<?php
class Database
{
    function Database($servername, $username, $password, $dbname)
    {
        $this->servername = $servername;
        $this->username = $username;
        $this->password = $password;
        $this->dbname = $dbname;
    }
    function connect()
    {
        $con = mysql_connect($this->servername, $this->username, $this->password);
        if (!$con)
        {
            die('Could not connect: ' . mysql_error());
        }
        mysql_select_db($this->dbname, $con) or die ('Could not select db');
        return true;
    }

    function query($query)
    {
        $result = mysql_query($query) or die('Could not execute the query: '.$query.' <br/>Error:'  . mysql_error( )  );
        return $result;
    }

    function protect($variable)
    {
      $var2 = $variable;
      $var2 = htmlspecialchars(mysql_real_escape_string($var2));
      return $var2;
    }

}
?>