<?php
	# Version: v2.11, Version Date: June 2016, Author: Silvio Mc Gurk (smcgurk@stmartins.edu)
	class dbConn {
		public function connect() {

		# Database Name and Host
		$hostname = "localhost";
		$database = "formdatabase";
		$username = "root";
		$password = "root123";
		$dsn = "mysql:dbname=$database;host=$hostname";

		# Attempting connection with selected database
		$connect = new mysqli($hostname, $username, $password, $database);

		# Check status of connection fail on error
		if ($connect->connect_error) {
		echo “Error connecting to database”;
		}

		# Return the mysqli connection
		return $connect;
		}
	}
?>