class dbConn 
	{
		var $dbConnErrors = array(
			'connect' => '{dbConn} Could not connect to database: ',
			'select_db' => '{dbConn} Could not select db: ',
			'query' => '{dbConn} Could not execute query: ',
			'fetch_object' => '{dbConn} Could not fetch objects from query: ',
			'fetch_row' => '{dbConn} Could not fetch row from query: ',
			'fetch_array' => '{dbConn} Could not fetch array from query: ',
			'num_rows' => '{dbConn} Could not number the rows from query: '
			
		);
		var $link = false;
		var $host, $name, $user, $pass;
		var $sql, $rows, $qry;
		var $obj, $row, $arr; 
		var $intLimit, $intOffset, $strType;	
		function dbConn ( $user, $pass, $host = 'localhost' )
		{
			$this->host = $host;
			$this->user = $user;
			$this->pass = $pass;
			// check if a connection exists, if so exit
			if ( $this->link ) exit;
			
			// try connecting to the specified database, 
			// link = true in case of success - dies and displays an error in case of failure
			$this->link = @mysql_connect ( $this->host, $this->user, $this->pass );
			if ( !$this->link )
			{
				die ( '{$dbConnErrors[0]}' . mysql_error() );
				return false;
			}
			return $this->link;
		}