<?php
  //simple mysql connection class in 59 lines or less (not counting comments)
  
  class mydb
  {
      //the variable generated by the config.php file
      public $connection_string;
      //database connection
      public $db;
      //authentication and selection array from config.php
      public $c;
      //selected database
      public $sdb;
      //generic query 
      public $qq;
      //generic row
      public $rs;
      //generic token
      public $token;
      //generic array
      public $runQuery;
      //generic increment
      public $i;
      
      
      function config()//pull the config file and send it out to the open function.
      {
          /*
           connection variables are as follows:
           0 = database host
           1 = username
           2 = password
           3 = database to select
           */
          $connection_string = array('database_host', 'database_username', 'database_password', 'database_name');
          
          
          return $connection_string;
      }
      /*
       open() does the following
       1. checks to see if the db is already open. that's what if($sdb) is for.
       2. obtains database configuration information
       3. connects to the specified database
       4. selects the specified database
       */
      function open()
      {
          if (!$sdb)
          {
              global $db;
              global $sdb;
              $c = $this->config();
              $db = mysql_connect($c[0], $c[1], $c[2]) or die(mysql_error());
              $sdb = mysql_select_db($c[3], $db) or die(mysql_error());
          }
          return $sdb;
      }
      function q($token)//is what it sounds like
      {
          //set qq to global, just in case
          global $qq;
          
          //open the database
          $this->open();
          //run your query based on your generic token or arbitrary value
          $qq = mysql_query($token);
          if (mysql_num_rows($qq) > 0)
          {
              //check to see if you got anything back
              //if you did, set the increment to 0 and begin your while loop.
              $i = 0;
              while ($rs = mysql_fetch_array($qq))
              {
                  //throw the entire row into the runQuery array
                  $runQuery[$i] = $rs;
                  //increment i
                  $i++;
              }
              //return the full array of goodness.
              return $runQuery;
          }
          else
          {
              //but make sure to return the term 'nothing' if that's all you find.
              return 'nothing';
          }
      }
  }
?>