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Description

Database object constructor

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Syntax

__construct($options)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$options		List of options used to configure the connection

Defined in

libraries/joomla/database/database.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.database.database' );

Source Body

public function __construct($options)
{
        $prefix = array_key_exists('prefix', $options) ? $options['prefix'] : 'jos_';

        // Determine utf-8 support.
        $this->_utf = $this->hasUTF();

        // Set charactersets (needed for MySQL 4.1.2+).
        if ($this->_utf){
                $this->setUTF();
        }

        $this->_table_prefix    = $prefix;
        $this->_ticker                  = 0;
        $this->_errorNum                = 0;
        $this->_log                             = array();
        $this->_quoted                  = array();
        $this->_hasQuoted               = false;
}

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