包括JDatabaseDriver Joomla

Question

I am trying to connect to an external DB via Joomla using this code:

        $option = array(); //prevent problems
        $option['driver']   = 'mysql';            // Database driver name
        $option['host']     = 'host';    // Database host name
        $option['user']     = 'user';       // User for database authentication
        $option['password'] = 'password';   // Password for database authentication
        $option['database'] = 'database';      // Database name

        $external_db = JDatabaseDriver::getInstance($option);

I get the error Akeeba\Subscriptions\Site\Model\JDatabaseDriver' not found.. How can i fix it please?

Answer 1

Because Akeeba\Subscriptions\Site\Model\JDatabaseDriver doesn't exist. Joomla has its own autoloader, so include loader.php if you haven't already do and setup the autoloader with

\JLoader::setup();
\JLoader::import('joomla.factory');

The call JDatabaseDriver with

$external_db = \JDatabaseDriver::getInstance($option);

as JDatabaseDriver is in the global namespace.