<?php
class Database{
    private static $dbName = 'snort' ;
    private static $dbHost = '192.168.180.129:3306' ;
    private static $dbUser = 'snort';
    private static $dbPass = 'snortpass';

    private static $cont  = null;

    public function __construct() {
        die('This is static class, so you cannot initiate object of that class.');
    }

    public static function connect(){
        if ( null == self::$cont ){
            try
            {
              self::$cont =  new PDO( "mysql:host=".self::$dbHost.";"."dbname=".self::$dbName, self::$dbUser, self::$dbPass);
            }
            catch(PDOException $e)
            {
              die($e->getMessage());
            }
        }
        return self::$cont;
    }

    public static function disconnect()
    {
        self::$cont = null;
    }
}
?>