Check if database connection can be established

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Check if database connection can be established - Seb33300 - 01-30-2016

My application can be used with or without a database so I need to know if a database is correctly configured to show or hide functionalities which require a database.
How can I access to database config vars to check if they are filled?
Everything I found on the web requires to do a

Code:
$this->load->database();

so I can access to database vars from the

Code:
$this->db

object.
The problem is that if we do not have a database or if the database config file is not properly set,

Code:
$this->load->database();

will results in a PHP error:

Quote:Unable to connect to your database server using the provided settings.

RE: Check if database connection can be established - Narf - 01-30-2016

Turn db_debug Off.

RE: Check if database connection can be established - Narf - 01-30-2016

Also, please don't cross-post.

RE: Check if database connection can be established - freddy - 01-31-2016

(01-30-2016, 01:03 PM)Narf Wrote: Also, please don't cross-post.

oh cool you check also in stackoverflow too !

RE: Check if database connection can be established - Narf - 02-01-2016

(01-31-2016, 06:09 PM)freddy Wrote:
(01-30-2016, 01:03 PM)Narf Wrote: Also, please don't cross-post.

oh cool you check also in stackoverflow too !

I don't "check", I just happen to be a SO user as well.