Strange behavior

[macross]

So i am currently coding database connection class and i have encountered very strange behavior from my script.

 

base.class.php:

<?php

class base{
   
    private $settings;


    function get_settings(){
       
        $settings["dbhost"] = 'localhost';
        $settings["dbuser"] = '*****';
        $settings["dbpass"] = '*****';
        $settings["dbname"] = 'core';
        return $settings;
      
        }
    }


?>

 

database.class.php

<?php

require_once 'base.class.php';





class database extends base{
    
    
    private $query_now;
    private $link;
    
   
    public function __construct(){
       
        $settings = base::get_settings();
        

      
        $dbhost = $settings["dbhost"];
        $dbuser = $settings["dbuser"];
        $dbpass = $settings["dbpass"];
        $dbname = $settings["dbname"];
              
        
        
        $this->link = mysql_connect($dbhost, $dbname, $dbpass) or die ("Could not connect to the mysql database");
        mysql_select_db($dbname, $this->link) or die ("Could not select the database"); 
        
        }
        
        
        
   
        function query($query){
            
            $this->query_now = $query;
            return mysql_query($query, $this->link);
        
            }
        
      
        function getArray($result){
            
            return mysql_fetch_array($result);
            
            
            }
  
    
    }

    
    



?>

When i try to create an instance of database class, i get mysql_connect error. I have tried to echo my array and it seems that correct information is being passed over. Now the strange thing is if i remove my password from the base class i don't get a mysql_connect error but this time instead i get "Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Access denied for user 'core'@'localhost' (using password: YES) " In case you are wondering, does my mysql database user has a password, the answer is: yes for sure... (Also i have tried to setup a simple script for connecting to my database and everything worked fine) So any ideas?

[trq]

get_settings() is not a static method, why are you calling it as if it where?

[macross]

So the correct way of calling a non static method would be $settings = $this->get_settings();? Because i get same error if i where using base::get_settings() or $this->get_settings();

[macross]

Finally found out what was wrong so problem solved!