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<blockquote data-quote="JayC" data-source="post: 346503" data-attributes="member: 36373">That's what I was trying to say was you could do it in a function, and then I found this example <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emojione/biggrin.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" data-shortname=":D" /> Let me play around with a few things and see if I can get it.[DOUBLEPOST=1439083029,1439081999][/DOUBLEPOST]Alright, after looking more into PDO and what it does as I don't use PDO, and playing around with connecting to a database I have found out a few things (Also using prior knowledge as I mainly code in mysql/C#/Java) 1. You shouldn't use static variables, ever. Static variables are a bad idea, because now everything you make is going to have to be static in order to connect, and then it will turn out to be more lengthy then what you are trying to do!2. You can't make PDO instance into a static variable, and if you make the static method say bye bye to encapsulation <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emojione/smile.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" data-shortname=":)" />Sorry I couldn't help more, but I wouldn't use static if I was you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JayC, post: 346503, member: 36373"] That's what I was trying to say was you could do it in a function, and then I found this example :D Let me play around with a few things and see if I can get it. [DOUBLEPOST=1439083029,1439081999][/DOUBLEPOST]Alright, after looking more into PDO and what it does as I don't use PDO, and playing around with connecting to a database I have found out a few things (Also using prior knowledge as I mainly code in mysql/C#/Java) 1. You shouldn't use static variables, ever. Static variables are a bad idea, because now everything you make is going to have to be static in order to connect, and then it will turn out to be more lengthy then what you are trying to do! 2. You can't make PDO instance into a static variable, and if you make the static method say bye bye to encapsulation :) Sorry I couldn't help more, but I wouldn't use static if I was you. [/QUOTE]

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