dbConnect(); // Initiate Database connection } /* Connect to Database */ private function dbConnect() { require_once ("../includes/config.php"); $this->mysqli = new mysqli($host, $user, $pass, $database); $this->mysqli->query('SET CHARACTER SET utf8'); } /* Api Checker */ public function checkResponse_Impl() { if (mysqli_ping($this->mysqli)){ echo "Database Connection : Success"; }else { echo "Database Connection : Error"; } } /* String mysqli_real_escape_string */ public function real_escape($s) { return mysqli_real_escape_string($this->mysqli, $s); } } ?>