<?php
class database
{
    private $host = "localhost";
    private $db_name = "lbnwco_administration";
    private $username = "lbnwco_private";
    private $password = "s4^63b0Nd";
    public $conn;

    // get the database connection
    public function getConnection()
    {

        $this->conn = null;

        try {
            $this->conn = new PDO("mysql:host=" . $this->host . ";dbname=" . $this->db_name, $this->username, $this->password, array(PDO::ATTR_PERSISTENT => true, PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_INIT_COMMAND => "SET NAMES utf8"));
        } catch (PDOException $exception) {
            echo "Connection error: " . $exception->getMessage();
        }

        return $this->conn;
    }
}