function get_global_database_handler

7.x db.inc get_global_database_handler()
6.x db.inc get_global_database_handler()
5.x misc.inc get_global_database_handler()

This method will return a globally-set DatabaseHandler object, creating it if it does not already exist. This is for efficiency reasons, so every module or method does not need to keep creating databasehandler objects (and re-connecting to the database).

124 calls to get_global_database_handler()
admin.courses.inc in modules/admin/admin.courses.inc
admin.degrees.inc in modules/admin/admin.degrees.inc
admin.groups.inc in modules/admin/admin.groups.inc
admin.module in modules/admin/admin.module
The administrative configurations for FlightPath.
admin_apply_draft_changes_form_submit in modules/admin/admin.module
Handles the actual moving of draft courses into production.

... See full list

File

includes/db.inc, line 16
This file contains mostly db shortcuts.

Code

function get_global_database_handler() {

  $db = @$GLOBALS ["fp_global_database_handler"];

  if (!is_object($db) || !is_object($db->pdo)) {
    // Something isn't right, or it wasn't set correctly.  Create a new connection.
    $GLOBALS ["fp_global_database_handler"] = new DatabaseHandler();
  }

  return $GLOBALS ["fp_global_database_handler"];

}