIN));
system('stty echo');
// add a new line since the users CR didn't echo
echo "\n";
// Connect to the database
return new PDO("pgsql:host=localhost;dbname=$dbname;user=$dbuser;password=$dbpasswd", null, null, array(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_WARNING));
}