class Database {
		
		/*
		* Database Class
		* To be used as follows
		* $dbmod = Database::getConn();
		* 	$query = "select * from *";
		* 	$query = mysql_query($query);
		*
		*/
		
	  private $_conn;

	  private function __construct() {  
		global $db_config;

	    $this->_conn = mysql_connect($db_config['host'], $db_config['user'], $db_config['pass']);

	    if(!is_resource($this->_conn)) {
	      die('Connection Error <!-- Unable to connect to the database' . mysql_error() . '-->');
	    }

	    mysql_select_db($db_config['db']) or die('DB Error <!-- Cannot select database -->');
	  }

	  public function __destruct() {
	    if (is_resource($this->_conn)) {
	      @mysql_close($this->_conn);
	    }
	  }

	  static public function getConn() {
	    static $_DB;

	    if (!isset($_DB)) {
	      $_DB = new Database();
	    }

	    return $_DB;
	  }
	}